Swim Rant

Kirk: Is that the Michigan State outdoor pool you are referring to. We had a masters meet there about 2 weeks ago and I remember it being L shaped and you going to school there.

people who won't let you pass or make it difficult to pass as you are about to lap them people who sit on lane ropes

Originally posted by ande people who I swim faster than in practice who whup me in meets Is this a rant against you? Or the people who are not good workout swimmers?

Originally posted by hofffam People who drive their Camry in the left lane going slow.... Oh yeah - this is about swimming. OK - how about hot pools (say 84 deg F). Racing against people that haven't taken 25 years off. In Illinois it is now illegal to drive slow in the left lane.

When swimmers hang on lane ropes bewteen intervals and push them into the path of other swimmers hands. When you get 7 in a lane and some turkeys wont go less than the 5 sec gap but keep forcing the lead guy up the last ones tail. People who fudge their drills.

It is quite satisfying to keep up with or pass somebody using fins though...that makes it all worthwhile. I also enjoy overtaking a freestyler while doing backstroke .

People who drive their Camry in the left lane going slow.... Oh yeah - this is about swimming. OK - how about hot pools (say 84 deg F). Racing against people that haven't taken 25 years off.

Bad imitations of successful pool designs. At the Dad's Club in Houston, they built a bad copy of the Mexico City Olympic pool. The Mexico pool had a molded plastic screen in front of some very deep gutters, so water was shaved off and then dropped into oblivion, producing a fast result for the era. At the Dad's Club, someone saved some money and used shallow gutters and -get this - a perforated metal screen. The holes were about pinky sized. Woe to those whose wingspan wandered. DV

Originally posted by dorothyrde I think the only thing that really annoys me is the very heavily perfumed person next to me. That stuff gets in my mouth, my lungs, gah. Who needs perfume to go to the pool? Last night I started to gag when somebody got in the pool. I would have preferred the fuel taste from the planes flying over head or boat fumes. Mmmmm diesel.

Here's several of mine I don't like to swim next to walls My hand hits the wall underwater on my freestyle outsweep and there's no lane line to pull on in backstroke My hand sometimes hits objects on the side of pool above the water skinny lanes W A V Y pools smacking hands above the rope missing a taper people who I swim faster than in practice who whup me in meets getting slower training partners and friends moving away