Swim Rant

Ugh, I had forgotten how much fun the battle between 'fast' swimmers and lap swimmers was. So, there I was, wanting to swim a few laps, maybe get in a little work between practice days. I get to the local facility, get to the deck and look out at the 5 lap lanes. Hmm, the Slow lane, nope too slow, the Medium lanes, nope too slow, the Fast lanes, um, huh? 2 Folks in there going SLOWER than the folks in the slow lane. I check the signs, yep, printed in LARGE lettering Slow, Medium, Fast and arrayed from left to right. So I wait about 5 minutes and one of the folks in the Fast lanes finished. I ask the remaining one if I can join her, sure, I then ask, can we split the lane, at least until someone else joins us. Sure, no problem. So I start off, just a nice easy 200. Every 50 I'm passing the other person going the other direction. Shrug, whatever. I finish my 200, someone is there asking to join, um, sure, I have no problems but it's circle swim time. Please note: I am in the FAST lane, now, I'm not burning up the record books but I just took a 200 in about 3:00 or so. So now I have 2 others in the same lane as I. No problemo, push off and start doing some moderate speed 100s, trying to get as long as possible as my lats are still not as stretched out as they could be. Pass swimmer #1 after the first turn, pass swimmer #2 after the 2nd turn, pass swimmer #1 AGAIN, after the third turn . After the 2nd 100, I realize that this is :notworking: . I see the next lane over is empty so I move over there. So I have a lane to myself, so I decide to work on some IM. Hmm, should have checked the hair of the swimmer to the left. After my 2nd 100, she asks me is to not splash so much. I must have had brain-lock and gave her a blank stare like I was simple, cause she said, 'you know, keep the splashing down, it's getting my hair wet' riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Time to go. So I will not be trying that again. I'll stick to working out with a group of like minded, chlorine suffused, folks who get up before the chickens to go fast, make waves and punish themselves. Paul

Ugh, I had forgotten how much fun the battle between 'fast' swimmers and lap swimmers was. So, there I was, wanting to swim a few laps, maybe get in a little work between practice days. I get to the local facility, get to the deck and look out at the 5 lap lanes. Hmm, the Slow lane, nope too slow, the Medium lanes, nope too slow, the Fast lanes, um, huh? 2 Folks in there going SLOWER than the folks in the slow lane. I check the signs, yep, printed in LARGE lettering Slow, Medium, Fast and arrayed from left to right. So I wait about 5 minutes and one of the folks in the Fast lanes finished. I ask the remaining one if I can join her, sure, I then ask, can we split the lane, at least until someone else joins us. Sure, no problem. So I start off, just a nice easy 200. Every 50 I'm passing the other person going the other direction. Shrug, whatever. I finish my 200, someone is there asking to join, um, sure, I have no problems but it's circle swim time. Please note: I am in the FAST lane, now, I'm not burning up the record books but I just took a 200 in about 3:00 or so. So now I have 2 others in the same lane as I. No problemo, push off and start doing some moderate speed 100s, trying to get as long as possible as my lats are still not as stretched out as they could be. Pass swimmer #1 after the first turn, pass swimmer #2 after the 2nd turn, pass swimmer #1 AGAIN, after the third turn . After the 2nd 100, I realize that this is :notworking: . I see the next lane over is empty so I move over there. So I have a lane to myself, so I decide to work on some IM. Hmm, should have checked the hair of the swimmer to the left. After my 2nd 100, she asks me is to not splash so much. I must have had brain-lock and gave her a blank stare like I was simple, cause she said, 'you know, keep the splashing down, it's getting my hair wet' riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Time to go. So I will not be trying that again. I'll stick to working out with a group of like minded, chlorine suffused, folks who get up before the chickens to go fast, make waves and punish themselves. Paul