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?
I rarely hear people say, "I can't wait to race against x person in my heat" or "I came to this meet to race against x."
Also, just because it may not happen in general does not mean it never happens. Can you guarantee to me that there is not a single person in an entire 800-person meet, who might specifically be looking to race against you, specifically?
-Rick
I rarely hear people say, "I can't wait to race against x person in my heat" or "I came to this meet to race against x."
Also, just because it may not happen in general does not mean it never happens. Can you guarantee to me that there is not a single person in an entire 800-person meet, who might specifically be looking to race against you, specifically?
-Rick
