Here's a swim I bet you would all hate. I did. It was in a sprint triathlon, a 350y swim indoors because upstate NY lakes are still far too cold. In an 8 lane, 25Y pool you jump into lane 1, no diving, go up to the end and on the turn you go off at an angle to go under the ropes. Up and down each lane and at the far end go under the ropes. In lane 8 climb out and run out the back door to your bike transition. I simply couldn't put any power into the turns and going under the ropes disrupted the synchronicity of my stroke, like the first two had no power.
Anybody ever done anything like this?
I've done triathlon snake swims like that early in the season when it was too cold for open water. Fortunately always in 50 meter pools. They would send us off one-at-a-time on five second intervals fastest to slowest, which worked ok unless someone had fudged their seed time.
A lot of the more accomplished swimmers would also cross under the lane lines and do flip turns. It's really not that hard with a little practice.
The worst part was if you got caught up in a pack with three or four other swimmers, especially at a turn.
As I mentioned, I always did them in 50 meter pools, don't think I'd enjoy it as much in a 25 yard pool.
I've done triathlon snake swims like that early in the season when it was too cold for open water. Fortunately always in 50 meter pools. They would send us off one-at-a-time on five second intervals fastest to slowest, which worked ok unless someone had fudged their seed time.
A lot of the more accomplished swimmers would also cross under the lane lines and do flip turns. It's really not that hard with a little practice.
The worst part was if you got caught up in a pack with three or four other swimmers, especially at a turn.
As I mentioned, I always did them in 50 meter pools, don't think I'd enjoy it as much in a 25 yard pool.
