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.
C'mon! It is ludicrous to even use sandbagging and cheating on your taxes (felony) in the same sentence. Sandbagging is more like a mosquito bite and way less serious than dying your hair.
You can get malaria from mosquito bites. I wouldn't go so far as to equate sandbagging with that! Maybe I would equate it with that annoying whine in your ear that seems to happen at 4am and keeps you up for the next two hours... :-)
I was using two points to establish a continuum, and I agree that they were all ridiculous examples (lying about your age can get you suspended from USMS, unlike sandbagging). Obviously you view this as a victimless crime but I wish you could respect that not everyone feels so dismissive about it...a point that seems rather obvious given the heat the topic often generates on the forums.
C'mon! It is ludicrous to even use sandbagging and cheating on your taxes (felony) in the same sentence. Sandbagging is more like a mosquito bite and way less serious than dying your hair.
You can get malaria from mosquito bites. I wouldn't go so far as to equate sandbagging with that! Maybe I would equate it with that annoying whine in your ear that seems to happen at 4am and keeps you up for the next two hours... :-)
I was using two points to establish a continuum, and I agree that they were all ridiculous examples (lying about your age can get you suspended from USMS, unlike sandbagging). Obviously you view this as a victimless crime but I wish you could respect that not everyone feels so dismissive about it...a point that seems rather obvious given the heat the topic often generates on the forums.
