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USMS Memberqbrain
, January 20th, 2012 at 03:14 PM (1103 Views)
That's how it felt anyway.

Warm up
- 1x400 free
- 2x200 kick w/fins
- 3x100 free
Main Set
- broken 1650 for time
- 11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4 lengths take 10s after each
- 3,2,1 lengths take 5s after each
- subtract 90
-- went 19:50
-- Josh went 18:50
Random Set
- 25 under water
- 25 ez
Cool down
- 200 ez

9 days out of the water and a sinus infection is brewing.

Singapore was awesome, but I forgot my goggles. The hotel pool was crap for swimming laps, but finding a pool in Singapore and Hong Kong was totally doable, just not worthwhile without goggles. Did come across some Speedo sweedes for $20.

It was $450/night for a room at the Marina Bay Sands and you can only swim in the pool if staying there. I passed.

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  1. The Fortress's Avatar
    Welcome home with a broken 1650 ... ugh!

    No goggles for sale to use at other pools? The infinity pool looks nice, but still very open water ish.
  2. jswim's Avatar
    $450/night?! YIKES...At that rate they should also provide a suit, goggles and personal swim coach!
  3. qbrain's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by The Fortress
    No goggles for sale to use at other pools?
    Sweedes were $20, so that was a bit more than I was willing to spend.
  4. qbrain's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by jswim
    $450/night?! YIKES...At that rate they should also provide a suit, goggles and personal swim coach!
    You know it is expensive when there is a Ritz Carlton across the street is 20% cheaper.

    It is only about 18 months old, so I think it will drop in price in the future.
  5. jaadams1's Avatar
    $450/night
    I would've been on the street holding a sign that said "will work for food and place to sleep" to save money on that one. 450 is a little steep!! That's more than I make in a week!
  6. qbrain's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by jaadams1
    I would've been on the street holding a sign that said "will work for food and place to sleep" to save money on that one. 450 is a little steep!! That's more than I make in a week!
    There are plenty of cheaper places to stay in Singapore (like where I stayed), but none of them have a 100M pool on the 55th floor.
  7. jaadams1's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by qbrain
    There are plenty of cheaper places to stay in Singapore (like where I stayed), but none of them have a 100M pool on the 55th floor.
    That would be cool, especially if the one end of the pool opened up into a hugh 55 floor waterfall to a small wading pool below.
  8. The Fortress's Avatar
    You didn't say if your trip made you happy!
  9. pwb's Avatar
    I guess my complaint about $15 to swim in San Fran seems like I'm a cheapskate now.

    I'm totally putting that infinity pool on my bucket list, though. I'd need to get in good enough shape, though, to do like a 25K swim there to justify the room rate.

    Now, I gotta close with this: seriously, you left your goggles at home?
  10. aztimm's Avatar
    That pool looks amazing! I wonder how many people they'd let you have in a room as, "guests?" If you had 4 (or more) people who really wanted to swim, it might be worth it. I'm sure it isn't affiliated with any chain to do points stays either...

    And don't feel bad. I went to Europe once and forgot any swimming stuff at all. Went to a sporting goods store in Munich, and I went local swimming at the Olympic park there. I remember a woman trying to speak to me in German while I was at a wall...I understood a couple of little bits.