Swim Rant

If somebody too slow consistently insists on going up front, I think The Rules allow you to swim right over them if they obstruct you from passing. Just grab the ankles and go over the top. Hey, I've done this before and I've even had to do it in a tri swim because 2 fellows would not let me pass to the left or right or go inbetween, so at the last buoy I just swam on top of them and voila, I was in front. They had kept me from passing for about 200 yds and I got tired of it; I even went way left and way right and they would cut in front. Not a normal occurrence though; that's the only time it happened to me in a competition. When I used to train in pools and someone who was first in the lane was too slow, I would make a U-turn right before they got to the wall to get in front of them. Desperate times=desperation actions (sometimes).

If somebody too slow consistently insists on going up front, I think The Rules allow you to swim right over them if they obstruct you from passing. Just grab the ankles and go over the top. Hey, I've done this before and I've even had to do it in a tri swim because 2 fellows would not let me pass to the left or right or go inbetween, so at the last buoy I just swam on top of them and voila, I was in front. They had kept me from passing for about 200 yds and I got tired of it; I even went way left and way right and they would cut in front. Not a normal occurrence though; that's the only time it happened to me in a competition. When I used to train in pools and someone who was first in the lane was too slow, I would make a U-turn right before they got to the wall to get in front of them. Desperate times=desperation actions (sometimes).