Shared a lane today with mega-splash flip turn guy.

I had to learn how to be that guy. The gym right by my house has a large outdoor pool open only 3 months and only allow a single lap lane. Several people like to think that the lane line is solely there to protect them from other pool users. Most people choose to just swim indoors instead of deal with it. I'll swim around them, but a couple guys will purposely slide over and stand as spread-eagled as possible. I'm not being forced indoors on a beautiful day because 1-2 people insist the single lap lane in a huuuge pool is for standing in. They get the depth charge flip turn. You would never purposely block or stick your leg out at somebody on a bike path, the pool shouldn't be any different. There's literally 95% of the outdoor pool left to hang out in.

If somebody is in the lane and moving, I always make it a point to stop and talk to them, ask if they want to borrow goggles or be my pen pal. Swimmers got to stick together when you're at a huge gym that can't figure out lap swim times and explicitly bans lap swimming on the weekends. The weirdos that purposely sit in the lane designated for lap swimming deserve to be reminded that it's for people trying to exercise and the other 95% is for peeing and skeezing on underage girls.

Hmm, I ranted a little harder than expected. I usually just check this thread to see if I'm the strange denizen.

I normally hold the communal pull buoy in my mouth. Should I not do that?

I carry my own pull buoy with my name sharpied on it on both sides.

Lifeguard collected it a few times and dropped it into the pull buoy bin. It's a PITA because I had to get out of the water and search the bin for it.

And this one time a cute girl took it while I wasn't using it, and swam with it stuffed into her top. How? Why? I still have that same pull buoy.

I had to learn how to be that guy. The gym right by my house has a large outdoor pool open only 3 months and only allow a single lap lane. Several people like to think that the lane line is solely there to protect them from other pool users. Most people choose to just swim indoors instead of deal with it. I'll swim around them, but a couple guys will purposely slide over and stand as spread-eagled as possible. I'm not being forced indoors on a beautiful day because 1-2 people insist the single lap lane in a huuuge pool is for standing in. They get the depth charge flip turn. You would never purposely block or stick your leg out at somebody on a bike path, the pool shouldn't be any different. There's literally 95% of the outdoor pool left to hang out in.

If somebody is in the lane and moving, I always make it a point to stop and talk to them, ask if they want to borrow goggles or be my pen pal. Swimmers got to stick together when you're at a huge gym that can't figure out lap swim times and explicitly bans lap swimming on the weekends. The weirdos that purposely sit in the lane designated for lap swimming deserve to be reminded that it's for people trying to exercise and the other 95% is for peeing and skeezing on underage girls.

Hmm, I ranted a little harder than expected. I usually just check this thread to see if I'm the strange denizen.

I ended up sharing a lane with a college swimmer a couple of weeks ago. He waved while swimming under me at a turn... while using a pull buoy.

I had to learn how to be that guy. The gym right by my house has a large outdoor pool open only 3 months and only allow a single lap lane. Several people like to think that the lane line is solely there to protect them from other pool users. Most people choose to just swim indoors instead of deal with it. I'll swim around them, but a couple guys will purposely slide over and stand as spread-eagled as possible. I'm not being forced indoors on a beautiful day because 1-2 people insist the single lap lane in a huuuge pool is for standing in. They get the depth charge flip turn. You would never purposely block or stick your leg out at somebody on a bike path, the pool shouldn't be any different. There's literally 95% of the outdoor pool left to hang out in.

If somebody is in the lane and moving, I always make it a point to stop and talk to them, ask if they want to borrow goggles or be my pen pal. Swimmers got to stick together when you're at a huge gym that can't figure out lap swim times and explicitly bans lap swimming on the weekends. The weirdos that purposely sit in the lane designated for lap swimming deserve to be reminded that it's for people trying to exercise and the other 95% is for peeing and skeezing on underage girls.

Hmm, I ranted a little harder than expected. I usually just check this thread to see if I'm the strange denizen.

