swim incident at the pool

A race is a different story in my book.  You're expecting bodies everywhere.  On you, over you, under you, pulling you.  

The only time I ever swim under someone is if we are already splitting the lane and they're hovering over the center of the line instead of off to the side like we agreed. Minor inconvenience but I've never had any problems with another swimmer (I've also got a lot of room with no danger of hitting the other person or being hit).

Or if I know the person personally. Then its just for fun. But as you can tell from my perspective its not that big of a deal, there isn't really much danger there especially to the person on top. Disconcerting maybe but not much more than that.

Overreacting.. what's the big deal? He joined your lane, you saw it and nothing happened.

I circle swim even when alone for that very reason, people can just join, no need to ask or tell or interrupt my workout. In the rest time I check if new people are on the deck who might want to get into my lane, and when I swim I always stay alert to new blobs in the water.

So he swam under you? If you were going back when he was going out, it could just be the normal pull out in breast stroke. If he tried to pass you by going under that's risky, he can't see if he's passed completely.

The way I read it, no, not an overreaction....dont think what you said to him was out of line.  If you got really obnoxious then maybe I would have felt differently.

Similiar things happen to me and I have posted them here before.  I just think that in a pool the common courtesy is to wait till the person comes to the wall and either ask to join the lane or stand in the lane off to one side.....all the new swimmer has to do is wait up to a minute to accomplish this.....too many times I am swimming on the line and if I am doing what I am supposed to be doing by keeping my head down there is a high risk of a collision.

Maybe he did that to make you see him?  Sometimes at my pool some of the lap swimmers completely ignore the dangling feet in the water so I usually just get in and swim.  I have even had people tell me its their lane and they were there 1st.  I usually reply go ask the life guard if its just your lane exclusively. 

Anyway its not that big of deal.  If it had been me I would have said something along the lines of man you startled me there by going under me.  Do you want the right or left side of the lane?

get over it

with the title I thought someone drowned

I would also have been bothered. The last thing you want to do is crack heads because you didn't know there was someone else in your lane. I would have been very startled to find someone underneath me!

I think you handled it well. You didn't curse him out or anything, just told him to let you know he was there. I'd keep an eye out for him next time, though.

Surely he was swimming under you to avoid a collision??  Whether you knew he was coming in or not the guy has chosen a good distance (10 yards) from the wall to "pass" you where there will be plenty of space and lessen the risk of injury.  Sure you were surprised but it hasn't affected your workout and it was done safely IMO. 

You dealt with it like a champ though!!

Why would you both being guys matter?? 

Looking back I think it was more of an irritation than anything else added with being startled can get under your skin.

This is a 6 lane pool and usually one one lane is doubled up...so yes, I'm used to having my own lane but I could care less about sharing as I've done it at bigger pools.  It was more of the way he notified me, I think.

And drowning? Seriously? you got that from the title of the post? I'm sure if someone drowned it would say something like "person drowned at the pool this morning"...smh.

In my VERY limited experience (3 years) of swimming in a pool I've found that most females will partner up with other females and males will partner up with other males.  Just my observation...that's all.  Nothing more.

At least that's what happens at the pool I'm at.  Might be totally different around the rest of the world and my school is just jacked up.

Overreacting.....you need to swim with these kids and then you'll have it figured out.

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OMG! I would just buy an endless pool lol!