After watching my new state of the art fitness center being built for over a year....closest pool otherwise is 50 minutes a way.....big day arrives....14 days pool is open 12 of them I am in it....get there Sat morning....84 degrees!! Said the theraphy pool at 88 is tool warm for water aerobics...but 80 too cold (what the lap pool was...which is still too warm for me) so they compromised with 83 or 84 degrees....I say "some compromise" more like cave in....exact words from pool person..."I swim laps all the time, and 83 feels good to me".......:(
The pool I usually swim in is probably around 80 degrees, which is great. I also swim at a city run pool that is kept at 85. It took me a while to get used to it, but now it doesn't really bother me. I tend to swim slower and get more tired from an easier workout there, but it's tolerable. Anyway, any warmer than that would be very difficult to swim in. I'd recommend picking your battles on this issue and if you can get the pool managers to keep the temp at 84-85, live with it.
By the way, I swam at the warm pool yesterday and they had to close because everyone was smelling natural gas. I only got in 1,600 yards, but probably the right call to close the pool if there was a gas leak!
edit: funny story. Back in college we'd swim in the outdoor long course pool into November (this was in Michigan). One year they turned off the heat overnight without us knowing. We all dove in for morning workout and found the pool to be probably 60 degrees tops! I think a few of us set personal bests in the 200 free trying to get warm :) After a few minutes the coaches realized there was no way we could workout in those conditions.
The pool I usually swim in is probably around 80 degrees, which is great. I also swim at a city run pool that is kept at 85. It took me a while to get used to it, but now it doesn't really bother me. I tend to swim slower and get more tired from an easier workout there, but it's tolerable. Anyway, any warmer than that would be very difficult to swim in. I'd recommend picking your battles on this issue and if you can get the pool managers to keep the temp at 84-85, live with it.
By the way, I swam at the warm pool yesterday and they had to close because everyone was smelling natural gas. I only got in 1,600 yards, but probably the right call to close the pool if there was a gas leak!
edit: funny story. Back in college we'd swim in the outdoor long course pool into November (this was in Michigan). One year they turned off the heat overnight without us knowing. We all dove in for morning workout and found the pool to be probably 60 degrees tops! I think a few of us set personal bests in the 200 free trying to get warm :) After a few minutes the coaches realized there was no way we could workout in those conditions.
