Sounds like he's ubiquitous.
If you're swimming a long set this guy also likes to push off after his two minute rest period and "race you" for a 25. It's just so much fun to completely dust him without even breaking stroke! :)
At my pool:
- Backwards breaststroke woman. How can I put this... her kicks use more leg flexibility than is actually necessary? Maybe that's not clear. She, um, basically does the splits to start every breaststroke kick. Doing so moves her backwards in the water. Then she completes the kick and moves forward again. Her arm pulls tip the scales in favor of forward progress, so she eventually does get from one end of the pool to the other. It's painful to watch, so I try not to look at her.
- A twist on the person who randomly races you: two guys at my gym usually swim a few laps after weightlifting. They swim with their heads out of the water. They're nice guys; sometimes they ask me questions about swimming. One day they happened to be in the lanes on either side of me. I was in the middle of a 300 free when I noticed very high concentrations of bubbles to my left and right. It dawned on me that they were racing each other. Without changing my 300 pace I swam right through their race, did a flip turn, and pushed off before they finished their all-out 25. I guess I kinda ruined that for them, but in my defense I didn't know what was going on until I was in the middle of it...
Sounds like he's ubiquitous.
If you're swimming a long set this guy also likes to push off after his two minute rest period and "race you" for a 25. It's just so much fun to completely dust him without even breaking stroke! :)
At my pool:
- Backwards breaststroke woman. How can I put this... her kicks use more leg flexibility than is actually necessary? Maybe that's not clear. She, um, basically does the splits to start every breaststroke kick. Doing so moves her backwards in the water. Then she completes the kick and moves forward again. Her arm pulls tip the scales in favor of forward progress, so she eventually does get from one end of the pool to the other. It's painful to watch, so I try not to look at her.
- A twist on the person who randomly races you: two guys at my gym usually swim a few laps after weightlifting. They swim with their heads out of the water. They're nice guys; sometimes they ask me questions about swimming. One day they happened to be in the lanes on either side of me. I was in the middle of a 300 free when I noticed very high concentrations of bubbles to my left and right. It dawned on me that they were racing each other. Without changing my 300 pace I swam right through their race, did a flip turn, and pushed off before they finished their all-out 25. I guess I kinda ruined that for them, but in my defense I didn't know what was going on until I was in the middle of it...
