Does anyone know if there are any rules on pacing? I tried to find information on it but couldn't. The question was raised at our meet yesturday when one of the swimmers had someone swim next to her just to pace her on her 500. Is this legal?
Can't be. If that was, then they'd have to turn off the clocks during the swim too. I paced my 200 free the other day by looking at my splits while swimming the race :) It was certainly a device used to enhance pace in that instance. Does that make looking at it illegal?
I did the same thing during my 1650 last weekend...I didn't look at the clock all the time, but at certain points in the race I would glance at the clock, do a little math in my head, and pick up the pace (why would I choose to slow down the pace??) :)
Can't be. If that was, then they'd have to turn off the clocks during the swim too. I paced my 200 free the other day by looking at my splits while swimming the race :) It was certainly a device used to enhance pace in that instance. Does that make looking at it illegal?
I did the same thing during my 1650 last weekend...I didn't look at the clock all the time, but at certain points in the race I would glance at the clock, do a little math in my head, and pick up the pace (why would I choose to slow down the pace??) :)
