I'm a newbie and just had my first practice yesterday sharing the lane with other swimmers. There were five of us, and it was horrible. I could barely get across one length of the pool and I actually panicked because I've never swum with others in the lane, certainly not four or five other people, and I was afraid of hitting or being hit. I stayed close to the rope, so much that I hit it a few times. Now I'm thinking, should I have joined this program? Am I one of those people who just prefers to swim alone? It was pretty scary.
I know those of you who do this all the time probably think, pffffft. No biggie. But I've never been so tense in the pool and when I swim on my own, I'm fine, do lots of laps for about an hour with very few breaks, so I know it's not my skill level. But I don't even know if I want to go back to a practice. I got bumped a few times, bumped into someone else, and basically made a fool of myself.
I also noticed that certain people displace the water an awful lot, and that was a new sensation.
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Hi Denise, I endured a similar experience. Unfortunately, I suffer from vertigo - so I'm extremely sensitive to motion, and what others call "waves" feel like tidal waves to my poor inner ear system. But on good days, I often have to share or circle and sometimes we swipe or brush arms/legs and it's ok. I actually feel the energy in the pool and it makes me push harder. But having said that, I've been an obsessive exerciser for nearly 40 years and prefer to do all forms of exercise solo. I ran solo (never liked races, but did them for the challenge), I do gym cardio solo and prefer to swim in my own lane -- no partners and definitely not with a team. That's just me.
Hi Denise, I endured a similar experience. Unfortunately, I suffer from vertigo - so I'm extremely sensitive to motion, and what others call "waves" feel like tidal waves to my poor inner ear system. But on good days, I often have to share or circle and sometimes we swipe or brush arms/legs and it's ok. I actually feel the energy in the pool and it makes me push harder. But having said that, I've been an obsessive exerciser for nearly 40 years and prefer to do all forms of exercise solo. I ran solo (never liked races, but did them for the challenge), I do gym cardio solo and prefer to swim in my own lane -- no partners and definitely not with a team. That's just me.
