Would you scratch?

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Former Member
I'm not a new masters swimmer nor am I new to meets, but am new to the 400 IM. Truthfully, I'm a little concerned about my ability to make it through the event legally (well, I'm really mainly afraid of the 4th 25). I'm scheduled to swim the 400 IM at a meet this weekend (Saturday). There are twenty people entered, it's a 10 lane pool, and as luck would have it I'm seeded 11th. If only one person above me scratches, I'll be in a heat where the fastest person is seeded 1:40 faster than I am, and the slowest person (besides me) is still seeded 40 seconds faster than I am. My seed time is MUCH closer to the people seeded right behind me, and I think I seeded myself as accurately as I could. So... I am extremely anxious about swimming in this heat, as I was already anxious about swimming the 400 IM. Do I scratch to save myself the humiliation and to save some energy for Sunday's events? Or do I get lapped at least twice by the leaders, once by the next slowest person, and tick everyone off for holding up the meet? I'm already swimming the 1000 earlier in the session, and the 400 IM will be my 4th event of the day. I really have mixed feelings about this.
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  • Congratulations, Kristin! You did great this weekend ! You ROCKED! Congrats. to Marianne, as well, for winning high points in the 45-49 age group. Marianne you were AWESOME to watch, this weekend, beating all your seed times! You keep improving like this and we'll be seeing you in the Top Ten someday soon! :cheerleader: Heidi, you rocked as always. You are fast! Great job! :applaud: Celestial and Swimcat, it was great meeting you two this weekend and putting faces to the Forumite avatars. :D Joyce, if you are out there lurking and happen to see this, congatulations to you, too! You're getting better all the time! I'm looking forward to swimming relays with you on our new team, later this year! I hope I didn't miss any of our gals. If so, sorry about that! I still haven't matched up all the swimmers I have met to their avatars. :cheerleader:You GO Girls!!! :cheerleader:
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  • Congratulations, Kristin! You did great this weekend ! You ROCKED! Congrats. to Marianne, as well, for winning high points in the 45-49 age group. Marianne you were AWESOME to watch, this weekend, beating all your seed times! You keep improving like this and we'll be seeing you in the Top Ten someday soon! :cheerleader: Heidi, you rocked as always. You are fast! Great job! :applaud: Celestial and Swimcat, it was great meeting you two this weekend and putting faces to the Forumite avatars. :D Joyce, if you are out there lurking and happen to see this, congatulations to you, too! You're getting better all the time! I'm looking forward to swimming relays with you on our new team, later this year! I hope I didn't miss any of our gals. If so, sorry about that! I still haven't matched up all the swimmers I have met to their avatars. :cheerleader:You GO Girls!!! :cheerleader:
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