Just admit it. Almost everyone sandbags from time to time. Look at Ande, entering at 28.9 in the 50 back to have clear water. Bunch of his times look pretty suspect. Peg completely sandbagged the 1000 free at Zones. I entered a coach-approved NT on the 100 IM at Zones and then scratched. Paul Smith is passing on a 100 free duel with evil Smith to save up for his world-record-shattering performance to be in the 200 medley relay. Julie Oplinger sandbagged her 100 fly at Zones. The list could go on forever, so you might as well join the Club.
As for Nats, because of my lack of expertise with sandbagging, I'm over my 25% statistical probability per race of landing in an outside lane.
(Sorry Osterber! :thhbbb:)
I enter the time I expect to swim.That is not my PB time unless it's a taper meet.I am usually fairly accurate.I see the logic of a slow time for more rest,but I want to swim with the folks my speed,if I need more rest I try to swim fewer events(unless it's at our Assn.meet and every point is important to the club,then I just suffer:cane:.)I hate it when meets run fast.At our Zones they ran 2 courses and it took half as long as I anticipated.At another meet the 85 yr old swimmer didn't come(the one seeded in 8 min for the 200 BR) and so the combined heat one and two so instead of 12 min rest I got 4(sorry this should have been on the rant thread.)
I enter the time I expect to swim.That is not my PB time unless it's a taper meet.I am usually fairly accurate.I see the logic of a slow time for more rest,but I want to swim with the folks my speed,if I need more rest I try to swim fewer events(unless it's at our Assn.meet and every point is important to the club,then I just suffer:cane:.)I hate it when meets run fast.At our Zones they ran 2 courses and it took half as long as I anticipated.At another meet the 85 yr old swimmer didn't come(the one seeded in 8 min for the 200 BR) and so the combined heat one and two so instead of 12 min rest I got 4(sorry this should have been on the rant thread.)
