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.
It's rather disrespectful for an individual to change the event lineup based on personal convenience.
I was unpleasantly surprised to discover how big the drop off is for a second event the same day at my age, but isn't part of the challenge of swimming to do your best in multiple events? The last meet I went to my times were all over the board, but I thought it was kind of cool to do the 200,400,800,1500 Free and 200 Fly and have every swim make last year's Top Ten.
Some of us swim all four strokes and aren't six pack freestylers. Meet line ups can be challenging. Fly and back are frequently back to back events, for example.
It is cool that you swim a zillion events in one day and like the challenge. Truly. I respect that, and even admire it. But don't expect a sprinter to either think like this or attempt this. It's not in our DNA, it is definitely not "part of challenge," and we don't have the requisite physiology. Sprinters are all about getting adequate rest between events. You can malign us for this tongue in cheek, but that is just the way it is. You carry on with your approach, and we'll carry on with ours.
It's rather disrespectful for an individual to change the event lineup based on personal convenience.
I was unpleasantly surprised to discover how big the drop off is for a second event the same day at my age, but isn't part of the challenge of swimming to do your best in multiple events? The last meet I went to my times were all over the board, but I thought it was kind of cool to do the 200,400,800,1500 Free and 200 Fly and have every swim make last year's Top Ten.
Some of us swim all four strokes and aren't six pack freestylers. Meet line ups can be challenging. Fly and back are frequently back to back events, for example.
It is cool that you swim a zillion events in one day and like the challenge. Truly. I respect that, and even admire it. But don't expect a sprinter to either think like this or attempt this. It's not in our DNA, it is definitely not "part of challenge," and we don't have the requisite physiology. Sprinters are all about getting adequate rest between events. You can malign us for this tongue in cheek, but that is just the way it is. You carry on with your approach, and we'll carry on with ours.
