Swim Rant

But it can be frustrating sometimes to find lap swimmers squeezed out of space and/or time for our pursuits. You'd think that with the weight management problems in our society, pools should encourage more adults to work out in serious ways. There wouldn't be any lakes or beaches near you that would give you some compatible swimming times? Well, you'd think pool managers could work out schedules that don't compete, so that if, for example, pool A has length swimming from 11am to 12pm, then perhaps pool B might consider moving length swimming from the same time to 12pm to 1pm. This way everyone -- bathers, noodlers, aquafitters, and length swimmers -- would all find they had expanded options. But I suppose even though these are city sponsored recreational centres, they *are* competing very heavily for what is actually a rather small membership. Aside from the accident at the hotel, I'd normally find swimming at Commonwealth Place to be a decent option, since there are often a ton of empty lanes in extremely lovely water on the weekends. But their schedule mentions a water polo tournament, and I wouldn't begrudge these athletes their use of the pool. As it was, "stroke correction" time at the Y yesterday meant 1 guy teaching a beginner in one lane, and me with the rest of the pool to myself. That worked out very nicely.

But it can be frustrating sometimes to find lap swimmers squeezed out of space and/or time for our pursuits. You'd think that with the weight management problems in our society, pools should encourage more adults to work out in serious ways. There wouldn't be any lakes or beaches near you that would give you some compatible swimming times? Well, you'd think pool managers could work out schedules that don't compete, so that if, for example, pool A has length swimming from 11am to 12pm, then perhaps pool B might consider moving length swimming from the same time to 12pm to 1pm. This way everyone -- bathers, noodlers, aquafitters, and length swimmers -- would all find they had expanded options. But I suppose even though these are city sponsored recreational centres, they *are* competing very heavily for what is actually a rather small membership. Aside from the accident at the hotel, I'd normally find swimming at Commonwealth Place to be a decent option, since there are often a ton of empty lanes in extremely lovely water on the weekends. But their schedule mentions a water polo tournament, and I wouldn't begrudge these athletes their use of the pool. As it was, "stroke correction" time at the Y yesterday meant 1 guy teaching a beginner in one lane, and me with the rest of the pool to myself. That worked out very nicely.