I was honestly on the fence about whether I wanted to swim the breaststroke 3 pack or do freestyle at my next meet in a couple of weeks. So I ended up signing up for 5 events today and mailing it in, knowing that I will scratch at least one, maybe 2, events depending on how I feel at the meet.
Are scratchers evil like sandbaggers? I know I had a lot of fun at the last meet with a couple of very close races with people right next to me, but honestly the only times empty lanes have bothered me have been when I've been in 1 and the only other entrant was in 8 or 6. Feels like a weird time trial when that happens. But just an empty lane or 2, no biggie. Does it bug the race directors? Why do I feel vaguely guilty about it? Should I just kick an extra 200 as penance tomorrow (I hate kicking) and forget all about it? Or is it not even something to worry about?
Thanks, Fort. It is interesting to hear how people plan and strategize. I've been almost tempted to put down times faster than I actually go because I do better trying to keep up with people faster than myself. I haven't done it though out of the concern that I may be so off the time I put down and may have kept somebody faster than myself out of the heat.
I'm already planning for the Auburn meet. On Sunday, I have to swim a bunch of events, so I imagine I will be putting down a bunch of NTs. What is funny is that there may be events I am swimming in which I really do not have a masters time - such as 100 or 200 yards of the evil stroke.
Thanks, Fort. It is interesting to hear how people plan and strategize. I've been almost tempted to put down times faster than I actually go because I do better trying to keep up with people faster than myself. I haven't done it though out of the concern that I may be so off the time I put down and may have kept somebody faster than myself out of the heat.
I'm already planning for the Auburn meet. On Sunday, I have to swim a bunch of events, so I imagine I will be putting down a bunch of NTs. What is funny is that there may be events I am swimming in which I really do not have a masters time - such as 100 or 200 yards of the evil stroke.
