It boasts an eight lane 50 metre competition pool alongside a 25 metre training and warm-up pool.

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Phelps took classes at Michigan and did some Olympic training at its pool.

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Although training in a pool is an essential part of an open-water swimmer's regimen, it doesn't prepare one for the kinks of swims longer than 10 miles, or at temperatures below 60 degrees.

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