Many swimmers I have talked to over the years have said that they would like to race some nonstandard event. Frequently mentioned examples are: a 75 butterfly, a 3-stroke IM, a 25 SDK, or a distance stroke event. Suppose you could enter some nonstandard events at a SCY meet, what would you pick? Perhaps a 2x400 breaststroke family relay? (Count me out on that one, but it does sound cool.) I thought about posting a poll, but it would be difficult to list all of the possibilities and I might miss some good idea, so I'm just inviting free-form response. Second question: would you travel to Philadelphia to swim it?
We sometimes did this at the end of a training session way back when. I was often the lone female swimmer bringing up the end of the lane of 4 or 5 guys. We'd all set off on 5 sec intervals with the intention to catch the person in front of you.
A variation of this is where you have all the swimmers in the lane start out one right after the other (don't wait five seconds). The lead swimmer should maintain a cruise pace and the last swimmer must pass all the other swimmers by the end of the 50. This person now becomes the leader and the person who is currently last must pass everyone. You swim continuously like this for some predetermined distance or time. You need a minimum of three swimmers do really make this worthwhile.
We sometimes did this at the end of a training session way back when. I was often the lone female swimmer bringing up the end of the lane of 4 or 5 guys. We'd all set off on 5 sec intervals with the intention to catch the person in front of you.
A variation of this is where you have all the swimmers in the lane start out one right after the other (don't wait five seconds). The lead swimmer should maintain a cruise pace and the last swimmer must pass all the other swimmers by the end of the 50. This person now becomes the leader and the person who is currently last must pass everyone. You swim continuously like this for some predetermined distance or time. You need a minimum of three swimmers do really make this worthwhile.
