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LIFE IN THE SLOW FAST LANE
What do you want to know about outdoor swimming? Send us your questions and we’ll do our best to answer: info@outdoorswimmer.com. We love hearing from you.
Q: I’m struggling with pool swimming in public sessions: how can I get a proper swim done?
This is a hard question to answer without knowing the specifics of your circumstances. Are you trying to swim in a general pool session, perhaps attempting to do lengths while others are swimming widths or bobbing around in inflatables, or are you having trouble in a dedicated lane session?
Also, we’re wary about wading into the inflammatory topic of lane etiquette. There are certain swimmers who get enraged by other swimmers not following ‘the rules’. But there is no common agreement about exactly what those rules are or should be. When arrogant, entitled fast swimmers try to share lane space with stubborn, inflexible slower ones, there’s a good chance that one or both will have a meltdown.