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Originally Posted by Ray Menna
twice now while swimming in colony pool i was forced to leave before the alloted time for swimmers . the aerobic people come into the pool, get in the pool, and proceed to walk in a circle. the current is so strong in the swimming lane that it forced three swimmers out of the pool swimming was impossible. the time was 8:30 a.m. our swim time is until 9:50. we all complained. i called pam henry who is in charge of the recreation dept. and she said she would talk to the people who work there and they would be told that although aerobic people can get into the pool earlier than scheduled class time they cannot do a controlled excercise that would make it impossible for the swimmers to swi.m. today it happened again. i got out of the swimming lane and talked to man and woman in charge of pool. they were extremely courteous and sympathetic to problem but they said they had not heard from pam  henry (disappointment). they did ask the aerobic people to stop the circle walk. aerobic people have to respect our space and time. today they actually removed the lane ropes to get in that lane at 8:30 and then some of them went to our lanes, sat at edge of pool and let their feet and legs hang in water. one man wanted to get in lane to swim but thought he shouldn't as the ladies were hanging there legs over swim lane. aeorbic class people have to respect our space and time to swim as we respect theirs. please pass this information along to anyone who does aerobic excerise class as they are probably are unaware how their behaviour effects our swimming also a call to pam henry wouldn't hurt. pam henry can be reached at 352-674-1803. lets face it, the squeakly wheel gets the grease. i was also told to contact tracey at the colony pool. tracey can be reached at 352-750-1935. thank you in advance to anyone who can help in this matter. have a nice day! |
I'm so glad you posted this. I'm a snowflake lap swimmer and, although I came back north in August, I could see this coming.
We lap swimmers are such a minority, I got to feeling like no one cares about us. Sometimes the number of lanes is reduced for no apparent reason as well. And lap times are very limited.
I know Seabreeze had that rule where early arrivers for water aerobics needed to keep moving and not stand around. I've never seen the organized circle walking, though. That's a new one.
Sounds like the process used at Laurel Manor is working and should be adopted Villages-wide.
All this takes is mutual respect. Thank you for making TV rec folks aware of the problem.