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.
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.
That's interesting to hear you say that, because I have the opposite view. I think the person getting passed should stop at the next wall and get out of the passing person's way. This is also the way it works in my lane (the person getting passed will stop to let the faster person by) so that might also influence my view of what is "right". But in any event it seems reasonably fair to me. It's the slower person holding the faster person up, so it should be the slower person to defer...
EDIT: I made a new thread for this tangent topic: forums.usms.org/showthread.php Hopefully it's not duplicative of either this thread or any existing threads!
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.
That's interesting to hear you say that, because I have the opposite view. I think the person getting passed should stop at the next wall and get out of the passing person's way. This is also the way it works in my lane (the person getting passed will stop to let the faster person by) so that might also influence my view of what is "right". But in any event it seems reasonably fair to me. It's the slower person holding the faster person up, so it should be the slower person to defer...
EDIT: I made a new thread for this tangent topic: forums.usms.org/showthread.php Hopefully it's not duplicative of either this thread or any existing threads!
