Had a weird thing happen at practice today. I was finishing my swim with a set of 25yd butterfly to work on my stroke. I had the lane to myself, and for a time, both lanes to either side were empty. About midway through my set, an older woman got into the lane next to me and started swimming. Ordinarily I'd pay it no mind, but at one point when I was resting she turned to me and said "you know, it's really hard for me to swim backstroke when you're swimming like that, you're a real jerk!"
When she began her statement, I thought she was going to make some kind of joking comment. But as she finished it, I realized she was serious, and it kinda caught me off guard. Since the lane on the other side was open, I moved over a lane so as not to disturb her, and tried to apologize when she was at the end of the lane, but she just curtly replied "fine" and went on about her swim.
So my question is this, does swimming butterfly make me a jerk? I'm not going to stop swimming fly, but I'm just curious if anyone else has run afoul of other swimmers getting bent out of shape in this manner. To summarize, we both were in separate lanes (6ft wide), and she was swimming, not water walking. I wonder if Phelps runs into these problems :D
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So my question is this, does swimming butterfly make me a jerk? Yip, absolutely. I am a jerk too you know?
The other day I was swimming BF. My right arm got into a collision with someone else's arm (like it happens some time). So quick stop I say I am sorry then I resume (I had an interval to respect).
The other swimmer goes after the lifeguard to file a complaint.
The only detail is that this darn other swimmer was not even in my lane. In other words, I was being so cautious not to harm people in my own lane by making sure I was not taking the middle of it, that I harmed swimmer of another lane.
Lifeguard came at me and said: Let's pretend that I am giving you a warning, other folk is pissed but I know you did nothing wrong. So let's just pretend...
Swimming BF in a public session makes us a bunch of jerks, absolutely.
So my question is this, does swimming butterfly make me a jerk? Yip, absolutely. I am a jerk too you know?
The other day I was swimming BF. My right arm got into a collision with someone else's arm (like it happens some time). So quick stop I say I am sorry then I resume (I had an interval to respect).
The other swimmer goes after the lifeguard to file a complaint.
The only detail is that this darn other swimmer was not even in my lane. In other words, I was being so cautious not to harm people in my own lane by making sure I was not taking the middle of it, that I harmed swimmer of another lane.
Lifeguard came at me and said: Let's pretend that I am giving you a warning, other folk is pissed but I know you did nothing wrong. So let's just pretend...
Swimming BF in a public session makes us a bunch of jerks, absolutely.
