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Bifff
May 31, 16 13:27
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I was training at Lake Placid last weekend and noticed a lot of people swimming the course on Mirror lake in the opposite direction the course. I hit head to head with one guy and it hurt. I asked him why he was swimming in the wrong direction and he said, "people swim it in both directions" That seemed to make sense to him. Being salmon here with swim line, it is very dangerous. I was swimming clockwise with the line on my right.
After I stopped seeing stars and calmed down I tried to figure out why people would the swim the course in the wrong direction and couldn't come up any reasons. Anyone have any ideas?
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Tsunami
May 31, 16 13:29
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Maybe they hadn't been to town since the last mass start? We raced it counterclickwise in 2010.
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daustin
May 31, 16 13:31
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you should work on your sighting. ;)
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Bifff
May 31, 16 13:50
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Your are right, I do need to work on my sighting, and my vision isn't that good, which is why I'm racing IMLP. It is the only course I know that has a lane line so I don't need to sight.
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TJ56
May 31, 16 13:56
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2001,2002,2006 was counter clockwise. Has it ever been clockwise?
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daustin
May 31, 16 14:00
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lol that really limits your course choices
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Dilbert
May 31, 16 14:52
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Ehhh Biff did you finish the second coat like I asked you to? Ahhh Biff what a character always trying to get away with something.

Never heard the word Salmon used like this. It wasn't that guy's fault by the way. It was no one's. He showed up like everyone else and saw people swimming in both directions. That's precisely what one would expect barring a sign or an authority figure telling them which way to swim.
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g_lev
May 31, 16 15:19
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Bifff wrote:
I was training at Lake Placid last weekend and noticed a lot of people swimming the course on Mirror lake in the opposite direction the course. I hit head to head with one guy and it hurt. I asked him why he was swimming in the wrong direction and he said, "people swim it in both directions" That seemed to make sense to him. Being salmon here with swim line, it is very dangerous. I was swimming clockwise with the line on my right.
After I stopped seeing stars and calmed down I tried to figure out why people would the swim the course in the wrong direction and couldn't come up any reasons. Anyone have any ideas?

It's like the indoor track at the Y. They like it if people go both ways to make sure they don't wear out the swim course unevenly.
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UKINNY
May 31, 16 15:34
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Biff , I hit the same guy as he said the same to me , literally head butted him
He seemed to take offence when I told him he was a Fuckin idiot
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HandHeartCrown
May 31, 16 15:41
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TJ56 wrote:
2001,2002,2006 was counter clockwise. Has it ever been clockwise?

The first one in 1999 (when it was called IM USA) was counter clockwise.

Thank goodness for the "lane line" :-)
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devashish_paul
May 31, 16 16:08
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HandHeartCrown wrote:
TJ56 wrote:
2001,2002,2006 was counter clockwise. Has it ever been clockwise?


The first one in 1999 (when it was called IM USA) was counter clockwise.

Thank goodness for the "lane line" :-)

1999-2012 was all counter clockwise. 2013 rolling start onwards it went clockwise.
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BrickMick
May 31, 16 16:15
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Bifff wrote:
I hit head to head with one guy and it hurt.

In that case wearing your bike helmet could be a solution. Just make sure it is "hydro" enough, haha.
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