Please tell me that this kind of thing doesn't happen in the States!
This morning, before coming into work, I trained at the local pool in Kenilworth, England, - 25 metres, four lanes. Not brilliant facilities, but acceptable.
At the end of each lane there is a sign: lane 1- slow, lane 2 - slow, lane 3 -medium, lane 4 - fast. Why do some swimmers, who clearly have difficulty in keeping up, always want to swim in the fast lane? This morning one elderly man, joined the fast lane. He swam breaststroke (I think it was!) with his face out of the water, which was a feat in itself because he was swimming so slowly. There were six of us in the lane and three left the pool (myself included).
When on the deck I decided to time him. He was consistent. Every length of the 25m pool was swum in 2 mins 15 seconds!
Please tell me this kind of 'swimming etiquette' wouldn't be seen in your pool.
So that I can continue with my swimming I need to be reassured that this was a one-off. I'm still in shock.
Parents
Former Member
Wow, I see this has become a very popular topic. Few more observations:
(a) For many of the reasons mentioned earlier (by all of us), I prefer to practice 'open water' during that part of the year when I can. So I'm only now coming back to the pool to all these annoyances.
(b) I really can't afford my own 25M pool, so like many others here, I use a "Y" type facility that has some masters members and some water exercisers, and some general recreational users.
(c) I'm pretty sure that even the various masters users together could not afford to build & maintain the pool, ourselves, so we're stuck with the rest of the public. I suspect that some of the folks we don't appreciate are in fact giving more $$ to support the place than we are.
(d) So even if we find certain people or behaviours annoying to us, I don't think that some of the more drastic 'solutions' posted are very practical.
(e) And there are also "annoyances" in open water. But if they're human ones, at least it's usually possible to keep away from them.
Just my two cents, this time.
Dennis
Wow, I see this has become a very popular topic. Few more observations:
(a) For many of the reasons mentioned earlier (by all of us), I prefer to practice 'open water' during that part of the year when I can. So I'm only now coming back to the pool to all these annoyances.
(b) I really can't afford my own 25M pool, so like many others here, I use a "Y" type facility that has some masters members and some water exercisers, and some general recreational users.
(c) I'm pretty sure that even the various masters users together could not afford to build & maintain the pool, ourselves, so we're stuck with the rest of the public. I suspect that some of the folks we don't appreciate are in fact giving more $$ to support the place than we are.
(d) So even if we find certain people or behaviours annoying to us, I don't think that some of the more drastic 'solutions' posted are very practical.
(e) And there are also "annoyances" in open water. But if they're human ones, at least it's usually possible to keep away from them.
Just my two cents, this time.
Dennis
