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.
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.
Now this is just bizarre!
I think when you get more than maybe four people to a lane it starts getting difficult for the last people to finish to the wall even if the earlier swimmers try to line up in the middle of the lane. It gets worse when the water is too deep to stand up. But the lane leader finishing five yards from the wall is something I've--luckily--never experienced!
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.
Now this is just bizarre!
I think when you get more than maybe four people to a lane it starts getting difficult for the last people to finish to the wall even if the earlier swimmers try to line up in the middle of the lane. It gets worse when the water is too deep to stand up. But the lane leader finishing five yards from the wall is something I've--luckily--never experienced!
