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This year is a little more challenging because of the suit change. Many of us won't know how this will affect our times until we swim in a meet, which may be after the deadline. Some may have to guess and hope they're close. The suits are all psychological...just as shaving is... I've swum just as fast in my career in a regular old meet as compared to end of the season meets. It's all in how you approach the swims. Yes, there is a little advantage given to both, but it's nothing that's going to throw off your time by minutes for example. If you train hard enough, taper well, shave and race hard when the time comes, your times ideally should be pretty close to last year...when you didn't train very hard, didn't need to taper, didn't need to shave down to race because all you had to do was have $$$$$ to buy a rubber boat with built in engine (B70), zip it on, dive in, and touch the wall in record time!!! As you can tell, I'm glad the tech suit era is dead and gone. :bliss:

This year is a little more challenging because of the suit change. Many of us won't know how this will affect our times until we swim in a meet, which may be after the deadline. Some may have to guess and hope they're close. The suits are all psychological...just as shaving is... I've swum just as fast in my career in a regular old meet as compared to end of the season meets. It's all in how you approach the swims. Yes, there is a little advantage given to both, but it's nothing that's going to throw off your time by minutes for example. If you train hard enough, taper well, shave and race hard when the time comes, your times ideally should be pretty close to last year...when you didn't train very hard, didn't need to taper, didn't need to shave down to race because all you had to do was have $$$$$ to buy a rubber boat with built in engine (B70), zip it on, dive in, and touch the wall in record time!!! As you can tell, I'm glad the tech suit era is dead and gone. :bliss: