1 hour postal swim

A lot about USMS is excessive, but when you're having these national competitions, I guess they have to err a bit on the side of caution. That's why you need to have someone count your laps for you and put down your 50 splits to the nearest .1 second. I think we all have known swimmers who "remember" their performances perhaps a wee bit more generously than reality might call for. In our regional Y league, people can mail in 1650 times they allegedly did on their own. I don't want to call anyone a cheater, but I have seen some times that really seem impossible, given the fact that the person who allegedly swam them was A) not a distance swimmer and B) would have a hard time doing the splits just by themselves, let alone 16.5 times consecutively! Who knows? Maybe such folks had a once-in-a-lifetime day in the pool. But I think that USMS, by requiring what seems like overly stringent rules for some of these events, preempts any questions that might otherwise arise.

A lot about USMS is excessive, but when you're having these national competitions, I guess they have to err a bit on the side of caution. That's why you need to have someone count your laps for you and put down your 50 splits to the nearest .1 second. I think we all have known swimmers who "remember" their performances perhaps a wee bit more generously than reality might call for. In our regional Y league, people can mail in 1650 times they allegedly did on their own. I don't want to call anyone a cheater, but I have seen some times that really seem impossible, given the fact that the person who allegedly swam them was A) not a distance swimmer and B) would have a hard time doing the splits just by themselves, let alone 16.5 times consecutively! Who knows? Maybe such folks had a once-in-a-lifetime day in the pool. But I think that USMS, by requiring what seems like overly stringent rules for some of these events, preempts any questions that might otherwise arise.