2011 SCY Nats in Mesa, AZ

To Rich Abrahams, Jeff Commings, Kirk Nelson, Skip Thompson, and Poolrat This reminds me I never did get to talk to Rich. I spoke with everyone else you mentioned at least briefly... Technique, physique, or a combination of the two. My take is that suitlessness has less effect on people who are strong kickers and/or have good body position (including streamlines) and/or have a more streamlined profile. Possibly. I'm not a good kicker, but I think my profile is fairly streamlined. I don't have a belly, anyway. I have a feeling the legskin suits helped me a lot more than I'd like to admit. I swam very well in Austin, for example, with Speedo FS Pro legs. Going back to jammers set me back much more than just to "pre B70" days. OTOH I think--for me at least--there was a lot more going on than just the suit change. In the 500 free I was 18 seconds slower than Clovis. I suspect I just didn't rest quite enough. That's what I'm hoping, anyway!

To Rich Abrahams, Jeff Commings, Kirk Nelson, Skip Thompson, and Poolrat This reminds me I never did get to talk to Rich. I spoke with everyone else you mentioned at least briefly... Technique, physique, or a combination of the two. My take is that suitlessness has less effect on people who are strong kickers and/or have good body position (including streamlines) and/or have a more streamlined profile. Possibly. I'm not a good kicker, but I think my profile is fairly streamlined. I don't have a belly, anyway. I have a feeling the legskin suits helped me a lot more than I'd like to admit. I swam very well in Austin, for example, with Speedo FS Pro legs. Going back to jammers set me back much more than just to "pre B70" days. OTOH I think--for me at least--there was a lot more going on than just the suit change. In the 500 free I was 18 seconds slower than Clovis. I suspect I just didn't rest quite enough. That's what I'm hoping, anyway!