i swim in the medium to slower lanes at a very competitive masters team workouts in san diego, and am usually asked to slide down to slower lanes when the equal ability swimmers (vs triathletes) show up.
the funny thing is most of these swimmers use a pull bouy or fins for the WHOLE workout. i think it's a ego thing in la-la land.
i would like to swim with people who can push me harder, instead of down in the last slowest lane. should i just chalk it up to normal swimmers protocal? or find another team? :confused:
yes when they wear fins and i swim w/o any toys they are faster. so i should just move down? guess you might be one of them...........i like the equipment free lane idea the best. will tell the coach to see what he thinks.
If you're not keeping up with the other people in the lane, regardless of what equipment you or they are using, then you should move down.
Let me flip the argument around for you. Say there is someone on your team who, all equipment being equal, is the exact same speed as you. However, when they use one particular piece of equipment, they are much slower. "Today", they want to use that piece of equipment, to focus on some technique, etc. But because they're doing that, they are much slower. Do you want them to stay in your lane and get in your way? Remember - without toys, they are just as fast as you. But with toys, they're slow and in your way. But with toys, they are the perfect speed for the next slower lane.
I'll take it to another extreme example. You normally swim in the fast lane. But you injured your shoulder (for example), so you need to swim a lot slower. Now, if your shoulder wasn't hurting, you'd be just as fast as everyone else. Do you stay in the fast lane, but swim slower, because all things being equal, that's where you'd be? Of course not.
Do I get a bit competitive and annoyed when other people use toys to get faster and move up a lane where they normally wouldn't? Sure. But if they're keeping up with the speed, they're keeping up with the speed.
-Rick
yes when they wear fins and i swim w/o any toys they are faster. so i should just move down? guess you might be one of them...........i like the equipment free lane idea the best. will tell the coach to see what he thinks.
If you're not keeping up with the other people in the lane, regardless of what equipment you or they are using, then you should move down.
Let me flip the argument around for you. Say there is someone on your team who, all equipment being equal, is the exact same speed as you. However, when they use one particular piece of equipment, they are much slower. "Today", they want to use that piece of equipment, to focus on some technique, etc. But because they're doing that, they are much slower. Do you want them to stay in your lane and get in your way? Remember - without toys, they are just as fast as you. But with toys, they're slow and in your way. But with toys, they are the perfect speed for the next slower lane.
I'll take it to another extreme example. You normally swim in the fast lane. But you injured your shoulder (for example), so you need to swim a lot slower. Now, if your shoulder wasn't hurting, you'd be just as fast as everyone else. Do you stay in the fast lane, but swim slower, because all things being equal, that's where you'd be? Of course not.
Do I get a bit competitive and annoyed when other people use toys to get faster and move up a lane where they normally wouldn't? Sure. But if they're keeping up with the speed, they're keeping up with the speed.
-Rick
