So I went swimming at Bakar today, and I like to swim in the far lane. I don't know just like being close to the wall. So the guy in the lane was going like a bat out of hell, but I didn't think I would get in his way, and anyway it was the only open lane.
So it started getting busier and so the life guard came and told the guy he had to get out of the slow lane and move into the fast lane. Your too fast here. So I was left in the slow lane feeling well slow.
Then after a while it got busier so the life guard told us we had to circle. I was like okay I will circle, but then the people started doing breast stroke and I was doing freestyle so obviously I passed them up. But I passed them mid pool, because there wasn't anyone coming down the other side and it is just like passing a car you speed up and pass and get back in lane. No big deal. Well I guess it was a big deal. You are not suppose to pass anyone except at the wall. So I was suppose to what - walk to the wall hope they will stop and let me pass? I have enough savvy to know how to pass someone. But I was told that was a big no no.
But then to top off insult to injury, I was swimming circle and the one doing breast stroke got out, but I wasn't aware that she had left the lane, so I come barrelling down and nearly crash into the other person in the lane who tells me that we are splitting the lane because the other person got out. You know you don't start splitting a lane until everyone is aware of the change. Bah humbug.
Then as I was getting out I got yelled at again by the life guard (well okay got spoken to sternly) that the wall lanes are the slow lanes and I should be in the next lane over. I explained to him that I was slow and I was in the right lane, but the person in the lane with me was doing breast stroke which is really really slow. But he said no you are not slow - more medium to fast. I mumbled that I was slow and asked him what lane he would like me to swim in next time.
When I left I felt like maybe he thought I was being disingenous, looking for a compliment, but really I am slow. How can I possible think that doing 1:50 in the hundred as fast or even medium. I did repeats at 1:15, I can't even do 1:15 at a full out sprint, so yea I am slow, but maybe not as slow as some of the other people in the pool, just for me. And the guy I was swimming with lapped me three times in a 400. Now who is slow?
So it started getting busier and so the life guard came and told the guy he had to get out of the slow lane and move into the fast lane. Your too fast here. So I was left in the slow lane feeling well slow.
Then after a while it got busier so the life guard told us we had to circle. I was like okay I will circle, but then the people started doing breast stroke and I was doing freestyle so obviously I passed them up. But I passed them mid pool, because there wasn't anyone coming down the other side and it is just like passing a car you speed up and pass and get back in lane. No big deal. Well I guess it was a big deal. You are not suppose to pass anyone except at the wall. So I was suppose to what - walk to the wall hope they will stop and let me pass? I have enough savvy to know how to pass someone. But I was told that was a big no no.
But then to top off insult to injury, I was swimming circle and the one doing breast stroke got out, but I wasn't aware that she had left the lane, so I come barrelling down and nearly crash into the other person in the lane who tells me that we are splitting the lane because the other person got out. You know you don't start splitting a lane until everyone is aware of the change. Bah humbug.
Then as I was getting out I got yelled at again by the life guard (well okay got spoken to sternly) that the wall lanes are the slow lanes and I should be in the next lane over. I explained to him that I was slow and I was in the right lane, but the person in the lane with me was doing breast stroke which is really really slow. But he said no you are not slow - more medium to fast. I mumbled that I was slow and asked him what lane he would like me to swim in next time.
When I left I felt like maybe he thought I was being disingenous, looking for a compliment, but really I am slow. How can I possible think that doing 1:50 in the hundred as fast or even medium. I did repeats at 1:15, I can't even do 1:15 at a full out sprint, so yea I am slow, but maybe not as slow as some of the other people in the pool, just for me. And the guy I was swimming with lapped me three times in a 400. Now who is slow?
Tanya, Tanya, Tanya......
ReplyDeleteYou're the expert, but it sure sounds like pool rules differ somewhat from pool to pool & lifeguard (maybe we should call them traffic copy?) to lifeguard.
Also, most people are way less experienced than you - the person who you almost crashed into probably didn't know he/she made a mistake. Is there such a thing as "pool rage" versus road rage?
Why can't you pass someone mid-pool? Waiting for the other person to reach the end & stop seems silly.
What is "circling" - does that mean going around the pool or ?????? I really don't know & I'm pretty sure the pool contained no covered wagons circling to keep the hostiles at bay.
I suggest you go to Bakar a bit more often. If the lifeguard doesn't start treating you as a goddess, Dennis & I may invite him to visit the targets at the Sportsmen Club.
The positive is that you truly are too fast for the "wall lane". No "wall flower", "no wall swimmer", no "climbing walls", move to the faster lanes! Go Speed Racer, Go!