I love swimming but when I go to lane swims it reminds me why I don't go more often... When I run the world leisure centre, my rules will be:
- pick the right fucking lane for your speed. I know I'm a medium plodder so I stay with the medium plodders. If you're in training to be Michael Phelps, please go join the fast lane.
- if you're taking a breather don't wander around taking up the entire end of the lane so I can't pick a point to turn.
- or spend 5 minutes chatting to your honey, so the two of you are cluttering up the end of the lane.
- also breather related, don't half sit under the water looking like you're about to push off if you're not going to.
- please acknowledge in some way the person trying to work out if you're going to push off. If you choose not to, stay put so they don't crash into you.
- after lolling about for the second half of my length, then actually acknowledging me passing you, don't immediately start swimming after me so you're all but tipping my heels the whole way. A couple of stroke lengths is courteous.
It would appear my lane issues are all turning related - who'da thunk it? What are your swimming bug bears, so I can have more arguments and compose snotty posts in my head while I'm plodding up and down the pool in the medium lane