question for the swimmers. I am going to try to get myself going to a nearby gym with a pool. I'd like to swim to see if I can semi-zone out with that in a way that I can't seem to with running (too much bouncing and jiggling). I can swim fine, but have never swam/swum laps. I expect to be winded quickly and be very slow. Like I may only make it 1-2 laps (the lanes are 25 yards).
My hope if I can get myself up and get there early is that I will have a lane to myself, but if I have to share a lane, what is the least annoying way for me to be a lane sharer? My guess was to identify the slowest swimmer and start a lap when they are at the other end so we pass in the middle - hug the lane divider and generally try to be as small as possible.
Fingers crossed for your mom, Sean.
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Rebecca, I'm going to say, don't worry about it. If there are only two people in a lane, then it doesn't matter if you are fast or slow. The only time it matters is if you are circle swimming.
My suggestion is to be there at the very beginning of swim time -- then you can be a person in the lane moving and other people will enter your space. Easier to manage.
wait don't you always effectively circle swim when sharing a lane?
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Seriously, if I haven't gotten sick already...
That is my general feeling, really. As long as I'm a relatively healthy person? I'll take some risks.
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wait don't you always effectively circle swim when sharing a lane?
No. I mean you can, but mostly we don't. We split the lane -- one person stays on one side and one on the other. Circle swim, at my gym and the other pools I've been at, are a special hell reserved for when it's crowded with 3 or more per lane.
If you have questions or doubts, ask the life guard for help. They can either move people around or explain how it works at your gym.
For the first little while, it was totally worth it to be in the pool before others got there, until I understood the system.
It was like the mean tweets segment from late night.
Uhg, I'm sorry,
I hate circle swim. HATE. And what Kat said. Pick a side of the lane and stick to it. Anyone who initiates circle swim on a person who is already in the pool and picked a side when there are only 2 of you is a clueless twit you can school or an asshole you can yell at. Ditto, a third who initiated circle without checking in with previous 2. I hate those people. I always want to ask "Do you walk into traffic without looking too? Why are you alive still?"
But possibly am opinionated and cranky. And spoiled; the pool staff totally watch out for me. They've told me I'm one of a very few that they'll share a lesson lane with for private lessons. Usually they claim the whole lane. And, um, they've put up the lesson lane sign for me when the pool is full for family swim and people are veering into lanes. Lifeguards sometimes get tired of yelling.
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