1- The night before the big day, freeze a large bottle of water in your freezer.
2- Go to bed.
3- Wake up and get some breakfast and coffee. There is no food or drink available for purchase at the pool and you don’t want your time cut short by hunger pangs.
4- Bring a gym lock. They will not let you in without one. There are no bags allowed on the pool deck. Everything…
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You can wear a non-white hat for sun protection while on the pool deck, but not in the water.
I’ve worn my Yankees hat while on the pool deck before.
Good to know. I went opening weekend and they definitely were enforcing the “white hats only” rule. I thought it was a silly rule, and the explained to me they were worried about dyes staining the pool. Seems like they have come to the sensible conclusion. Hats are OK, Hats in the water are not.
Isn’t it “hunger pangs” not “hunger pains”?
I have been in pain from hunger!
Can you swim laps there? Is there a schedule? Do you still need to arrive a 10am weekdays for lap swimming?
https://bit.ly/MzbCQx Here is the schedule for Lap Swimming. You have to sign up at the Pool and give them your info.
Thank you for the clear, useful guide!
Doesn’t sound like much fun to me. I’ll pass.
Thank you so much for this. Mom of 6 and needed to know if you could bring frozen water bottles into the pool this was very helpful!