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)
We should post more pictures like that.
I think the USS/College experience comes in with the knowing how to swim and the knowing how to race. It's like a bike, you may have a few bumps but the muscle memory is still there. Learning fly for the first time, like I did as a masters swimmer is different than learning a different way. I look at it like I need to do all my hard work and swim as many times a week as I can to try and narrow the gap.
We should post more pictures like that.
I think the USS/College experience comes in with the knowing how to swim and the knowing how to race. It's like a bike, you may have a few bumps but the muscle memory is still there. Learning fly for the first time, like I did as a masters swimmer is different than learning a different way. I look at it like I need to do all my hard work and swim as many times a week as I can to try and narrow the gap.
