Hi! New guy to the forums here, and pretty new to lap swimming too -- I've been doing it since May sometime.
More than once when I've wanted to join someone in a lane I've found it difficult to get their attention. At first I thought people just didn't want to share, but then I paid attention while I was swimming and realized that when you're looking at the bottom of the pool it is indeed easy to miss someone standing on the edge.
So what do you do? I've taken to dangling my feet deep enough that they're hard to miss, but is this obnoxious? Does anybody have pointers for getting someone's attention without annoying them when you need to share a lane?
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wow, just about brought a tear to my....nope...couldn't they have circle-noodled:bliss:
I had the best experience with noodlers while working out yesterday!
We have a group of seniors that refuse to use the open swim area and prefer to do their walking, floating,
keep the hairdo dry swimming and blind paddling down the lane with us "serious" lap swimmers.
So yesterday I'm swimming by myself, it's just me and the life guard in the pool area, and here come the seniors...
One by one they pick the other lanes and then proceed to share! I was floored!
These guys are usually all over the pool with no regard to what the other swimmer in the lane is doing.
By the time I was done every other lane had at least 2 noodlers and I still had my lane to myself.
I fear the next time I'm swimming they'll all gang up on me!:outtahere:
wow, just about brought a tear to my....nope...couldn't they have circle-noodled:bliss:
I had the best experience with noodlers while working out yesterday!
We have a group of seniors that refuse to use the open swim area and prefer to do their walking, floating,
keep the hairdo dry swimming and blind paddling down the lane with us "serious" lap swimmers.
So yesterday I'm swimming by myself, it's just me and the life guard in the pool area, and here come the seniors...
One by one they pick the other lanes and then proceed to share! I was floored!
These guys are usually all over the pool with no regard to what the other swimmer in the lane is doing.
By the time I was done every other lane had at least 2 noodlers and I still had my lane to myself.
I fear the next time I'm swimming they'll all gang up on me!:outtahere:
