here you go, the thread you've been waiting for
SWIM RANT
RANT to your hearts content about aspects of
SWIMMING and SWIMMERS that bug YOU
I encourage you to be good natured and hilarious
you may find it cathartic
Ande
Band Aids on the bottom and hair balls rate pretty high on my list.
Also people who play and hog the lap lanes when the pool is busy and theres lots of room in the shallow end. Swimmers who swim laps dont bother me. Cold water in the showers, yucky puddles standing on the floors now and then. and oh yes.. the one thing I really find GROSS.. people who leave ..gasp.. gag.. !
Q-Tips laying on the locker room floor.. That last one is my #1 rant!
Swimmers that wear fins for the whole workout.
Swimmers that cruise through a set to save up and sprint for the last repeat. REALLY irritates me...but actually probably helps me! I know they'll do it so it makes me push even harder at the end of the set when I'm hurting! Maybe I should be thankful they do that? It just makes me mad!
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People leaving early when we are doing timed sets or best average sets.
There...I feel all better now!
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Originally posted by lapswimmr
Q-Tips laying on the locker room floor.. That last one is my #1 rant!
That may take the prize, truly nasty.
I was in Hartford, CT for a few weeks and used their downtown Y to swim. Every afternoon there was a dude who would be in the shower before and after I swam avidly sudsing his body. It was very bizarre. Needless to say I didn't take a shower at that Y but went right back to my hotel.
Pools that are 95 degrees like the one I swim at has been for the last few days...the water aerobics class complains so the pool guy turns up the heat. Seriously it was 95 degrees, I cannot do a swim workout at 95 degrees. The heat goes down to 78 ( perfect) and they act like they are swimming in ice water, so up it goes again. I feel better.
Here is my rant for the day.
When swimming on your own, in a crowded lap lane, someone stops you and asks" Are you finished or about finished? How much longer do you have left"
It seems like it is ok for people to stop lap swimmers and interrupt their workouts. Yet, people wouldn't interrupt people running on treadmills or in the middle of lifting weights(while they are in mid lift) to ask them how much longer they had left.
These recent rants are excellent!
here's my rant for today
I absolutely hate it when I tie my swim suit tight and then attempt untie the bow, wind up with a knot, it's not like you can get someone to volunteer to help you undo the knot
ande
...if the guy in the next lane asked you to undo his knot... The rant to end all rants.
I would laugh my *** off if that happened.
What I was reffering to was a fellow swimmer of the OPPOSITE sex.
What is strange about asking the guy in the next lane to untie the knot. I had the world record holder tie my trunks up before a 100. I told him I could not control my fingers enough to tie it up (I pretended to be shaking). He tied it up then I told him if I beat you to the turn you have had it, he lost his temper and started swearing at me. He beat me to the first turn and led the race for 90m but he came in second and I came first. So I think you should ask the guy in the next lane.
