This is really annoying to me, but why does it seem the first option for most rec swimmers is to split the lane when there are 2 swimmers. I always say we should swim circle if I am in the lane and someone else is coming in, but if I am coming in the person usually wants to split the lane. It is so unnatural to be swimming on the left side of the lane.
But if the other swimmer/s is slower/faster than you, you'll end up having the very same problem....so unless you can dictate the speed swum in "your" lane, you end up passing or will be passed by faster swimmers all the time.
If there is someone catching me while circle swimming I'll do a flip and hold underwater on the wall until they pass, then push off. No big deal and they don't have to pass while swimming the same direction. When passing while circling you just have to roll the dice about whether the slower swimmer will stop on the wall for you. If not, then you only have to pass going the same direction under that scenario. To each their own; people have been preferring one or the other for decades- I'd rather circle.
But if the other swimmer/s is slower/faster than you, you'll end up having the very same problem....so unless you can dictate the speed swum in "your" lane, you end up passing or will be passed by faster swimmers all the time.
If there is someone catching me while circle swimming I'll do a flip and hold underwater on the wall until they pass, then push off. No big deal and they don't have to pass while swimming the same direction. When passing while circling you just have to roll the dice about whether the slower swimmer will stop on the wall for you. If not, then you only have to pass going the same direction under that scenario. To each their own; people have been preferring one or the other for decades- I'd rather circle.
