So last night the last 2 lanes that are reserved for lap swimming were busier than usual. 1 lane had a HS kid doing a workout and then some rather large fella just slowly swimming. They had divided the lane into 2 and each staying on their side. No biggie.
The other lane had 3 people in it and all looked like swimmers and had been around the block. They were circle swimming. I hopped in the lane and started my 600 yd warm up. After I finished I stayed in the lane at one end to catch my breath and moved to the inside corner nearest corner of the base and lane wall. I did so thinking this would allow the remaining swimmers to drift to the center to do their flip turns and then push out and go back to the right side of the lane. Apparently I did this wrong... as I swam down to the other end I notice all 3 of the swimmers are at one end and pointing at me and obviously talking about me. Then the woman hops out of the lane and goes into the other lane and gives me the stink eye the entire time... and so does her husband/boyfriend.
Was I out of line by going to the corner and getting "small"???
The pool I swim at (unfortunately) has no lane ropes. So it's like a free for all. It gets slightly more organized with the circle swimming when we have more than two people per 'lane' (there are at least lines on the bottom). It can be very challenging at times. They usually put up a 'Slow Lane' sign at one end of the pool, and that has helped. But usually people will just split the lanes until they can't anymore and then they'll either get huffy and get out, or start circle swimming. Poor guy in the next lane accidentally grabbed my butt while he was doing backstroke last night.
Three days a week, I swim with my kids' team. We have lane ropes and I usually share a lane with 2-5 kids. My only complaint there is that they often don't follow the 5 second rule and we end up way too close to each other in the turns. But they seem to grasp the concept of circle swimming so much better than the adults I swim with!
The pool I swim at (unfortunately) has no lane ropes. So it's like a free for all. It gets slightly more organized with the circle swimming when we have more than two people per 'lane' (there are at least lines on the bottom). It can be very challenging at times. They usually put up a 'Slow Lane' sign at one end of the pool, and that has helped. But usually people will just split the lanes until they can't anymore and then they'll either get huffy and get out, or start circle swimming. Poor guy in the next lane accidentally grabbed my butt while he was doing backstroke last night.
Three days a week, I swim with my kids' team. We have lane ropes and I usually share a lane with 2-5 kids. My only complaint there is that they often don't follow the 5 second rule and we end up way too close to each other in the turns. But they seem to grasp the concept of circle swimming so much better than the adults I swim with!
