Swim Rant

OK, my rant is about pool conditions and swimmers badly in need of Prozac... Our pool in Oro Valley never fails to have a "maintenance" closure for about 2 weeks within a month of Masters Nationals. Grrrrrr. The water temperature also fluctuates from 75 to 90 on a regular basis. This also annoys the hell out of me. Today it was on the cold end and I spent 30 minutes in the shower warming up... OK, on to people in need of Prozac...There is nothing worse than swimming with someone so uptight about a change in an interval by 5 seconds or you beating them when they don't want to be beaten or you swimming breaststroke when that's what you need to work on or whatever. I had someone scream at me once and then get out of the pool and throw her fins across the deck before jumping in another lane because she said I left 5 seconds early on an interval. She was the one who couldn't even add...She was just jealous because I was leading the set and kicking her ass. I also had someone almost swim over me once at a meet (once he padded on my ass a few times I ducked underwater). When I confronted him later, he said he was "touching me toes to notify me he wanted to pass." The guy seriously needs an anatomy lesson...People like this put me in a bad mood when I swim to start the day with a good frame-of-reference! If you can't be respectful and put the whole workout thing in perspective, I wish you would either go get a scrip, a mannekin you can molest, or buy an Endless pool and swim in your damn basement by yourself for goodness sake!

OK, my rant is about pool conditions and swimmers badly in need of Prozac... Our pool in Oro Valley never fails to have a "maintenance" closure for about 2 weeks within a month of Masters Nationals. Grrrrrr. The water temperature also fluctuates from 75 to 90 on a regular basis. This also annoys the hell out of me. Today it was on the cold end and I spent 30 minutes in the shower warming up... OK, on to people in need of Prozac...There is nothing worse than swimming with someone so uptight about a change in an interval by 5 seconds or you beating them when they don't want to be beaten or you swimming breaststroke when that's what you need to work on or whatever. I had someone scream at me once and then get out of the pool and throw her fins across the deck before jumping in another lane because she said I left 5 seconds early on an interval. She was the one who couldn't even add...She was just jealous because I was leading the set and kicking her ass. I also had someone almost swim over me once at a meet (once he padded on my ass a few times I ducked underwater). When I confronted him later, he said he was "touching me toes to notify me he wanted to pass." The guy seriously needs an anatomy lesson...People like this put me in a bad mood when I swim to start the day with a good frame-of-reference! If you can't be respectful and put the whole workout thing in perspective, I wish you would either go get a scrip, a mannekin you can molest, or buy an Endless pool and swim in your damn basement by yourself for goodness sake!