Okay... I know, this is perhaps a little bit of a tongue in cheek question...
So often I hear people complaining about not enough 'distance' swims in zone and national meets, or meets in general.
Just having been involved in organizing my firat more serious swim meet I have to ask... Almost noone, or very few people want to swim the 200 fly, or 200 Brast or 200 back?
Is that not 'distance enough?'
I just got a zone meet medal in 200 back, not because I'm fast, but because noone wants to swim it.
How about some real endurance testing events like 400 or 800 Fly? 800 IM? How about a postal 800 IM?
Or 30 minute stroke check off challenge? One for each stroke, rather than just freestyle?
Okay, now that I tossed this out there, I think I'm gonna duck and run. ;)
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Originally posted by breastroker
Perhaps we should look to the land Down Under, they swim every distance from 25 meters(my speciality) to 400 meters of each stroke.
Now a 400 fly or breaststroke should get the distance people going.
I think PMS does a 1650 IM each year! At least that would put the TRi's down for a while.
Hey, Wayne, would you like to make an exhibition event at our next meet, and do a 400 ***??? Maybe during the 400 freestyle? Challenge a few people?
Maybe we could do a 400 anything but free event... one of the unofficial events... like we had that fun-fin relay earlier this year.
Okay, I'm not sure where I'm going with this.. maybe after I see some feedback the ideas will start taking more of a final form.
I have to say, one of the gals from Mountain view did, I believe an 800 IM last winter during the SCM Zone meet, during the 800 free event. Lot of people were impressed.
Originally posted by breastroker
Perhaps we should look to the land Down Under, they swim every distance from 25 meters(my speciality) to 400 meters of each stroke.
Now a 400 fly or breaststroke should get the distance people going.
I think PMS does a 1650 IM each year! At least that would put the TRi's down for a while.
Hey, Wayne, would you like to make an exhibition event at our next meet, and do a 400 ***??? Maybe during the 400 freestyle? Challenge a few people?
Maybe we could do a 400 anything but free event... one of the unofficial events... like we had that fun-fin relay earlier this year.
Okay, I'm not sure where I'm going with this.. maybe after I see some feedback the ideas will start taking more of a final form.
I have to say, one of the gals from Mountain view did, I believe an 800 IM last winter during the SCM Zone meet, during the 800 free event. Lot of people were impressed.
