Swim Rant

Maybe it's the only way he could get next to a girl in a bathing suit? :lmao: I prefer getting into the "next" lane (either side doesn't matter -unless she's in an outside lane, of course; I don't need that much resistance and drag even if she were a 10+). Swimming in the next lane, one can go in the same direction, + or - at the same speed and get to admire their form, I mean style (swimming style, naturally).

...........I was by myself in the pool. Then this one guy comes in, ........... He couldn't possibly want to share a lane when there are five others available. So I hung out at the wall watching this and joking with the lifeguards, who were also chuckling at the idiocy of getting into the ONLY OCCUPIED LANE of an otherwise empty pool. Sure enough, the man sat down, put on his fins, and hopped into my lane. Was your lane the "fast" lane"? He might have misinterpreted the meaning of the sign.................

Sorry, I just didn't know how to start the conversation... ;) j/k... Pretty scary though If I'd only known it was you... c'mon, ya gotta not be so shy! :D Of course, I wouldn't have picked him out as you b/c he wasn't nearly as good looking as the pix of you. You don't by chance travel in disguise do you, the better to fend off all those eager ladies? ;)

I have read all these rants. Breastrokers should not be able to Rant!!! Only true swimmers flyers and crawlers only should have this right. I only have two real rants, #1 breastrokers in my lane, they really mess up my lap swimming. #2 backstokers who cannot swim straight when doing laps.

Was your lane the "fast" lane"? He might have misinterpreted the meaning of the sign................. Hehe. We have a few lanes designated for different speeds, but I've never seen anyone actually pay attention to them. I wasn't even in the fast lane -- I was in lane three or four, I think, somewhere in the middle of the pool, because that's the one that had been empty when I'd arrived. Oh well. I remember calling an old friend from my swim team back home afterward and telling her. She got a laugh out of it too.

If I'd only known it was you... c'mon, ya gotta not be so shy! :D Of course, I wouldn't have picked him out as you b/c he wasn't nearly as good looking as the pix of you. You don't by chance travel in disguise do you, the better to fend off all those eager ladies? ;) I just don't travel...I can barely ride my mower/tractor in my speedo for fear of being mobbed these days ;) I guess I photograph at +10 *shrug*

I read all the rants with great laughter before leaving for swim practice. At swim practice I was involved in a situation I would like to rant about. I usually swim during the day, but decided to swim at night with an organized masters team. A lady in my lane took one look at me and decided that she was faster than me. So, we are doing a 600 free and I am right on her toes when she decides to switch to backstroke. I pass her and then in the next set of 3x200 she tells me that she is faster than me and demands to go in front of me. When I tell her that I think I would prefer to be in front of her, she pushes off the wall and goes. URGH! The next set was 6x100 and I pass her during the first one. I then decide to give the person in front of me a little more space and has my feet leave the wall she rams into me. Apparently, she decided that since I was giving someone a ten second space, there was no reason for her to give me any space. At the end of practice, she told me that just because I am tall does not mean that I should have swum in front of her. I feel better for ranting. I think I may just stay with noon masters.

Rant all you want guys I am going on a trip to Moline Illinois for a week. On Friday I am going to have a party with Chuckie, 50th anniversary. Chuckie punches me when anyone asks how long have you been married and I say Too Long.

#2 backstokers who cannot swim straight when doing laps. I plead guilty to this. At least outdoors. To compensate I always hug the lane line. The problem with this is I end up whacking it lots of times when my hand goes in. Man that hurts! I don't quite get why this happens, either, because coaches tell me I overreach on backstroke. Actually this reminds me of a story. The outdoor long course pool I used to swim in as a kid was L shaped with the dive tank as the other leg of the L. There was a lane line strung across the dive tank, but it was attached about a foot in from the corner. In other words the wall lane on that side of the pool had a sharp corner where the two legs of the L met. I was always deathly afraid of crashing into that corner doing backstroke in that lane! I don't think I ever did, though.

I read all the rants with great laughter before leaving for swim practice. At swim practice I was involved in a situation I would like to rant about. I usually swim during the day, but decided to swim at night with an organized masters team. A lady in my lane took one look at me and decided that she was faster than me. So, we are doing a 600 free and I am right on her toes when she decides to switch to backstroke. I pass her and then in the next set of 3x200 she tells me that she is faster than me and demands to go in front of me. When I tell her that I think I would prefer to be in front of her, she pushes off the wall and goes. URGH! The next set was 6x100 and I pass her during the first one. I then decide to give the person in front of me a little more space and has my feet leave the wall she rams into me. Apparently, she decided that since I was giving someone a ten second space, there was no reason for her to give me any space. At the end of practice, she told me that just because I am tall does not mean that I should have swum in front of her. I feel better for ranting. I think I may just stay with noon masters. That is too bad!!! I've heard many complaints from swimmers at your pool. Steiner masters is really getting a reputation. Some things I need to rant about: 1. Coaches who think their time on the deck is to announce all their personal info to the team. This wastes swimmers time who are paying the coach paying the coach for a workout, not a diatribe. :mad: 2. Coaches that just sit on the deck and don't make corrections or offer suggestions to improve your technique. 3. Swimmers who drag (butt suck) you all the time. I don't mind once and while, but every set!!!:mooning: 4. Swimmers who complain about not improving and do nothing to improve. 5. One lap swimmer per lane. :dunno: 6. Pools that are under utilized!!! (Typically bad management) I have a few others, but I'll leave you with a great quote I heard today. "Vision is the art of seeing things invisible" Jonathan Swift