Hello! I'm located in the Morristown, NJ area. The pool/Masters program I usually swim at is closed for the next 3 weeks, and my backup one is also closed! I have an open water swim on Sept. 10th, so I have to keep swimming. Unfortunately the only times I can swim during the week are in the evenings because of my work schedule, and I'm not sure if there are any pools around me where I can just go and swim laps that late in the month of August. Does anyone have any advice? I'd prefer to swim with Masters, but if not, swimming on my own would be fine....
Thanks!!
CW
Mermaid,
I travel to NJ a lot and am consistently frustrated with the lack of pools. One option for you to consider is Lifetime Fitness as they have branches at both Florham Park and Berkeley Heights. They supposedly have a masters team there, but I haven't worked out with them. They do, though, have 5 lanes indoors and should have their outdoor pools open now, both 25 meters. These are slightly better than typical health club pools in that they have proper lane ropes, backstroke flags and nice electronic pace clocks. Flat walls and shallow pools, but generally kept (at least indoors) at a decent temperature (79 to 81) for training.
If you do any amount of traveling and want access to pools in many places in the country, I highly recommend Lifetime. Even if you don't travel, their facilities and options are awesome.
Mermaid,
I travel to NJ a lot and am consistently frustrated with the lack of pools. One option for you to consider is Lifetime Fitness as they have branches at both Florham Park and Berkeley Heights. They supposedly have a masters team there, but I haven't worked out with them. They do, though, have 5 lanes indoors and should have their outdoor pools open now, both 25 meters. These are slightly better than typical health club pools in that they have proper lane ropes, backstroke flags and nice electronic pace clocks. Flat walls and shallow pools, but generally kept (at least indoors) at a decent temperature (79 to 81) for training.
If you do any amount of traveling and want access to pools in many places in the country, I highly recommend Lifetime. Even if you don't travel, their facilities and options are awesome.
