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legalmooseI am moderately miffed this morning. I'd be more so, but I've been sitting here calming myself down.
Got all ready for a swim workout, got all my stuff together and got my sweaty self down to the YWCA to discover they were closed. There was a little sign, down at about the level of a 4 year-old, announcing that they'd be closed from the 28th through the 6th for "annual maintenance". I don't recall seeing such a sign last week, nor was I reminded of this via email or from one of the folks who checks you in and hands you towels. To say I was pissed would have been an understatement.
Thankfully I keep a towel in my office for the work gym, so I was able to come in and get cleaned up for work.
Checked the Y's web site and there's no notice of the closing. There is text saying you should check the "Holiday Closing page" for updated hours of operation, but then there's no link to such a beast.
I am so, so very not pleased at them. Enough so that I've been trying to look for other gyms in DC with pools, but you'd be surprised at how difficult it is to find any gyms online, aside from, say, Resluts (and yes, I spelled it that way on purpose - it has a reputation), Sports & Health or other big gyms (none of which seem to have indoor pools). Hell, the YWCA doesn't even come up on a search! Did find the Waterside Fitness and Swim Club, which is across the way from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
heterodoxy's apartment, but it's only an 18-meter pool, not the standard 25 (why would you make it less than the standard?). Feh.
Got all ready for a swim workout, got all my stuff together and got my sweaty self down to the YWCA to discover they were closed. There was a little sign, down at about the level of a 4 year-old, announcing that they'd be closed from the 28th through the 6th for "annual maintenance". I don't recall seeing such a sign last week, nor was I reminded of this via email or from one of the folks who checks you in and hands you towels. To say I was pissed would have been an understatement.
Thankfully I keep a towel in my office for the work gym, so I was able to come in and get cleaned up for work.
Checked the Y's web site and there's no notice of the closing. There is text saying you should check the "Holiday Closing page" for updated hours of operation, but then there's no link to such a beast.
I am so, so very not pleased at them. Enough so that I've been trying to look for other gyms in DC with pools, but you'd be surprised at how difficult it is to find any gyms online, aside from, say, Resluts (and yes, I spelled it that way on purpose - it has a reputation), Sports & Health or other big gyms (none of which seem to have indoor pools). Hell, the YWCA doesn't even come up on a search! Did find the Waterside Fitness and Swim Club, which is across the way from
heterodoxy's apartment, but it's only an 18-meter pool, not the standard 25 (why would you make it less than the standard?). Feh.
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Gym shopping sux
Date: 2004-08-31 07:50 am (UTC)I went with Gold's instead because I don't use a pool enough - though I might have considered the Y. Someone, maybe DoubleJoe, mentioned the WSC in Pentagon City may have a pool.
Why are pools so rare around here?
Drop me a line if you ever want to go running - I'll bust you out of that 12 min/mile rut. ;)