I voted for the 200 fly, but it and the 400 IM are some of my favorite events. I think maybe the poll should have been titled, "Most painful events" and not "most feared." The 200 fly is a handful of pain, but, strategically, it is dead simple to swim and you know exactly when the pain's going to hit (somewhere between the 130 and 160 mark), so there's no surprises and, hence, no fear.
I voted for the 200 fly, but it and the 400 IM are some of my favorite events. I think maybe the poll should have been titled, "Most painful events" and not "most feared." The 200 fly is a handful of pain, but, strategically, it is dead simple to swim and you know exactly when the pain's going to hit (somewhere between the 130 and 160 mark), so there's no surprises and, hence, no fear.
