How do you folks feel about persons who misrepresent him/her self in this manner? These are from Heat 1 for each event recent swim meet.
1500 Free SCM
Seed Time - Time
45:00.00 - 25:50.75
40:00.00 - 26:08.92
45:00.00 - 29:57.58
45:00.00 - 20:52.58
400 Free SCM
Seed Time - Time
15:00.00 - 7:26.23
800 Free SCM
Seed Time - Time
21:00.00 - 13:53.86
20:25.00 - 16:42.46
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I just don't get it. :dunno:
I returned to the competitive swimming world at the end of September and have entered every event with an estimated time. Every time, I beat the estimated time but not (I think) by a ridiculous margin, though if I'd been feeling well enough to actually race my 1650 in my last meet it probably would have been. The meets here are small enough that it seems times don't really matter (i.e. there's always been someone slower than me). I would rather be in a heat with people a little bit faster than me to push me along than win my heat.
I always think of my first experience swimming the 500 when I was about 11. I was entered in a C meet with no time, which was the truth and since I'd never swum anything like it before we really had no idea how it would go. I absolutely blew the competition away - not just my heat but the whole field. I think I met the AA standard so I didn't get a ribbon - which was fine with me. What stuck with me was hearing one of the girls in my heat complain that I'd left the deck before she finished. I felt really bad about that - I'd never finished that far ahead of anyone and didn't even consider that it might be considered bad sportsmanship. I apologized but I don't think it made her feel better. :sad:
I just don't get it. :dunno:
I returned to the competitive swimming world at the end of September and have entered every event with an estimated time. Every time, I beat the estimated time but not (I think) by a ridiculous margin, though if I'd been feeling well enough to actually race my 1650 in my last meet it probably would have been. The meets here are small enough that it seems times don't really matter (i.e. there's always been someone slower than me). I would rather be in a heat with people a little bit faster than me to push me along than win my heat.
I always think of my first experience swimming the 500 when I was about 11. I was entered in a C meet with no time, which was the truth and since I'd never swum anything like it before we really had no idea how it would go. I absolutely blew the competition away - not just my heat but the whole field. I think I met the AA standard so I didn't get a ribbon - which was fine with me. What stuck with me was hearing one of the girls in my heat complain that I'd left the deck before she finished. I felt really bad about that - I'd never finished that far ahead of anyone and didn't even consider that it might be considered bad sportsmanship. I apologized but I don't think it made her feel better. :sad:
