A swim suit's a swim suit, right? Wrong. And though I am an undergraduate in matters of swimming gear, I will give you a few tips.
-Do not buy a Lycra or nylon suit if you want it to last AT ALL. It feels nice, yes, but it lasts for precious little usage. For example, I began wearing a nice black nylon suit on...Tuesday of last week. Well, let's just say that it is a good thing that I wear three suits, because come Wednesday this week, it was transparent in some very embarassing places. Now, nylon has it's advantages, as does its cousin Lycra. But these are only when you are racing; they create less drag. However, it does not belong in practice or in general use.
-Always get polyester suits for durability (i.e. practice and general use). They last much longer. In fact, they outlast their seams! Example: my recently retired suit that I got last year, around this time. Wonderful polyester-ness. Ahhhh. It only started to have issues two weeks ago, when the thread holding it together started to die. If only I were a seamstress, perhaps I could have saved it. Alas, I cannot. But it did its best. It fell in service (again, rest assured that I am wearing multiple suits, otherwise this sounds horrid).
On the matter of goggles I will give you no advice except this: do not begin with Swedish goggles. They hurt. Work up to them slowly.
And now my attention span has expired, so I will not present discourses on caps, fins, and paddles, let alone pull-buoys (this is where Amaya sighs gratefully).
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2 comments:
i think that it's rather entertaining. you get insight that you would normally not have. it's a different world, where the sky's a faded grey, and the air stings your eyes with prolonged exposure.
Amaya sighed gratefully when you didn't advocate Swedish goggles.
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