I agree with you, Gary. If I can swim the Southside Seals Ironman Pentathlon (400 IM and 200's of each stroke) in well under 3 hours (at age 54) or the Suwanee Invitational "800 IM" (200's of each stroke-- and, I added the 400 IM AND 50 breaststroke) in under 3 hours as a 55-year-old; surely Doug (63) can handle the brutality of racing two 50's in an hour and a half. ;)
Sure you can swim any events in a given time frame if your goal is to simply complete them. But if you're looking to maximize your performance at Nationals, you don't want your two best events on the same day with only one event between them. For those of you who don't know Doug, he will most likely be in the top three and can possibly win both of those events. If I were Doug, I wouldn't be thrilled with the event lineup either.
I agree with you, Gary. If I can swim the Southside Seals Ironman Pentathlon (400 IM and 200's of each stroke) in well under 3 hours (at age 54) or the Suwanee Invitational "800 IM" (200's of each stroke-- and, I added the 400 IM AND 50 breaststroke) in under 3 hours as a 55-year-old; surely Doug (63) can handle the brutality of racing two 50's in an hour and a half. ;)
Sure you can swim any events in a given time frame if your goal is to simply complete them. But if you're looking to maximize your performance at Nationals, you don't want your two best events on the same day with only one event between them. For those of you who don't know Doug, he will most likely be in the top three and can possibly win both of those events. If I were Doug, I wouldn't be thrilled with the event lineup either.
