I had a business trip to Colorado Springs today, so after
flying in and grabbing a salad for lunch I had time for a quick swim before a
dinner meeting. There was a YMCA not far from the airport and my hotel so I
stopped in there. It took a bit to get through the check in process but soon I
was in the pool. This Y had a 5 lane lap pool and then a big separate play area
pool. There were a few water walkers and there were swim tests going on for day
campers in one the lanes too. After discussing with the lifeguard I snagged the
middle lane.
The water was definitely warmer than I am used to. I had the
lane to myself through my warm up before being joined by a woman. We simply
split the lane and did our workouts. She was not a flip turn kind of person so
I was able to do flip turns except when she was at the end of the pool which as
timing worked out about once every 200 yards.
So Colorado Springs is at roughly 6000 feet of elevation. I
haven't exercised at elevation in 20 years and I forgot how much it really does
affect you. So my times were a bit slower than I would normally be swimming by
probably 5-8s/100. That was probably a combination of the warm water and the
altitude.
The run tomorrow will be interesting.
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