What do people think is the ideal number of events to swim per day at a meet? It seems that, for local meets, you're allowed to enter up to 5 events. That is way too many for me. I'm always gassed after 3 or end up scratching an event or relying on caffeine. Yet, I'd like to get more times in different events without traveling the countryside to go to zillions of meets. So, how many is too many if you want to swim fast?
You asked, "Are seed times really a hornet's nest?"
YES!
Sometimes people knowingly heavily pad their times, sometimes people put down ridiculously fast times just to get in the fastest heat (this seems to be more of a guy thing... I can't imagine wanting to be in a faster heat than I belong), sometimes the times are just flat out goofy. And other people (not me, but I know some) get really riled when swimmers enter with incorrect, either fast or slow, seed times.
You asked, "Are seed times really a hornet's nest?"
YES!
Sometimes people knowingly heavily pad their times, sometimes people put down ridiculously fast times just to get in the fastest heat (this seems to be more of a guy thing... I can't imagine wanting to be in a faster heat than I belong), sometimes the times are just flat out goofy. And other people (not me, but I know some) get really riled when swimmers enter with incorrect, either fast or slow, seed times.
