...are like driving on the freeway?
Well, I have. I swim the same way I drive - I just want to be left alone. But there are the tailgaters, the leap-froggers, etc. Sometimes I will adjust my cruise control down or get in another lane just to get some open space.
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I used to not mind the scrum. I am 6'2", 230# ex water polo player, so getting bumped really doesn't bother me and I am good at holding my space... but... I just don't like the energy it creates and takes. Usually at triathlons I'll start wide, or a couple rows back, and just swim around you rather than fight you to the first buoy. If it's a tri, I am likely passing you anyway and an extra few yards isn't going to kill me. A pure swim event, on the other hand, I start a few rows back and stay there :)
I used to not mind the scrum. I am 6'2", 230# ex water polo player, so getting bumped really doesn't bother me and I am good at holding my space... but... I just don't like the energy it creates and takes. Usually at triathlons I'll start wide, or a couple rows back, and just swim around you rather than fight you to the first buoy. If it's a tri, I am likely passing you anyway and an extra few yards isn't going to kill me. A pure swim event, on the other hand, I start a few rows back and stay there :)
