I swim in a pool sometimes & it seems quite dirty to me - lots of plasters (US: bandages), hair ties, etc.. Very busy too -- but it has lap lanes. Getting stood on sounds grim.naiad said:You are very lucky to have nice pools to train in. Often the water is not clean in some London pools. :yack
rofl rofl rofl
I'm going for a PB. Anyone need to brush up their CPR skills?
I don't expect lifeguards to deal with the consequences of my personal bests - if I push the limits, it is only with another freediver. Sometimes during a public pool session a problem has arisen which is nothing to do with pushing the limits, such as someone standing on me and trapping me underwater. :rcard This is when I expect them to help.
The changing rooms in the public pools I have visited could all do with an hourly hose down too -- with the weather in this country, you tend trail mud in. I had to laugh, they recently had a questionaire on cleanliness at the pool & that week the pool & changing rooms were very clean ('even saw staff hosing down the changing rooms while I was there...although not very effectively). A week later though, it was back to normal and has stayed that way:head. Private pools have usually been clean in my experience but rarely have a proper lifeguard (one club used to keep the indoor freezing cold -- so only a couple of us ever used it -- consequently it was very clean).
The old "I'm going for a PB. Anyone need to brush up their CPR skills?" pick up line eh!
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