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.
You need to talk about lane rules & let them know you WILL finish to the wall if they are in the way they will soon learn that you are coming to it over them !
I have done that. Unfortunately, the coach is subject to a lot more whining about me making my way to the wall, and does not seem to think that it is a prerogative of all people in the lane to finish their swim.
I have tried going first, last, on a different interval, doesn't matter. They even get huffy if they are passed. :shakeshead: I seem to be the only one in the lane who actually realizes (or cares) that it is crowded.
You need to talk about lane rules & let them know you WILL finish to the wall if they are in the way they will soon learn that you are coming to it over them !
I have done that. Unfortunately, the coach is subject to a lot more whining about me making my way to the wall, and does not seem to think that it is a prerogative of all people in the lane to finish their swim.
I have tried going first, last, on a different interval, doesn't matter. They even get huffy if they are passed. :shakeshead: I seem to be the only one in the lane who actually realizes (or cares) that it is crowded.
