having just recently competed in the 2nd annual lake quassapaug open water festival, i can honestly say that stage racing has become my favorite way to kill a day (or a week).
i will be heading out to austin in october to participate in the highland lakes monster challenge....5 lakes in 5 days.
not to limit the pleasure of such a format to open water, i think there are tremendous possibilities for adding such challenges to the standard pool racing format.
here are a few suggestions:
50 of each stroke and the 100 im
100 of each stroke and the 200 im
200 of each stroke and the 400 im
1000, 1650 and 400 im
etc.
to clarify, each participant would be scored by their combined time.
One year, I won the Iron Man award at an Age group meet. I still have it. It is based on who got the most points from the 200 Fly, 400 IM, 500 Free, 1000 free, and 1650 free, I think that is all the events for it. I was ticked off because the first year they had it, they put the winners in the Middle Atlantic newsletter. Of course when I win it, they didn't post the winners in the newsletter.
In Masters, there is a Pentathlon meet every year. I usually do the distance one. It is a 400 IM, 200 breat, 200 back, 200 fly and 200 free. When I did it this year, I bailed on the 200 free because I was just getting back in shape so I didn't do a complete pentathlon. The purpose of this meet was to finish a 200 fly and 400 IM. I barely got through my 200 fly.
One year, I won the Iron Man award at an Age group meet. I still have it. It is based on who got the most points from the 200 Fly, 400 IM, 500 Free, 1000 free, and 1650 free, I think that is all the events for it. I was ticked off because the first year they had it, they put the winners in the Middle Atlantic newsletter. Of course when I win it, they didn't post the winners in the newsletter.
In Masters, there is a Pentathlon meet every year. I usually do the distance one. It is a 400 IM, 200 breat, 200 back, 200 fly and 200 free. When I did it this year, I bailed on the 200 free because I was just getting back in shape so I didn't do a complete pentathlon. The purpose of this meet was to finish a 200 fly and 400 IM. I barely got through my 200 fly.
