There is a Master's meet in Atlanta this Sunday which starts at 10 AM. I haven't been to one before so I was wondering how long they last and is there a certain order to the events.
Not to defend the sandbaggers out there, but there are times when I've entred a slower time due to the event schedule. For example, when two events I want to swim are back-to-back (or on either side of events with low participation like the 200 fly or 400 IM). In those cases I will enter a slower seed time for the first event in order to have some rest before the second. It has nothing to do with blowing people away and everything to do with not blowing up myself!
But you're still blowing out your heat, right? Am I understanding you in that you're not actually swimming slower in the first event - you just put yourself into a slower heat so you'd have more heats/time before your next event? Even if your motivation is different, the result is the same; there's a vast difference between your time and the rest of the heat. Personally, I think this is an obnoxious tactic to take. :confused:
Not to defend the sandbaggers out there, but there are times when I've entred a slower time due to the event schedule. For example, when two events I want to swim are back-to-back (or on either side of events with low participation like the 200 fly or 400 IM). In those cases I will enter a slower seed time for the first event in order to have some rest before the second. It has nothing to do with blowing people away and everything to do with not blowing up myself!
But you're still blowing out your heat, right? Am I understanding you in that you're not actually swimming slower in the first event - you just put yourself into a slower heat so you'd have more heats/time before your next event? Even if your motivation is different, the result is the same; there's a vast difference between your time and the rest of the heat. Personally, I think this is an obnoxious tactic to take. :confused:
