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.
On a tangent I see lots of comments about arguing over or getting to go first as if everyone wants to lead. Is that the case for most people? I know certainly in my lane (the fastest lane usually) at our workouts it's always a big fight over who HAS to lead. Once the main set comes up the excuses start flowing, and everyone has one. "My shoulder is stiff", "I was out of the water last week", "I want to work on my stroke", "I'm feeling really tired today". We tend to fight over who gets to go last. All of us are standing under the flags, no one wanting to take the wall.
Don't want you to get the wrong impression--that's absolutely the case with my lane too. Everybody wants to go second. It's a test of wills to see who will lead, almost like a game of chicken. We all know we're starting the next set on the top, but no one knows who will push off first until someone "blinks first" and caves.
On a tangent I see lots of comments about arguing over or getting to go first as if everyone wants to lead. Is that the case for most people? I know certainly in my lane (the fastest lane usually) at our workouts it's always a big fight over who HAS to lead. Once the main set comes up the excuses start flowing, and everyone has one. "My shoulder is stiff", "I was out of the water last week", "I want to work on my stroke", "I'm feeling really tired today". We tend to fight over who gets to go last. All of us are standing under the flags, no one wanting to take the wall.
Don't want you to get the wrong impression--that's absolutely the case with my lane too. Everybody wants to go second. It's a test of wills to see who will lead, almost like a game of chicken. We all know we're starting the next set on the top, but no one knows who will push off first until someone "blinks first" and caves.
