The 100 IM is the most fun event on the Masters swimming short course schedule. Takes you back to being 9 years old again.
We should add it to the long course schedule. Who really needs a wall to change strokes? The rule could be that the swimmer must change from fly to back and from *** to free in a transition zone in the middle of the pool. The zone could be markers on the lane lines or the transition must begin when the head reaches a marker at 25m and must end before the feet pass the same marker.
Good idea or impractical?
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I'm probably overthinking this, but how would you legally transition from fly to back? .... So, unless you said anything goes in the transition zone I'm not sure how you could do this, and if you did say "anything goes" that would cause problems, too.
I think the best way around this is to add another rule that states the swimmers must chug a beer before they can leave the transition zone. That way they will already be vertical, and can transition into backstroke more fluidly.
We will probably want to go with beer that has been dyed either green or red so the refs can easily determine who really drank their beer and who spilled most of it into the pool.
Obviously, puking before the race is over is an automatic DQ.
I'm probably overthinking this, but how would you legally transition from fly to back? .... So, unless you said anything goes in the transition zone I'm not sure how you could do this, and if you did say "anything goes" that would cause problems, too.
I think the best way around this is to add another rule that states the swimmers must chug a beer before they can leave the transition zone. That way they will already be vertical, and can transition into backstroke more fluidly.
We will probably want to go with beer that has been dyed either green or red so the refs can easily determine who really drank their beer and who spilled most of it into the pool.
Obviously, puking before the race is over is an automatic DQ.
