I was thinking about starting my swim training tonight. Since my "swimming lessons" will begin in November, I figured that a few weeks of once/twice-weekly practice would get me ready, and I wouldn't embarrass myself too badly when I first show up, turning "flailing madly" into "flailing subtly". Not a bad plan, eh?
Then the city government got involved.
I was checking out the schedule, and learned that the Douglas Snow Aquatic Centre is closed this week for annual maintenance. OK, I can live with that, since it must be done. Pushes things back a week, but no biggie, right? A bit more research, and it's soon discovered that due to budget shortfall, all indoor city pools are closed on Mondays from now until the end of the year. Excuse me? So my plan of Monday-Friday swimming is right out the window. Even bigger, what does this mean for my coaching, where I signed up for the 2x/week, Monday-Friday schedule? I'm still waiting to hear confirmation I'm in the class, so I'll continue to wait to hear what happens when there's no pool in November.
This will make training interesting for a while. Maybe just Wednesdays. Maybe Tuesday-Thursday after run and bike work. Maybe I'll just run as fast as I can into a crotch-level post.
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Wow, that is somewhat disappointing. Parks & Rec must be in really bad shape if they are having forced closures. I'm going to have to ask my bro if he's heard what's going on.
In any case, sorry to hear the bad news. Hopefully you can work around it and get in the pool soon.
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