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 like getting a good time, but I really like to race. I'm sure I wouldn't have been close to these times without these guys next to me. And before I get too much crap for sandbagging, my seed times were my prs -- although I have been working on *** and was pretty sure I could go under. (Oh yeah, and I bought a B70). I always try to seed right at or very close to what I think I'm going to do.
I was behind in each of these races at the last turn. The last 25 was so much fun, with loads of yelling and screaming going on. From talking to the other guys afterward, I know we each appreciated having a person to race, and it pushed each one of us to a faster time.
100 ***:
3 XXXX, Chris M M41 OREG 1:22.06 1:18.88
36.44 1:18.88(42.44)
4 Sumerfield, Bill H M48 OREG 1:21.89 1:18.26
37.11 1:18.26(41.15)
5 XXXXXXX, Mike J M55 OREG 1:22.00 1:18.74
37.69 1:18.74(41.05)
200 ***:
3 Sumerfield, Bill H M48 OREG 3:09.03 2:59.24
41.28 1:27.92(46.64) 2:14.99(47.07) 2:59.24(44.25)
4 XXXXXXXX, Robert W M54 HMS 3:03.40 2:59.44
39.99 1:25.54(45.55) 2:13.36(47.82) 2:59.44(46.08)
I like getting a good time, but I really like to race. I'm sure I wouldn't have been close to these times without these guys next to me. And before I get too much crap for sandbagging, my seed times were my prs -- although I have been working on *** and was pretty sure I could go under. (Oh yeah, and I bought a B70). I always try to seed right at or very close to what I think I'm going to do.
I was behind in each of these races at the last turn. The last 25 was so much fun, with loads of yelling and screaming going on. From talking to the other guys afterward, I know we each appreciated having a person to race, and it pushed each one of us to a faster time.
100 ***:
3 XXXX, Chris M M41 OREG 1:22.06 1:18.88
36.44 1:18.88(42.44)
4 Sumerfield, Bill H M48 OREG 1:21.89 1:18.26
37.11 1:18.26(41.15)
5 XXXXXXX, Mike J M55 OREG 1:22.00 1:18.74
37.69 1:18.74(41.05)
200 ***:
3 Sumerfield, Bill H M48 OREG 3:09.03 2:59.24
41.28 1:27.92(46.64) 2:14.99(47.07) 2:59.24(44.25)
4 XXXXXXXX, Robert W M54 HMS 3:03.40 2:59.44
39.99 1:25.54(45.55) 2:13.36(47.82) 2:59.44(46.08)
