For those of you with fewer than 4 people in a lane at workout, congratulations, this rant does not apply to you. I hope.
For the rest of us, especially those who regularly have to share with 8 or more per lane, does your coach keep the wall cleared so everyone has an opportunity to finish swimming? Or does the wall get cluttered with the first two or three people who think it is necessary to hold onto the gutter with both hands and have both feet on the ledge? And are oblivious to the idea that there may be other swimmers behind them that want to get a time for the full distance of the pool? Yeah, me too.
This is a pet peeve of mine too. There are a couple people i swim with occasionally who stop at least 5 yds. from the wall even if they're the lane leader. Everyone else backs up to about the half way mark. I always tell them it bothers me; I think some of my lane mates think I'm over-intense. I'm not intense, I just like to get the whole workout in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a pet peeve of mine too. There are a couple people i swim with occasionally who stop at least 5 yds. from the wall even if they're the lane leader. Everyone else backs up to about the half way mark. I always tell them it bothers me; I think some of my lane mates think I'm over-intense. I'm not intense, I just like to get the whole workout in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
