Seems I run into a version of the "Blocker" more than I should. I'll call my guy/gal "bad judge of swimming ability person". on days when i cannot make my masters workout i will swim at the Y, typically over my lunch break. The Y is a 6 lane 25M pool, quite often during this time we will have 4-8 people swimming. Usually I am way faster than everyone else in the pool, like lap them every 100Ms faster. Inevitably when ever we get more than 6 people and sometime even before the extra person ends up in my lane. More often than not they swim down the middle of the lane. Now why in the world would they choose my lane out of all the lanes when they can clearly see that I will be lapping them every other lap? Does it not make sense to get in a lane with a person more you speed?
When ever this happens, kind of like David Bannister turns into the Hulk, I turn into the "Downer". After several times of having to completely stop, miss my interval or even slam into the 'bad judge of swimming ability person" it get so ticked off that I take the tactic of trying to intimidate the offender into leaving my lane. This involves swimming as close as I can to "bad judge of swimming ability person" at full speed with max kick creating max wake. The wake is typically large enough to fully submerge them or push them into the lane line. Usually all it takes is 2-3 of these attacks and the persons gets the idea that they should get out of my lane or continue to suffer. usually they choose breathing. Yes i know this make me a bit of an ass, and I am more than willing to share if needed. But to me it is common sense that if you are slower than a turd rolling up hill in the pool don't pick the lane with the fastest guy in it.
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I'm just a 10 cent rider on a $2,500.00 Bike
When ever this happens, kind of like David Bannister turns into the Hulk, I turn into the "Downer". After several times of having to completely stop, miss my interval or even slam into the 'bad judge of swimming ability person" it get so ticked off that I take the tactic of trying to intimidate the offender into leaving my lane. This involves swimming as close as I can to "bad judge of swimming ability person" at full speed with max kick creating max wake. The wake is typically large enough to fully submerge them or push them into the lane line. Usually all it takes is 2-3 of these attacks and the persons gets the idea that they should get out of my lane or continue to suffer. usually they choose breathing. Yes i know this make me a bit of an ass, and I am more than willing to share if needed. But to me it is common sense that if you are slower than a turd rolling up hill in the pool don't pick the lane with the fastest guy in it.
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I'm just a 10 cent rider on a $2,500.00 Bike