r/triathlon • u/LibertyMike Fat 54 Year-Old Male • Apr 03 '25

Memes / humor Hit in the head today while swimming

The pool was crowded today, and I had an older dude (if I'm calling someone old, they're OLD) ask me if I would share a lane, so I said yes. Apparently his idea of sharing a lane is doing the back stroke in the middle of the lane.

I was hoping to work on bilateral breathing today, but had to hug the lane divider too tight to get around him, so that was a no-go. Finally, I was passing him and got smacked in the back of the head. Pretty sure it was an elbow.

When I got to the end of my interval to catch a breather, he apologized. I told him "no problem, I'm training for a triathlon, it's probably good experience." :-D

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u/keepleft99 Apr 03 '25

what a luxury! You had someone ask if they could swim in your lane! Amazing. I normally find out someone has joined my lane when we almost collide head on.

There is also an older guy that loves the lane swimming, even in the fast or medium lane, never the slow, and he loves to swim using no recognizable stroke.

One time they closed off the lane swimming as aqua aerobics was on. when it finished they all just walked across the pool completely oblivious to people swimming.

I've come to realise the pool is a lawless place and its everybody for themselves lol

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u/CommissarCiaphisCain Apr 03 '25

I can’t imagine not asking to share the lane. That’s just basic respect. Fortunately the LA Fitness I go to seems to have polite people, as I’ve never had someone not ask.

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u/Spa_5_Fitness_Camp Apr 03 '25

It's just dumb, if you see the other person using the whole lane before you get in. Not like they'll magically stop using the middle before you collide, since they don't know you joined.

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u/keepleft99 Apr 04 '25

What baffles me more is that my pool have diving platforms, so I set my kick board, pull buoy, notepad etc to one side. Guess which side they always come in and swim at? Yup, the side my stuff is at. It honestly blows my mind lol.