Looks like it is to gain 20 minutes of rest before doing the 400 IM.
What do you folks think? Fair play or not?
I say anyone attempting the 1650 and 400 IM back to back deserves some slack.
Unless there are meet rules against it, in my opinion, it is "fair play". I admit I have used Strategic Fatigue Management principles myself. I use them whenever I'm in a meet where I have to swim multiple events and some of those events are back to back. My thoughts are, I've trained how many months for this big meet and just because the lineup may not provide the rest my body needs to perform, why should I not use every legal advantage I can to perform at my peak. I'm not trying to psych anyone out or gain clean water advantage, I'm just trying to maximize my rest. Its not usual for me to swim 11 events in 2 days so using a no time or slow seed here or there doesnt really other me. If it were my only event, however, I wouldnt do it. Then again a scheduling conflict with life may require it. I'd rather have someone come and swim (in the spirit of USMS) than not because of a life event.
Unless there are meet rules against it, in my opinion, it is "fair play". I admit I have used Strategic Fatigue Management principles myself. I use them whenever I'm in a meet where I have to swim multiple events and some of those events are back to back. My thoughts are, I've trained how many months for this big meet and just because the lineup may not provide the rest my body needs to perform, why should I not use every legal advantage I can to perform at my peak. I'm not trying to psych anyone out or gain clean water advantage, I'm just trying to maximize my rest. Its not usual for me to swim 11 events in 2 days so using a no time or slow seed here or there doesnt really other me. If it were my only event, however, I wouldnt do it. Then again a scheduling conflict with life may require it. I'd rather have someone come and swim (in the spirit of USMS) than not because of a life event.
