[CornFed]

[quote author=CornFed link=topic=14322.msg152604#msg152604 date=1452649514]
[quote author=Robbie link=topic=14322.msg152576#msg152576 date=1452644344]
[quote author=CornFed link=topic=14322.msg152545#msg152545 date=1452637569]
...I feel pretty certain, however, that it had no more effect on my performance than did my sneakers.

You swam in sneakers? I posit that they did have an effect.
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Iowa high school swimming is a lot like some horse racing.  Faster swimmers were burdened by having to wear sneakers to make the competition more fair.  I was really fast, but not when I was swimming with sneakers.  I think it is safe to say that I would have won my event by even more in an open competition.
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I'll take your sneakers over my ratty old sweats any day, CornFed.  Are you the guy who set records at CalTech?
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I can't say I've ever been to CalTech.  What kind of records?

[CornFed]

[quote author=CornFed link=topic=14322.msg152604#msg152604 date=1452649514]
[quote author=Robbie link=topic=14322.msg152576#msg152576 date=1452644344]
[quote author=CornFed link=topic=14322.msg152545#msg152545 date=1452637569]
...I feel pretty certain, however, that it had no more effect on my performance than did my sneakers.

You swam in sneakers? I posit that they did have an effect.
[/quote]

Iowa high school swimming is a lot like some horse racing.  Faster swimmers were burdened by having to wear sneakers to make the competition more fair.  I was really fast, but not when I was swimming with sneakers.  I think it is safe to say that I would have won my event by even more in an open competition.
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I'll take your sneakers over my ratty old sweats any day, CornFed.  Are you the guy who set records at CalTech?
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I can't say I've ever been to CalTech.  What kind of records?