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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As a lifeguard and swimmer I disagree but not from an etiquette POV--a safety view. I watched one guy zig-zagging between 2 others it was acollision waiting to happen. I'd rarther not have to perform a deep water rescue and/or first aid if I can tell them to circle swim.
Lane speed is tricky to enforce, b/c people still prefer to split than circle in appropriate speed but if there is 3 folks cirling and it's dangeous I'll step in. It's a tough call b/c not all folks are as happy about swimming and circling. Then you get the "I was here first" type of folks and such.
What irks me most are the s---l---o---w swimmers in the fast lanes (public lanes swims) who, if asked to move to a slower lane, complain that the slower lanes are too crowded (completely ignoring the fact that they are causing crowding in the fast lanes and disrupting the tempos.) Whenever I hear one of those (usually -let's call them- ladies), I'll overtake them as often as I can and cut in right in front of them, almost flutter-kicking them in the face. Most of them eventually get the message.
The one or two who complained to me, were told that, "Sorry, you're swimming too slowly for this lane and it was either cut in front of you SAFELY - I know what I am doing - or collide with slow swimmers coming in the opposite direction overtaking other even slower swimmers, thus creating havoc. This is the "fast" lane."
P.S. I do however have to add a P.S.
I confess that if the slow swimmer in my lane happens to be a very attractive (keyword) woman (18-60), I'll "suffer" her presence in silence.
As a lifeguard and swimmer I disagree but not from an etiquette POV--a safety view. I watched one guy zig-zagging between 2 others it was acollision waiting to happen. I'd rarther not have to perform a deep water rescue and/or first aid if I can tell them to circle swim.
Lane speed is tricky to enforce, b/c people still prefer to split than circle in appropriate speed but if there is 3 folks cirling and it's dangeous I'll step in. It's a tough call b/c not all folks are as happy about swimming and circling. Then you get the "I was here first" type of folks and such.
What irks me most are the s---l---o---w swimmers in the fast lanes (public lanes swims) who, if asked to move to a slower lane, complain that the slower lanes are too crowded (completely ignoring the fact that they are causing crowding in the fast lanes and disrupting the tempos.) Whenever I hear one of those (usually -let's call them- ladies), I'll overtake them as often as I can and cut in right in front of them, almost flutter-kicking them in the face. Most of them eventually get the message.
The one or two who complained to me, were told that, "Sorry, you're swimming too slowly for this lane and it was either cut in front of you SAFELY - I know what I am doing - or collide with slow swimmers coming in the opposite direction overtaking other even slower swimmers, thus creating havoc. This is the "fast" lane."
P.S. I do however have to add a P.S.
I confess that if the slow swimmer in my lane happens to be a very attractive (keyword) woman (18-60), I'll "suffer" her presence in silence.
