What's in your bag

I don't take No Clean under wear or clean socks. (I wear clean ones to the pool) No Brush No hair gel No board Never flip flops No workout plan No swim cap No nose plugs No watch (who cares about time?) Never include paddles, fins, or a pull buoy I do take Swim goggles sorry can't tell you the brand. Towel Swim trunks sorry can't tell you the brand. I take my bike messenger bag to the pool that has a lot of space inside: 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

I carry my pool stuff in a backpack-style TYR mummy bag I got a couple of months ago to replace my worn out Speedo bag. The outside bottle pocket holds a water bottle I got from the Arizona OW Swim Series. In the outside zipper pocket I have: - Speedo microfiber towel, that stays damp (without stinking), even in the dry heat of Arizona - Two caps (USMS and one from my last OW swim, the Catfish Crawl) - Two pair of goggles (Smoke TYR Petite Femme and Mirror Speedo Vanguishers) - Ziplock baggie with a month's worth of pool workouts on 4" x 6" cards - SportCount Finger Lap Counter/Timer - Pool-Mate watch - Finis Tempo Trainer Inside the bag I carry: - 1 Speedo Endurance suit (they're indestructible; I don't need to carry another suit) - Finis Streamline Board - Speedo deck sandals (they're great on the tile deck when I swim indoors) - Blue & white pull buoy - Green Strokemaker paddles - Finis Freestyle Snorkel - TYR Burner EBP Fins (brand new and I love them!!) - Last, but not least, the one oddity is the pair of neon yellow tennis balls (swim at least a 200 while gripping a tennis ball in each hand and you'll really feel the water when you swim without them) -- I stick them inside the foot pockets of my fins for safe-keeping after my workouts I didn't realize I carried so much stuff! One of the tri guys I swim with calls me the "gadget queen." :blush: The funny thing is, when I swam on the swim team in high school back in the '70s, the only gadget I used was a kickboard. I didn't even own a pair of goggles back then.

All the stuff posted looks like stuff that DOES belong in a swim gear bag . . . although today my bag contained a ten foot long extension cord . . . which was for swimming although it ended up not working for me.

I keep all my "toys" - fins, pull buoy, cap, goggles, and shower stuff in a little box locker at the Y so my swim bag has: eyedrops - I can't believe no one else carries these! goggles I hate - just in case cap I hate - just in case comb "sexy hair" pumpkin leave-in conditioner "secret lady things" deodorant face lotion & body cream a billion hair elastics lotus garden perfume towel water bottle workout written in sharpie on a 5x8 index card y card on a key-chain clipped to the outside

Nothing that has no business being in a swim bag, but I certainly have no shortage of excess gear: I believe I have something like five swim caps; seven or eight suits; two water bottles; and four pairs of goggles. However, I use a single towel for an entire week, and by Saturday it's getting a little funky. Maybe I should keep an extra. Also in my swim bag, I have a pair of flip flops, a very beat up old combination lock that I will never get rid of since the combination is the only one I think I'll ever be able to remember, and a shaving kit bag with the usual stuff inside. In addition to my swim bag, I have my mesh bag that contains another pair of goggles, two sets of paddles, pull buoy, two swim caps, fins, fin socks (since zoomers tear up my feet, and I'll have none of that after spending 40 bucks on a pedi), workout cards, and another water bottle. I also lug a kickboard with me to the pool since the ones there are generally no good.

All the stuff posted looks like stuff that DOES belong in a swim gear bag Yeah, I think the stuff in my bag(see above) is pretty basic and nothing over the top. If I don't use a nose clip I will have a drippy nose for days.

Let's see... a Speedo drag suit goggles latex gloves black wig a bb pistol and ammunition pepper spray a hooded tan trench coat a 2-pound drilling hammer black gloves rubber tubing plastic garbage bags about $585 in cash a computer an 8-inch (20 cm) Gerber folding knife spare adult diapers for the drive... :anim_coffee: Where do you swim and when? I think I need to change workout groups...

Let's see... a Speedo drag suit goggles latex gloves black wig a bb pistol and ammunition pepper spray a hooded tan trench coat a 2-pound drilling hammer black gloves rubber tubing plastic garbage bags about $585 in cash a computer an 8-inch (20 cm) Gerber folding knife spare adult diapers for the drive... :anim_coffee:

Stud, you forgot Duct Tape.

Let's see... a Speedo drag suit goggles latex gloves black wig a bb pistol and ammunition pepper spray a hooded tan trench coat a 2-pound drilling hammer black gloves rubber tubing plastic garbage bags about $585 in cash a computer an 8-inch (20 cm) Gerber folding knife spare adult diapers for the drive... :anim_coffee: Stud, I wouldn't be surprised if you actually DID carry this stuff in your bag! :D By the way, you forgot to mention your purple briefs with "Swim Stud" (or was it "Swimming Stud"?) emblazoned on the butt... :bolt: