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.
Unruh, I have never seen my name used so much in vain. I thought you would understand my unreasonable fear of being stuck in Birmingham, given your extensive time in the Texas penitentiary system:). Sandbagging is indeed low-brow and I am ashamed when I do it. If somebody beat me from an earlier heat by sandbagging, I would call them a "turd" (behind their back of course), and move on. I will never understand why this gets some people's underwear in such a bundle when more important issues exist like innocent people getting blown up and administrations that can't put two words like "islamic terrorist" together....peace.
kurt, i'm just razzing ya since you seemed to be an entire topic unto yourself 2 years ago (cough on this subject cough).
and for the record, you dont even do it 1/10th the amount of times the Ande does it.
what is more interesting is that there is another long distance national champion that in the past 5 years has never entered nationals with their best time. and yet is never reseeded. this year they are entered in the 500 and 1650 and neither of their entry times are from last years nats (their 1650 entry this year is 55secs slower than what they went last year and 500 is 14secs slower).
Unruh, I have never seen my name used so much in vain. I thought you would understand my unreasonable fear of being stuck in Birmingham, given your extensive time in the Texas penitentiary system:). Sandbagging is indeed low-brow and I am ashamed when I do it. If somebody beat me from an earlier heat by sandbagging, I would call them a "turd" (behind their back of course), and move on. I will never understand why this gets some people's underwear in such a bundle when more important issues exist like innocent people getting blown up and administrations that can't put two words like "islamic terrorist" together....peace.
kurt, i'm just razzing ya since you seemed to be an entire topic unto yourself 2 years ago (cough on this subject cough).
and for the record, you dont even do it 1/10th the amount of times the Ande does it.
what is more interesting is that there is another long distance national champion that in the past 5 years has never entered nationals with their best time. and yet is never reseeded. this year they are entered in the 500 and 1650 and neither of their entry times are from last years nats (their 1650 entry this year is 55secs slower than what they went last year and 500 is 14secs slower).
