[Rant] fast lanes again

tunney

When six people are in the fast lane, and five around swimming 1:10 base pace and one (me) is swimming 1:30 base phase, don't get in and kick........

stevie_b

..... or breaststroke. one time i swam so hard into the back of a woman who magically appeared from nowhere that she thought i deliberately assaulted her. i was in as much shock as her.

interested

stevie_b wrote: »

..... or breaststroke. one time i swam so hard into the back of a woman who magically appeared from nowhere that she thought i deliberately assaulted her. i was in as much shock as her.

Paddles tend to sort issues like this and above out instantaneously.

Mainah

tunney wrote: »

When six people are in the fast lane, and five around swimming 1:10 base pace and one (me) is swimming 1:30 base phase, don't get in and kick........

This is my favourite type of rant - could go on all day about this. Luckily at my pool the lifeguard/coach is really active at pulling people out of the lanes they don't belong in. Otherwise, I'm not sure I could account for my behaviour!

The other thing is people who are clearly slower than you who push off right in front of you (or wait at the wall until you are close to a turn and then push off), even though they really should let you pass them.

kingQuez

tunney wrote: »

When six people are in the fast lane, and five around swimming 1:10 base pace and one (me) is swimming 1:30 base phase, don't get in and kick........

Sorry to hijack the rant thread.. but what's 1:30 base pace vs. 1:10? I dont have the swimming lingo down yet

entropi

The 1:10 swimmers will be going at a much faster pace than the 1:30's...this sounds like a 25m pool situation too? Those are usually crowded.

tunney

50m pool, can happily co-exist.