Nearly every week I swim laps at the Frances Meadows Aquatic facility here in town. In case you have never been, you should know there are two pools in which one can swim: the competitive pool and the instructional pool. Usually I swim in the competitive pool as it lends itself more easily to swimming laps. However, it is definitely the chillier of the two pools. The instructional pool is noticeably warmer than the competitive pool by a few degrees, or at least it feels this way.