Swim Rant

I got to practice early on Saturday, wanting to get in about 1000 before practice started. Knowing that would mean sharing a lane with the early morning turtles, I went prepared to wait for an opening and followed proper etiquette for lane sharing. After waiting for the guy swimming with the snorkel and webbed gloves to either look up and see me, or get back to the end of the pool, he finally looked up and waved me in to share the lane. My mistake, I figured that the invitation would come with him moving over to one side so I could use the other. He turned around before the flags (after inviting me in) and started back the other way--still swimming down the middle of the pool! I pused off an started down the side that looked to be mine and hugged the lane line to get by. Did the same each time I passed him for the entire swim. This guy was like a driver doing 45MPH in the passing lane on the highway. He would move over when he saw me coming, but then move right on back after I passed. Weird.

I got to practice early on Saturday, wanting to get in about 1000 before practice started. Knowing that would mean sharing a lane with the early morning turtles, I went prepared to wait for an opening and followed proper etiquette for lane sharing. After waiting for the guy swimming with the snorkel and webbed gloves to either look up and see me, or get back to the end of the pool, he finally looked up and waved me in to share the lane. My mistake, I figured that the invitation would come with him moving over to one side so I could use the other. He turned around before the flags (after inviting me in) and started back the other way--still swimming down the middle of the pool! I pused off an started down the side that looked to be mine and hugged the lane line to get by. Did the same each time I passed him for the entire swim. This guy was like a driver doing 45MPH in the passing lane on the highway. He would move over when he saw me coming, but then move right on back after I passed. Weird.