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.
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.
Every group I've swam with has this issue. While visiting Tucson last week, I swam with the team there, and was elected to lead the lane, even though I didn't know or understand their system for intervals. I just went with the next lane, figuring if they didn't like it someone else could lead.
I don't mind leading, but what I do mind is when someone doesn't want to lead, yet catches me fairly quickly. It screws up my set to have to stop to let them pass.
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.
Every group I've swam with has this issue. While visiting Tucson last week, I swam with the team there, and was elected to lead the lane, even though I didn't know or understand their system for intervals. I just went with the next lane, figuring if they didn't like it someone else could lead.
I don't mind leading, but what I do mind is when someone doesn't want to lead, yet catches me fairly quickly. It screws up my set to have to stop to let them pass.
