has anyone encountered snobs in the pool?i know i have,they come in..say half an hour after you start swimming..then decide that they have your lane..you know they swim directly in your path even though you have swam linearly for 1500metres +...try keeping your path and you end up colliding...sometimes they appologise...sometimes they ignore..i have to change lanes....
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Wow, I guess my Y experience is different than some of the stories here.
I swim one of two primary times depending on my schedule - either M-F 7:00am to 8:30am or M-F 11::30am to 1:30pm. At either time, I usually share a lane with one other swimmer - we split the lane in half. (Of course my defintion of serious swimmer is "someone who is esercising and can stay on their side of the lane" as opposed to Ion who defines serious as "somone who can swim world class times as a warm-up".:rolleyes: The people in the pool are always the same group - we are all familiar with each other.
Usually, once a week I have a lane to myself. And I have to swim circles (three or more in a lane) maybe once a month for half of a workout.
The only exception is when I miss a couple of workouts and try to make it up either in the evening or on the weekend. The pool is a zoo then.
This is at a Y with a 25 yard indoor pool and a 25 yard outdoor pool that is only open Memorial Day through Labor Day. We are in the Philadelphia suburbs. Maybe my schedule just works out really well with the crowds at the pool.
Wow, I guess my Y experience is different than some of the stories here.
I swim one of two primary times depending on my schedule - either M-F 7:00am to 8:30am or M-F 11::30am to 1:30pm. At either time, I usually share a lane with one other swimmer - we split the lane in half. (Of course my defintion of serious swimmer is "someone who is esercising and can stay on their side of the lane" as opposed to Ion who defines serious as "somone who can swim world class times as a warm-up".:rolleyes: The people in the pool are always the same group - we are all familiar with each other.
Usually, once a week I have a lane to myself. And I have to swim circles (three or more in a lane) maybe once a month for half of a workout.
The only exception is when I miss a couple of workouts and try to make it up either in the evening or on the weekend. The pool is a zoo then.
This is at a Y with a 25 yard indoor pool and a 25 yard outdoor pool that is only open Memorial Day through Labor Day. We are in the Philadelphia suburbs. Maybe my schedule just works out really well with the crowds at the pool.
