Swim Rant

Friday morning (yesterday) I got out of bed at 4:30 am (not a big fan of getting up that early, but will do anything to swim). Starting to get cold in the mornings in South Texas (40 degrees) - 'luvin it!! :groovy: Drove to the pool, and was in the water at 5 after 5:00, happily swimming my assigned 500 warm-up. It is an indoor pool and I was noticing flashing as I swam, like someone was taking pictures. Thought it was wierd, but I was happily swimming along thinking about my stroke and trying to stay under as long as possible after my turns. Then at the end of 350 yards, my team mates stopped me. We had to get out because the flashing I was seeing was the fire alarm. It seems that when they turned on the heater it set something off. There were only about 8 of us, but they made us get out of the building - wet and wait in the cold (I optomistically wrapped a towel around me). It took 20 minutes for the fire department to get there. By then, we had gone back into get our stuff and I drove to work where I showered and got ready to work. Did not bring workout clothes to make the most of my morning as Friday is a swim morning. It was the Stupidest thing to make us get out.... no fire... no smoke.... no smell. I understand the liability, but common sense people!!!!! There were only adults present. People were on deck in case something REAL happened.... Got up at 4:40 for only a 350 swim. Grrrrrrrrrr.:rant3:

Friday morning (yesterday) I got out of bed at 4:30 am (not a big fan of getting up that early, but will do anything to swim). Starting to get cold in the mornings in South Texas (40 degrees) - 'luvin it!! :groovy: Drove to the pool, and was in the water at 5 after 5:00, happily swimming my assigned 500 warm-up. It is an indoor pool and I was noticing flashing as I swam, like someone was taking pictures. Thought it was wierd, but I was happily swimming along thinking about my stroke and trying to stay under as long as possible after my turns. Then at the end of 350 yards, my team mates stopped me. We had to get out because the flashing I was seeing was the fire alarm. It seems that when they turned on the heater it set something off. There were only about 8 of us, but they made us get out of the building - wet and wait in the cold (I optomistically wrapped a towel around me). It took 20 minutes for the fire department to get there. By then, we had gone back into get our stuff and I drove to work where I showered and got ready to work. Did not bring workout clothes to make the most of my morning as Friday is a swim morning. It was the Stupidest thing to make us get out.... no fire... no smoke.... no smell. I understand the liability, but common sense people!!!!! There were only adults present. People were on deck in case something REAL happened.... Got up at 4:40 for only a 350 swim. Grrrrrrrrrr.:rant3: