You would pay $45 to enter the meet and find out that the swimmer in the next lane paid $27.50.
You heat would be delayed for 3 hours and you could not go the bathroom. Whereas the event scheduled behind you would have already finished.
TSA (thousands standing around) would search all the swimmers prior to gaining entry to the pool deck. Some lucky winners (90-94 y) would be pulled off for special full body searches.
The shady spots on the pool deck are more expensive.
There is surcharge for using the newest speed suit (!$#@).
The start would begin at the other end of the pool. You'd have to run down the deck, make a sharp turn into your lane and take off from the blocks.
No, this isn't quite accurate. Your entire heat would line up, single file, at one end of the pool. Then you'd slowly walk to the starting end where everyone would start from the same block, but you'd have to wait a while until the swimmer ahead of you was a ways down the pool.
Sort of like the sprint lane during warmups, I guess! :)
The start would begin at the other end of the pool. You'd have to run down the deck, make a sharp turn into your lane and take off from the blocks.
No, this isn't quite accurate. Your entire heat would line up, single file, at one end of the pool. Then you'd slowly walk to the starting end where everyone would start from the same block, but you'd have to wait a while until the swimmer ahead of you was a ways down the pool.
Sort of like the sprint lane during warmups, I guess! :)
