Is there a specific "rule" (unwritten or otherwise) regarding swimming non-freestyle in a freestyle event? I've entered myself in the 500 free at a meet tomorrow with the intent of doing a 400IM (there's no separate 400IM event at this meet). It's not going to be a "good" 400IM (in fact I'm sure it's going to be very, very bad), I don't need an official split time, I just want to check it off The List for my own personal check-off challenge before I get stuck having to do it long course.
Do I:
a) Inform someone at the check-in for the 500
b) Inform some other official (whom?)
c) Tell the other swimmers in my heat so they don't freak out when one guy is suddenly going out way too fast for a seven-minute 500, and butterfly at that
d) Just keep my mouth shut and do it
e) Some combination of the above
Standing on the bottom during a freestyle race shall not disqualify a swimmer, but a swimmer must not leave the pool, or walk, or spring from the bottom.
Sweet. Although, just knowing that I'm allowed to stop and stand around is going to drastically increase the likelihood of there being a guy stopped in the middle of the pool during one of the 500 heats at Greensboro tomorrow. I expect that the pool will be too deep for me to effectively stand, though :(
Standing on the bottom during a freestyle race shall not disqualify a swimmer, but a swimmer must not leave the pool, or walk, or spring from the bottom.
Sweet. Although, just knowing that I'm allowed to stop and stand around is going to drastically increase the likelihood of there being a guy stopped in the middle of the pool during one of the 500 heats at Greensboro tomorrow. I expect that the pool will be too deep for me to effectively stand, though :(
