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.
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Every time I had to bypass a slow swimmer (especially a breaststroke swimmer) I was forced to speed up to prevent a head-on collision
BTW, proper etiquette when passing a breaststoke (a.k.a. evilstroke) swimmer is to do a very wide arm recovery and give them a solid smack to the side of the head in hopes that this will reset their brain and make them swim properly (i.e. freestyle).
By the way, the conditions during the race were not "better" compared to my training: 90 solo swimmers and 78 relay swimmers divided among 8 lanes can sometimes cause quite a jostle.
Dear God... I hope that it was a 50 meter pool. Still hard to fathom even then.
@LBJ: I am greatly motivated by your comment, because it helps me to change my attitude towards long training sessions in the pool that I didn't handle quite well until now: if I couldn't find "enough" room, I chose the easy way out, ie not to train at all.
Great! Your description of the 24 hr race has greatly motivated me to set up a campaign of whining and begging so that my wife will let me go to the one next year. If she doesn't stab me to death in my sleep in the meantime, we can meet up then.
-LBJ
Every time I had to bypass a slow swimmer (especially a breaststroke swimmer) I was forced to speed up to prevent a head-on collision
BTW, proper etiquette when passing a breaststoke (a.k.a. evilstroke) swimmer is to do a very wide arm recovery and give them a solid smack to the side of the head in hopes that this will reset their brain and make them swim properly (i.e. freestyle).
By the way, the conditions during the race were not "better" compared to my training: 90 solo swimmers and 78 relay swimmers divided among 8 lanes can sometimes cause quite a jostle.
Dear God... I hope that it was a 50 meter pool. Still hard to fathom even then.
@LBJ: I am greatly motivated by your comment, because it helps me to change my attitude towards long training sessions in the pool that I didn't handle quite well until now: if I couldn't find "enough" room, I chose the easy way out, ie not to train at all.
Great! Your description of the 24 hr race has greatly motivated me to set up a campaign of whining and begging so that my wife will let me go to the one next year. If she doesn't stab me to death in my sleep in the meantime, we can meet up then.
-LBJ
