This was in my inbox yesterday.
Hello Swimmers,
You are registered for the 6-week Tech Swim Class that begins this Saturday, November 3! I am looking forward to seeing you in the pool.
Here are a few details: Please arrive between 5:20-5:25 (doors open at about 5:20), and on the pool deck by 5:29. We will start promptly at 5:30. You need a swim cap in the YWCA pool; these will be provided. If you have a pair of training fins, please bring them to every class. If you don’t own them, I have plenty to share in all sizes. Also bring any other training tools you may have, such as pull buoys, hand paddles or gloves, etc. If you don’t bring your own fins, you should grab a pair from the coffin on the pool deck before you get into the water.
That’s 5:30 AM, y’all . . on a Saturday . . . in a town 40 minutes from where I live. OMG, what have I done?! Well, I want to learn how to swim faster. whimper
And they have a coffin on site, in case you drop dead after class?
I know! I saw that and wondered about the choice of “coffin.”
“In case you drop dead after class…” or possibly beforehand, since I’m worried Lisa might try to kill me for setting an alarm for 4:15 on a Saturday morning.
Fins?
You sir, are going to be fabulous! Anyone who gets their a$$ out of bed that early on a Saturday is already a hero. A couple weeks of kicks and pulls and fins and drags and you’ll be shaving tens of seconds off your times.
Then the next time you come to Canadaland we can race in the pool!