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.
And, for the record, the time was NOT sandbagged.
I was referring to split requests, technically different than sandbagging. The fact is that you blew away the heat in the first 200, thereby compromising the supposedly highly sought after perfect racing environment and drawing the ire of the purists. I did the same in my heat of the 200 free at NE SCM Champs, when I did a 100 split. Of course, I told the women in adjacent lanes (who said they didn't mind at all) and times were all over the place in my heat. But still, I suppose castigation is nonetheless in order.
The sport of running is immoral too. All those pacers (who drop out) helping a runner along to a record? How can the record holder even live with themselves knowing this was how they achieved it?
And, for the record, the time was NOT sandbagged.
I was referring to split requests, technically different than sandbagging. The fact is that you blew away the heat in the first 200, thereby compromising the supposedly highly sought after perfect racing environment and drawing the ire of the purists. I did the same in my heat of the 200 free at NE SCM Champs, when I did a 100 split. Of course, I told the women in adjacent lanes (who said they didn't mind at all) and times were all over the place in my heat. But still, I suppose castigation is nonetheless in order.
The sport of running is immoral too. All those pacers (who drop out) helping a runner along to a record? How can the record holder even live with themselves knowing this was how they achieved it?
