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.
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Heather said... "If I am swimming and all the lanes are full and I see someone coming I immediately start doing a fly set ... I don't share lanes with non-swimmers well ..."
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I do the same, but feel terribly guilty about doing so. Many times I've been at the pool and there has been just one swimmer in each lane. I've noticed that very often I become a sort of magnet to the new person who walks on to the deck. They always choose my lane.
The swimmers in the other lanes visibly swim better and become more relaxed when they see the newcomer has left them in peace.
I can see 'Zirconium's' point..."Have you ever considered what the other "slow" swimmers could think about you? Well, they think they are in their perfect legitimate rights and actually, YOU are the annoyance of the lane."
I was in the lane this morning with five other swimmers. Two of them were very slow, and clearly in the wrong lane. All swimmers did their usual continual 40 or 50 laps before going to work. OK, I understand that they have a right to do this, but by the same token, (us/you) faster swimmers should also have the right to do their own thing. I had to keep stopping to allow for the very slow ones and for those slow swimmers who pushed off just when I was about to. I thought to myself, "There's a guy in America who reads the discussion page on the USMS website who would shoot you for doing what you've just done!"
As for strong body smells, I've never noticed this, but we did have one guy who trained with us who was fond of eating loads of garlic. Now that breaks all records in the annoyance factor when you are all at the same end of the pool, mid-set, gasping for breath together.
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Heather said... "If I am swimming and all the lanes are full and I see someone coming I immediately start doing a fly set ... I don't share lanes with non-swimmers well ..."
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I do the same, but feel terribly guilty about doing so. Many times I've been at the pool and there has been just one swimmer in each lane. I've noticed that very often I become a sort of magnet to the new person who walks on to the deck. They always choose my lane.
The swimmers in the other lanes visibly swim better and become more relaxed when they see the newcomer has left them in peace.
I can see 'Zirconium's' point..."Have you ever considered what the other "slow" swimmers could think about you? Well, they think they are in their perfect legitimate rights and actually, YOU are the annoyance of the lane."
I was in the lane this morning with five other swimmers. Two of them were very slow, and clearly in the wrong lane. All swimmers did their usual continual 40 or 50 laps before going to work. OK, I understand that they have a right to do this, but by the same token, (us/you) faster swimmers should also have the right to do their own thing. I had to keep stopping to allow for the very slow ones and for those slow swimmers who pushed off just when I was about to. I thought to myself, "There's a guy in America who reads the discussion page on the USMS website who would shoot you for doing what you've just done!"
As for strong body smells, I've never noticed this, but we did have one guy who trained with us who was fond of eating loads of garlic. Now that breaks all records in the annoyance factor when you are all at the same end of the pool, mid-set, gasping for breath together.
