Just wondering how many swimmers most of you share a lane with during masters workouts. People around here are starting to get indignant when they have to share a lane with someone else during a masters workout. I don't understand it. I was wondering if this is a national phenomenon.
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6 per lane SCY - that's crowded, impossible to do anything over 100. LCM I've seen 12 and it wasn't bad at all even for 300s. Everyone was close in speed, and the first person would come around on the first 100 in about 1:15 and not even sniff lapping person #12.
I swim at a community pool sometimes and I can't believe that people will sit on deck and wait to get their own lane. Isn't sharing one of the 1st things you learn in pre-K? I asked a guy waiting the other day and he said "no I'll wait til you're done" little did he know I still had about 2,000 to go. And the lifeguards are half the problem because they should be telling folks to circle swim and labeling the lanes as slow, medium, fast, etc.
If you occasionally have to split a lane and think that's an inconvenience, get over yourself. You have no idea how lucky you are to have that kind of space.
6 per lane SCY - that's crowded, impossible to do anything over 100. LCM I've seen 12 and it wasn't bad at all even for 300s. Everyone was close in speed, and the first person would come around on the first 100 in about 1:15 and not even sniff lapping person #12.
I swim at a community pool sometimes and I can't believe that people will sit on deck and wait to get their own lane. Isn't sharing one of the 1st things you learn in pre-K? I asked a guy waiting the other day and he said "no I'll wait til you're done" little did he know I still had about 2,000 to go. And the lifeguards are half the problem because they should be telling folks to circle swim and labeling the lanes as slow, medium, fast, etc.
If you occasionally have to split a lane and think that's an inconvenience, get over yourself. You have no idea how lucky you are to have that kind of space.
