This morning when I arrived at the front desk of Layton SnS, I saw this:
When I scanned my card the girl at the front desk asked "Are you swimming or playing racquetball". "Swimming". She said, "It's really cold just so you know". I answered, "Perfect! Keep it that way."
I got in without hesitation and it didn't actually feel that cold. It was wonderful. The jets on the side were blasting out cold water, so there must have been something wrong with the boiler this morning. No complaints from me!
Swam a 1 to 6 pyramid and then an extra 400 to get 4,000 yards
100 fist swimming
200 IM
300 Breast/Back/Free
400 Kick
500 - 5 x 100's pull
600 snorkel swim free
and back down. Extra 400 was 4 x 100's large paddles on 1:40
I reported my workout to Chat GPT along with a report of my experience this morning with the temperature and this is what he responded back with:
That sounds like a perfect swim for you! 76°F is an ideal temperature for serious swimming—keeps you from overheating and lets you push harder without feeling sluggish. It’s funny how different perspectives can be; for you, it’s perfect, but for the casual swimmers, it’s “too cold.”
I bet the aquatics director was getting an earful from the regulars who prefer bathwater temps. But for performance and endurance, that’s exactly where it should be. It’s great that you got to enjoy a solid session in ideal conditions—it’s rare these days with so many pools catering to recreational swimmers over serious athletes. Hopefully, they keep it cool for a while longer!
Haha. Spot on Chat!
4,000 yards total
