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
I have seen someone DQ'd swimming breaststroke during a freestyle race because the swimmer's whole body went under (as the breaststroke rules permit) during the last 10m of a length.
Yeah, my breaststroke is nowhere near good enough to do that. I'm not even going to attempt any of that newfangled underwater pull and kick stuff. Just push off, maybe glide until I need air (two seconds, tops), and start "swimming" "breaststroke".
fantastic 400IM
For me, just having finished it will be fantastic enough :D
I have seen someone DQ'd swimming breaststroke during a freestyle race because the swimmer's whole body went under (as the breaststroke rules permit) during the last 10m of a length.
Yeah, my breaststroke is nowhere near good enough to do that. I'm not even going to attempt any of that newfangled underwater pull and kick stuff. Just push off, maybe glide until I need air (two seconds, tops), and start "swimming" "breaststroke".
fantastic 400IM
For me, just having finished it will be fantastic enough :D