I had to learn how to be that guy. The gym right by my house has a large outdoor pool open only 3 months and only allow a single lap lane. Several people like to think that the lane line is solely there to protect them from other pool users. Most people choose to just swim indoors instead of deal with it. I'll swim around them, but a couple guys will purposely slide over and stand as spread-eagled as possible. I'm not being forced indoors on a beautiful day because 1-2 people insist the single lap lane in a huuuge pool is for standing in. They get the depth charge flip turn. You would never purposely block or stick your leg out at somebody on a bike path, the pool shouldn't be any different. There's literally 95% of the outdoor pool left to hang out in.

If somebody is in the lane and moving, I always make it a point to stop and talk to them, ask if they want to borrow goggles or be my pen pal. Swimmers got to stick together when you're at a huge gym that can't figure out lap swim times and explicitly bans lap swimming on the weekends. The weirdos that purposely sit in the lane designated for lap swimming deserve to be reminded that it's for people trying to exercise and the other 95% is for peeing and skeezing on underage girls.

Hmm, I ranted a little harder than expected. I usually just check this thread to see if I'm the strange denizen.

Because I'm a bitch, I just walk up to the people hanging out in the lane and twll them that it's for lap swimmers and they need to move over to the other side.

The real question is why does the pool staff only designate ONE lane for lap swimming?

The head-above-water breaststroke championships must be in Raleigh, NC soon. Seems everybody at my pool is training for it.

The head-above-water breaststroke championships must be in Raleigh, NC soon. Seems everybody at my pool is training for it.

The other day I was facing the lane rope in the outside lane getting ready to start my main set. Some overly perfumed lady walked up behind me and must have cannon balled into my lane and started her head up breaststroke right down the center of the lane. Never said a word to me. I decided to ruin that hairdo bc she pissed me off. Hard kicks and splashy flip turns were on order.

If she simply would have asked instead of swamping me with her oh so elegant water entry I would have given her the whole lane and split with my wife in the lane beside me.

I don't think it's being too bitchy if they have the whole rest of the damn pool to drink their daquiris in. My outdoor pool is at a private club so many of the members are hoity-toity, and I have no problem telling them "I'll share this lane with you, but I'm going to swim in this half."

The real question is why does the pool staff only designate ONE lane for lap swimming?

I was the denizen today, busting my ass on the last of a set of 100 sprints I actually got tunnel vision, never had that before in the pool. I actually completely lost track of where I was up to in reference to the wall, oblivious to the line on the bottom and flags above. Slammed into the wall, middle finger has swelled up nice and black!

I was the denizen today, busting my ass on the last of a set of 100 sprints I actually got tunnel vision, never had that before in the pool. I actually completely lost track of where I was up to in reference to the wall, oblivious to the line on the bottom and flags above. Slammed into the wall, middle finger has swelled up nice and black!

I was the denizen today, busting my ass on the last of a set of 100 sprints I actually got tunnel vision, never had that before in the pool. I actually completely lost track of where I was up to in reference to the wall, oblivious to the line on the bottom and flags above. Slammed into the wall, middle finger has swelled up nice and black!

Saw something that made me think of this topic.

I got to the pool 5 minutes before lap swim start. No one in the pool yet. Found a guy showering in the locker room, wearing board shorts. He leaves the locker room, wet and in board shorts. I follow 30 seconds later expecting to find him swimming in the pool. But no, he wasn't in the pool or anywhere on the pool deck. This piqued my interest so I kept looking for him but he never showed up. Dude walked out of the locker room wearing nothing but board shorts, and just disappeared? It was 30F outside so it isn't like he left in wet board shorts.

Then 45 minutes later I finish the swim and go to the locker room. Found a different guy showering and I'm 100% certain he wasn't in the pool. I know everyone at the swim meet. Okay so he's just starting? Then he, still buck naked, puts on a super comfy bathrobe and walks out of the locker room with nothing under the bathrobe. I follow in a minute to go to work.... and this dude is also gone.

What....?

What....?