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:
I just have to wonder why Person #5 cannot be the fin police yet persons #1-4 can be the speed police. Are #1-4 not messing up the #5 person's workout? Why would fins be accepted and missing the interval not be accepted?
Because one of the assumptions I stated was that another lane is available that is not too crowded already and in which Person #5 would fit in better speed-wise. If another lane isn't open--if all the other lanes are already overcrowded, or if Person #5 would be just as out-of-sync with them (or more so) as with Persons #1 to #4--then Persons #1 to #5 need to work together to figure out some compromise so that everybody can get at least a decent workout under imperfect conditions.
The other thing to think about is that in addition to Person #5 in my scenario there may also be a Person #4.5--someone who would be better able than Person #5 to hang with Persons #1 to #4, but who doesn't really want to be Person #6 in the lane in a 25-yard pool. I was a Person #4.5 on my team for a while and it pissed me off, which may be why I have so much to say on this topic.
I don't know if cantwait4bike is Person #5 or Person #4.5 or even Person #4, because his original post focused on fins and triathletes rather than on speed and available lanes. I think that fins and triathletes are red herrings, and what I take away from this thread is that most others agree.
I just have to wonder why Person #5 cannot be the fin police yet persons #1-4 can be the speed police. Are #1-4 not messing up the #5 person's workout? Why would fins be accepted and missing the interval not be accepted?
Because one of the assumptions I stated was that another lane is available that is not too crowded already and in which Person #5 would fit in better speed-wise. If another lane isn't open--if all the other lanes are already overcrowded, or if Person #5 would be just as out-of-sync with them (or more so) as with Persons #1 to #4--then Persons #1 to #5 need to work together to figure out some compromise so that everybody can get at least a decent workout under imperfect conditions.
The other thing to think about is that in addition to Person #5 in my scenario there may also be a Person #4.5--someone who would be better able than Person #5 to hang with Persons #1 to #4, but who doesn't really want to be Person #6 in the lane in a 25-yard pool. I was a Person #4.5 on my team for a while and it pissed me off, which may be why I have so much to say on this topic.
I don't know if cantwait4bike is Person #5 or Person #4.5 or even Person #4, because his original post focused on fins and triathletes rather than on speed and available lanes. I think that fins and triathletes are red herrings, and what I take away from this thread is that most others agree.
