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.
In my lane at Villanova Masters, there are about 4 to 5 in the lane at the long course practice. When I practice with my local Y masters practice, it is 1 to 2 per lane at the high school(we get the whole pool there) or 5 to 6 a the Y(we only get three lanes there).
I heard something where this one lady at some Walnut Creek Masters or something(not sure of her name or where the program is), she swims in her own lane. Apparently, no one is allowed in her lane while there can be 10 people in another lane. Why are these people putting up with that. Plus, the coach should charge her more if they wants to swim alone. But, I heard that the woman is really fast. All I know is that we wouldn't put up with that in Philly. Hell, a bunch of us are thinking of dropping in one day and disturbing her solitude. I hope that coach is charging her more.
You could look it up on Snopes.com, but they may not have it. I swim at Walnut Creek just about every day, right after I get off the deck in Oakland.
I've been swimming with Coach O'Brien since 1982, long before I started coaching. So I feel empowered to tell you that what you "heard" qaulifies as an urban legend of the Masters Swimming variety.
The Creekers swim in ten lanes of a 50 M pool going across (25 yds) at most of their practices, some are LCM (5 lanes) part of the year, and more often than not there will be at least three to a lane, five is not rare.
If you tried to identify this "fast woman" you'd have a problem, one because she wouldn't be alone in her own lane, and two there's a lot of really fast women on that team.
So do drop in for a practice if you're in the neighborhood. You and your Philly pals will get a wonderful welcome, a great workout, and maybe an a** kicking from several of those fast WCM women.
In my lane at Villanova Masters, there are about 4 to 5 in the lane at the long course practice. When I practice with my local Y masters practice, it is 1 to 2 per lane at the high school(we get the whole pool there) or 5 to 6 a the Y(we only get three lanes there).
I heard something where this one lady at some Walnut Creek Masters or something(not sure of her name or where the program is), she swims in her own lane. Apparently, no one is allowed in her lane while there can be 10 people in another lane. Why are these people putting up with that. Plus, the coach should charge her more if they wants to swim alone. But, I heard that the woman is really fast. All I know is that we wouldn't put up with that in Philly. Hell, a bunch of us are thinking of dropping in one day and disturbing her solitude. I hope that coach is charging her more.
You could look it up on Snopes.com, but they may not have it. I swim at Walnut Creek just about every day, right after I get off the deck in Oakland.
I've been swimming with Coach O'Brien since 1982, long before I started coaching. So I feel empowered to tell you that what you "heard" qaulifies as an urban legend of the Masters Swimming variety.
The Creekers swim in ten lanes of a 50 M pool going across (25 yds) at most of their practices, some are LCM (5 lanes) part of the year, and more often than not there will be at least three to a lane, five is not rare.
If you tried to identify this "fast woman" you'd have a problem, one because she wouldn't be alone in her own lane, and two there's a lot of really fast women on that team.
So do drop in for a practice if you're in the neighborhood. You and your Philly pals will get a wonderful welcome, a great workout, and maybe an a** kicking from several of those fast WCM women.
