I did a practice shave of my legs last night, to get used to it and also figure out how long it takes me for planning purposes.
Today in practice, I was faster than usual. The most obvious was in my 200 free warm-up. I dps the first 100 and then gradually speed up to about 75%. Usually I am around 3 minutes. Monday, I went 2:51. Today, I was 2:36 with the usual effort level.
My 200 *** warm-up was about 10 seconds faster than usual.
Can shaving really improve things that much? Is some of this because I am tapering?
Also, for those guys who shave your heads, do you also wear a cap? If not, is the bald head better than a cap?
In my case this morning, I was not trying to go fast. I was ploddng along warming up as usual. Perhaps there was a subconscious expectation that I'd be faster. I did have a great awareness of my legs, but I was lazy kicking the warm-up as usual, as far as I know.
Maybe it was more the taper effect -- I am jumping out of my skin this evening.
In my case this morning, I was not trying to go fast. I was ploddng along warming up as usual. Perhaps there was a subconscious expectation that I'd be faster. I did have a great awareness of my legs, but I was lazy kicking the warm-up as usual, as far as I know.
Maybe it was more the taper effect -- I am jumping out of my skin this evening.
