Kirk......you nailed it!
In masters events you often have a much larger difference between the top 2-3 seeds and the rest of the field. In the shorter races a swimmer who is not out front is going to take a beating from the wave coming out of their flip turn......
John's point about this and about pools like Indy is dead on as well.....when he and I last swam the 50 together in Indy we we're dead even to the finish and both stayed under the wake coming out of the turn, I ended up with my best time since college. If you saw John swim the 50 at Ft. Lauderdale you saw him swim away from everyone and have smooth water and he was very close to his Indy time in a much "slower pool" (21.25 vs. 21.43).
Another point on lane lines, not only do th size and quality of them have an impact but also the narrowness of the lane itself. in my case I hit the lanes multiple time in FL with my fingertips on the fly events!
Kirk......you nailed it!
In masters events you often have a much larger difference between the top 2-3 seeds and the rest of the field. In the shorter races a swimmer who is not out front is going to take a beating from the wave coming out of their flip turn......
John's point about this and about pools like Indy is dead on as well.....when he and I last swam the 50 together in Indy we we're dead even to the finish and both stayed under the wake coming out of the turn, I ended up with my best time since college. If you saw John swim the 50 at Ft. Lauderdale you saw him swim away from everyone and have smooth water and he was very close to his Indy time in a much "slower pool" (21.25 vs. 21.43).
Another point on lane lines, not only do th size and quality of them have an impact but also the narrowness of the lane itself. in my case I hit the lanes multiple time in FL with my fingertips on the fly events!
