Swim Rant

People who circle swim when they don't have to and nobody else is. Finally had to swim into a guy this morning that kept crossing into my lane because he was doing that. The other fellow that he kept crossing lanes into just looked at him, like, what the heck is he doing.

Originally posted by TheGoodSmith Middle aged people who workout for more than an hour a day 4-5 days a week. Get a life ! John Smith Aren't we being a little sensitive here. I work out about 90 minutes 5-6 days a week and think I have a life. In fact I know I have a life compared to the Triathletes that workout a lot more than me.

Originally posted by TheGoodSmith Middle aged people who workout for more than an hour a day 4-5 days a week. Get a life ! I guess I could sit on my backside and eat cheetos and get blubbery like 2/3 of the rest of Americans. But, I prefer the gym and pool to that.

quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by TheGoodSmith Middle aged people who workout for more than an hour a day 4-5 days a week. Get a life ! John Smith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since my ancestors evolved from the sea creatures, water IS my life. My pet peeve is those land creatures who feel that they have to crawl out of the motherland to scurry off to do some highly important task for a pittance! -- mel

Have you ever been adjusting your googles then they slip out of your fingers and POP you in the eye? OUCH Swimmers who are sick and contagious who show up for practice anyway and infect their lane mates

One thing that can be annoying (or can be fun if you want it to be) is pools with weird lengths. They're building a water park near me with several 60-yard lap lanes! C'mon, just make it 50 meters, it's about 5 1/2 yards shorter! The fitness swimmers won't even notice the difference, and it'll be so much easier for the real competitive swimmers.

Originally posted by ande smacking hands above the rope I hate workout groups that make every lane circle in the same direction (as per the diagram on USMS) so that you are ALWAYS swimming with people on either side that are swimming in the opposite direction instead of the much more sensible circling in alternating directions so the people on the other side of the lane rope are swimming in the same direction as you, thereby greatly reducing the likelyhood and severity of colliding hands.

But if you alternate clockwise in one lane, counter clockwise in the next ... you can end up swimming right next to somebody for the entire length (can be painful if they breaststroke kick below the lanerope, recover their hands over your lane, etc). At least when everybody circles the same way you only have somebody next to you for a second or so. The only time we alternate which way we circle is when we are outdoors and only put in half the ropes.

Ok, I have jump in on this one. Many of your comments are making my laugh out loud. I'm glad I'm in my own office with no one around. Here's my list in no specific order. 1. I really hate butt suckers (drafters) who draft all the time. I don't mind someone drafting from time to time, but every set!!! 2. People who dive into the pool in the shallow end where it says "no diving". I'm waiting for our first neck injury :( 3. Lazy ass coaches that sit on deck and don't help the swimmers. 4. Coaches that make forever lasting announcements. Fine tell us about the meet, but I don't care about the concert coming up, or who had the latest baby, or why you think George Bush is whatever.... Give me the next set and lets get going. 5. Lap swimmers who expect their own lane!!!! 6. Facility directors who don't help promote your program, or better yet, those directors who really have no idea what your program is about. :confused: 7. Pools that don't have Masters programs :eek: 8. Probably one of my biggest pet peeves is when triathletes and/or fitness swimmers who change a sprint set to an aerobic set because there is too much rest between swims. I try and try to explain what sprinting every once and while can do to help improve their swimming, but alas...... there is just too much rest coach:mad:

Originally posted by Frank Thompson 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. That's the one. I think they finally fixed that problem, though. That pool is actually 55 yards long, by the way (which is 50.29 meters). Glad you made it to the meet. One of my old college teammates, Mark Lisenby, organizes it. I hope they continue to do it bacause I'd like to swim in it some year.