What's in your bag

wrote a swim faster faster tip on this at Tip 203 List of What to Pack in your Swim Bag for a Swim Meet Mine has a side pocket, a main storage area, 2 side pockets one dry one wet. I have all kinds of crap in it mostly swimming stuff, the dry pocket has the most stuff & some of it is random, some is trash & needs thrown away one of the strangest items I have in the dry pocket is a pair of needle nose plyers which I use to untie knots in my suit strings

I remember a similar thread from several years ago. Pretty much everyone has the same stuff - but see post #15 for where the discussion gets real good! :banana: Smith & Wesson 38 special 2 inch Airlite revolver , 1 extra 5 shot speedloader with 125 grain + P hollowpoint Winchester cartridges ..... ......concealed weapon permit...... That sounds like my kind of party!

I love The Monon Center! They provide towels and you can use as many as you want! This helps cut back on home laundry! :angel:

- TRESemme' shampoo and conditioner (not really helping) A little off topic, but I found a brand of shampoo and conditioner that really work for my hair: Redken Hair Cleansing Cream www.redken.com/.../hair-cleansing-cream-shampoo coupled with their All Soft conditioner www.redken.com/.../all-soft-conditioner. When I swam in the marathon races I was glad I had regular pliers in my swim pack. I thought you were going to say they were for after you got out of the water when it was really, really cold. :bolt:

Such an invasion of privacy- - Eclectic Silver towel (black) - one brief (black), one TYR drag suit (black/grey), one Speedo drag suit (blue/red) - finis freestyler paddles - strokemaker paddles (green) - tempo trainer (NIB :blush: ) - blue&white striped pullbouy/buoy/boo-ie - finis freestyler snorkel - 2 pairs of functional swedes (smoke and green) with bungee cord straps - several swede parts including gobs of melted white strapping - grease pad and pencil - wadded-up, moldy Albatross Open meet program

In my giant black Speedo (boo!) bag: - TRESemme' shampoo and conditioner (not really helping) - 3 pairs of TYR Socket Rocket goggles with replacement silicon straps: Mirror Ice (metallized), Blue and Smoke. - 2 pairs of Speedo (boo!) nylon water polo briefs, size 32, in navy and blue - 2 pairs of Dolfin Uglies training briefs, size 32, in Loopy and an unknown pink model - comb (not really helping) - anti-perspirant (helping) - Gold Bond medicated body powder - Edge shaving gel, but no razors (WTH?) - several quart and gallon Ziploc bags - a small, rusty lock and key - a shammy that I got at a recent Nationals, unopened

Do you "air dry" or do you use a towel? What about clothing to wear to and from the pool. I hate sitting in a wet suit on the dry seat of the car! I carry all three of that list in my "1998 ISHoF college swim forum" bag. :) I go in wearing clothes.. sometimes a dry suit under my shorts on the way in, and commando on the way out :blush:. And no need for towels, they are provided at the Y.

When I swam in the marathon races I was glad I had regular pliers in my swim pack. When I was swam in the Atlantic City Marathon I had a fish hook go through my hand. I pulled it out with the pliers. wrote a swim faster faster tip on this at Tip 203 List of What to Pack in your Swim Bag for a Swim Meet Mine has a side pocket, a main storage area, 2 side pockets one dry one wet. I have all kinds of crap in it mostly swimming stuff, the dry pocket has the most stuff & some of it is random, some is trash & needs thrown away one of the strangest items I have in the dry pocket is a pair of needle nose plyers which I use to untie knots in my suit strings

I take my bike messenger bag to the pool that has a lot of space inside:www.rei.com/.../768570 I always take: - suit - clean underwear and socks:D - brush - hair gel - board - towel - flip flops - workout plan - small nike bag I take to the pool filled with: - 2 swedish goggles - swim cap - nose clip - Timex Ironman watch Depending on my workout I sometimes include my paddles, fins, pull buoy and/or paddles

Is it just me or does anyone else have stuff in their swimming bag that has no business being in there? I remember a similar thread from several years ago. Pretty much everyone has the same stuff - but see post #15 for where the discussion gets real good! :banana: