Just wondering, when lane swimming and a faster swimmer can't for some reason go around a slower swimmer (narrow lane, busy lane, slower swimmer is in the middle of the lane, whatever), is it acceptable etiquette for the faster swimmer to pass underneath the slower swimmer? Will that freak out the slower swimmer?
Alan
Different question, but still related to lane etiquette. Does anybody have issues with tailgaters?
One guy who is roughly the same speed as me will always leave 3 seconds behind me and sprint the first lap to get close enough to draft. He has no interest in passing me or leading the lane and will stay on my butt whenever possible. He openly admits this is quite intentional. I don't really mind because it's quite satisfying when I can drop him. Also, when I get particularly tired and want someone else to lead, this guy will happily do so, knowing he owes me.
Next time...push off "acting like normal", but stall out underwater on the pushoff. He'll then push off racing to catch you, and run into you 5 yards off the wall.
Or just flip at the 25, find him on your butt and stop...let him go by, then ride him like he likes it. It'll stop soon.
I had a kid doing this earlier in the fall and was supposedly going 3-4 seconds faster than me on the reps when we were going some Best Average 100s. He had little endurance but had speed. I had the back half endurance to keep going almost forever at my speed. I made him go ahead of me, and a few reps later he finally conceeded the lead back to me, and then fell apart.
Different question, but still related to lane etiquette. Does anybody have issues with tailgaters?
One guy who is roughly the same speed as me will always leave 3 seconds behind me and sprint the first lap to get close enough to draft. He has no interest in passing me or leading the lane and will stay on my butt whenever possible. He openly admits this is quite intentional. I don't really mind because it's quite satisfying when I can drop him. Also, when I get particularly tired and want someone else to lead, this guy will happily do so, knowing he owes me.
Next time...push off "acting like normal", but stall out underwater on the pushoff. He'll then push off racing to catch you, and run into you 5 yards off the wall.
Or just flip at the 25, find him on your butt and stop...let him go by, then ride him like he likes it. It'll stop soon.
I had a kid doing this earlier in the fall and was supposedly going 3-4 seconds faster than me on the reps when we were going some Best Average 100s. He had little endurance but had speed. I had the back half endurance to keep going almost forever at my speed. I made him go ahead of me, and a few reps later he finally conceeded the lead back to me, and then fell apart.
