If Mark Phelps can smash world records wearing goggles that are filling up with water... oh why do I even bother to try to swim? Those guys swim 3-4x faster than I ever did on my best day.
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08-13-2008, 08:31 PM #1
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08-14-2008, 08:14 PM #2
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It's fun to watch, though, they are so sleek. The distances they are going are much shorter, but he swims something like 6 miles a day in the end with all of the warmup/cooldown and racing he's doing. Someone said he has to eat 8-10k calories a day.
Back to goggles....
I didn't mind so much the water in my goggles when I was pool swimming, even competitively. In open water it's terrible, though. (See, I tried to get it back on topic...)
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08-17-2008, 04:51 PM #3
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I have the Aquasphere Seal XP mask. It fits my small face well and has excellent peripheral vision. I also like the Kaiman goggles (youth size), but they give me raccoon eyes. I have used a bit of baby shampoo which seems to work pretty well to prevent fogging.
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08-18-2008, 11:38 AM #4
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Well, I tried the spit technique out of fear of changing something else on race day, and still got serious fogging. I'll try to perfect my spitting.
I also bought a pair of the Kaimans which I'll try out next time I OWS to see how I like them. They will always be good in the pool either way, and if I figure out the Spit Technique I can go back to the Seal for OWS.
I wish you could try goggles before you buy
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