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 get annoyed when we're doing non-free sets, the coach gives an appropriate interval for the set, but there's 1-2 swimmers who decide to do free and adjust the intervals on their own.
I frequently do this but when I do, I make sure that my lanemates know I am swimming free (and I move to lead the lane) and I also pick up the pace by swimming a pace much closer to a sprint and just deal witht he extra rest.
Swimming free on stroke sets and decreasing the interval and affecting the whole lane is just something that I would never consider doing. I'm the one who's going off the page, so I'm the one who should have to adjust. Not the whole lane. That's just completely selfish behavoir.
I get annoyed when we're doing non-free sets, the coach gives an appropriate interval for the set, but there's 1-2 swimmers who decide to do free and adjust the intervals on their own.
I frequently do this but when I do, I make sure that my lanemates know I am swimming free (and I move to lead the lane) and I also pick up the pace by swimming a pace much closer to a sprint and just deal witht he extra rest.
Swimming free on stroke sets and decreasing the interval and affecting the whole lane is just something that I would never consider doing. I'm the one who's going off the page, so I'm the one who should have to adjust. Not the whole lane. That's just completely selfish behavoir.
