Marijane Osborn
November 17, 2015 13:10
I belonged to DAC for years and then GFD bought them out, promising to improve the facility. It's certainly prettier, but apparently only on the surface, at least for the one reason I've been a member all these years: to swim laps, ritually 1/2 mile 4-5 days a week.
Three international agencies have agreed on the ideal temperatures for a pool used for different swimming (not exercise) purposes: water temperature for competitive swimming between 77° to 82° F (25°-28°C), and 81°F (27°C) for synchronized swimming. Warmer water is less dense and therefore less friction as a swimmer's body moves through it. Standard water temperatures ensure that all performances are on a level state of conditions.
The lap pool has been at 73 degrees or below intermittently for a few weeks now, as the heater breaks down. Yes, I do "dislike it." If the supposedly improved GFDS can't accommodate my only purpose in being a member, I see no value at all in remaining with them. This is too bad, since I am used to the place, like the location away from the center of town, and know some of my fellow swimmers (not that they've been "breaking the ice" lately, either).
It would be useful if GFDS would at least post daily pool temperatures on their website so that one needn't phone in to get that information -- and perhaps encounter someone who didn't know, as I did yesterday. My giving them two stars today was generous!