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?
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Yikes, I would never do that either. And who wants to drown in someone else's wake? It's curious though. I have seen a world record holder consistently seed themselves way, way slower than they actually swim. It didn't particularly get me riled up. I just assumed she wanted a wake free swim or didn't want to swim with 25 year olds....
Too bad for the swimmers in the slower heat that got to swim in her wake I guess? Definitely not an application of the golden rule.
Personally I am too mediocre to be affected too much, I try to stay focused on what is happening in my lane, but it can be a downer when the person in the next lane, who entered the same or similar seed time as me, disappears into the distance.
Yikes, I would never do that either. And who wants to drown in someone else's wake? It's curious though. I have seen a world record holder consistently seed themselves way, way slower than they actually swim. It didn't particularly get me riled up. I just assumed she wanted a wake free swim or didn't want to swim with 25 year olds....
Too bad for the swimmers in the slower heat that got to swim in her wake I guess? Definitely not an application of the golden rule.
Personally I am too mediocre to be affected too much, I try to stay focused on what is happening in my lane, but it can be a downer when the person in the next lane, who entered the same or similar seed time as me, disappears into the distance.
