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.
I can see that sandbagging and requesting splits might be seen as having a similar effect on length of meet,but I am not sure that is true.If you get a split request because the event you want is at an inconvenient time and so you swim one less event, then you may actually be speeding up the the meet.For me anyway the time consideration seems only important for the really big meets.Most local meets go "too fast" so there is not enough time between events.
My pet peeve is combining heats.I have a pretty set "ritual" I go through starting 30 min before an event.For that 30 min to suddenly be 25 with the last 5 minutes disappearing 1 minute before I swim is disconcerting at best.Besides,I enjoy all the rest I can get.
In fact for small meets if you can sandbag,slow the meet down, and give me more rest between events please do so.
I can see that sandbagging and requesting splits might be seen as having a similar effect on length of meet,but I am not sure that is true.If you get a split request because the event you want is at an inconvenient time and so you swim one less event, then you may actually be speeding up the the meet.For me anyway the time consideration seems only important for the really big meets.Most local meets go "too fast" so there is not enough time between events.
My pet peeve is combining heats.I have a pretty set "ritual" I go through starting 30 min before an event.For that 30 min to suddenly be 25 with the last 5 minutes disappearing 1 minute before I swim is disconcerting at best.Besides,I enjoy all the rest I can get.
In fact for small meets if you can sandbag,slow the meet down, and give me more rest between events please do so.
