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 far as passing goes, it is the responsibility of the passer. The slower person should not have to stop or slow -- indeed, s/he should not do anything differently...except perhaps be aware that s/he is being passed, swim in the proper part of the lane (esp not too far to the center) and don't do anything radical like speed up or move over suddenly.
Except that in a lot of cases (public lane swims, I mean, as opposed to club swims) the person being passed will try to put on some speed and avoid being shown off. I, knowing, most of the swimmers quirks and their idiosyncrasies, will when overtaking them, put on a spurt of speed so as not to give them time to react and I'll stop kicking as my feet come up to their head level so that they think that I have overtaken them (so fast) using only arm pull.
As far as passing goes, it is the responsibility of the passer. The slower person should not have to stop or slow -- indeed, s/he should not do anything differently...except perhaps be aware that s/he is being passed, swim in the proper part of the lane (esp not too far to the center) and don't do anything radical like speed up or move over suddenly.
Except that in a lot of cases (public lane swims, I mean, as opposed to club swims) the person being passed will try to put on some speed and avoid being shown off. I, knowing, most of the swimmers quirks and their idiosyncrasies, will when overtaking them, put on a spurt of speed so as not to give them time to react and I'll stop kicking as my feet come up to their head level so that they think that I have overtaken them (so fast) using only arm pull.
