OK...Here comes a thread for all of you wannabe odds-makers.
Post your thoughts for establishing handicaps for personal challenge races.
Here are a couple of mine:
1. Age credit: basic idea.....the older of the two gets a handicap. (as in chaos vs. muppet) the handicap goes to yours truly.
2. Wetsuit penalty: self explanatory....I heard 10% is a good rule of thumb for this one.
3. Personal bests (within 2 years).....swimmers are handicapped based on their best recent performances. (this could make geek vs. gull II a real nail-biter)
Five tenths for swimming DI in college, 4 for DII, and 3 for DIII ... a whole second if it was at UT, 'Zona, Cal, Stanford, USC, Auburn, Florida, or any other "tier I" school ...
I absolutely refuse to take this handicap, FlyQueen. My college was technically D1, but it was a huge technicality. Puh-lease. Plus, then we have to look at who swam all 4 years and who bagged it due to shoulders like the older FAF Sistas. Plus, I need a deduction for doing way too much engine building in college and AAU that hampers me now. I'm sure I would be much faster if I had been a slacker in my youth. Even fast enough to beat Rich. :rofl: Wait ... there is one little thing Rich and I have in common. We appear to have been in the same profession for a bit.
Five tenths for swimming DI in college, 4 for DII, and 3 for DIII ... a whole second if it was at UT, 'Zona, Cal, Stanford, USC, Auburn, Florida, or any other "tier I" school ...
I absolutely refuse to take this handicap, FlyQueen. My college was technically D1, but it was a huge technicality. Puh-lease. Plus, then we have to look at who swam all 4 years and who bagged it due to shoulders like the older FAF Sistas. Plus, I need a deduction for doing way too much engine building in college and AAU that hampers me now. I'm sure I would be much faster if I had been a slacker in my youth. Even fast enough to beat Rich. :rofl: Wait ... there is one little thing Rich and I have in common. We appear to have been in the same profession for a bit.
