I'll be in Richmond, VA on Presidents' Day weekend and will be swimming at the American Family Fitness Short Pump location. Is anyone from that area and know how nice the pool is? I had hoped to be able to swim at Midlothian YMCA or SwimRVA.
Here are the options I know about.
NOVA: www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp. Mark's a great coach. No cost, loud music during workout, a funny coach, in the Short Pump area. Disclosure: I swim here.
POWM: www.pelusoopenwater.com/. Awesome pool, good coaches, somewhat focused on triathletes. There is a daily fee to use it, around $10 if I remember right.
ACAC: http://acac.com/midlothian/. Coached by Jim Miller, former USMS coach of the year, and his assistants. They swim MWF mornings, TTh evenings, and on weekends. ACAC will charge you a daily fee (not cheap but you also can use their gym, which is quite good). I can give you Jim's email if you are interested. I swam there for many years.
SwimQuest: www.teamunify.com/TabGeneric.jsp. I don't know if they charge anything and I'm not sure who coaches master. Dudley Duncan, coach of the USA team, is a great coach and I know they sometimes pay for him to travel to USMS nationals.
Tuckahoe YMCA has a "masters" group that are not all USMS swimmers. Pool is shallow, the people are friendly, workout is focused on aerobic swimming. I know less about the schedule, I know on some mornings they have 5-6am and 6-7am practices. You should google/call them for more info.
PM me if you want more info about any of these. There are also other options, like the JCC, that have some organized swimming that I don't know too much about.
Here are the options I know about.
NOVA: www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp. Mark's a great coach. No cost, loud music during workout, a funny coach, in the Short Pump area. Disclosure: I swim here.
POWM: www.pelusoopenwater.com/. Awesome pool, good coaches, somewhat focused on triathletes. There is a daily fee to use it, around $10 if I remember right.
ACAC: http://acac.com/midlothian/. Coached by Jim Miller, former USMS coach of the year, and his assistants. They swim MWF mornings, TTh evenings, and on weekends. ACAC will charge you a daily fee (not cheap but you also can use their gym, which is quite good). I can give you Jim's email if you are interested. I swam there for many years.
SwimQuest: www.teamunify.com/TabGeneric.jsp. I don't know if they charge anything and I'm not sure who coaches master. Dudley Duncan, coach of the USA team, is a great coach and I know they sometimes pay for him to travel to USMS nationals.
Tuckahoe YMCA has a "masters" group that are not all USMS swimmers. Pool is shallow, the people are friendly, workout is focused on aerobic swimming. I know less about the schedule, I know on some mornings they have 5-6am and 6-7am practices. You should google/call them for more info.
PM me if you want more info about any of these. There are also other options, like the JCC, that have some organized swimming that I don't know too much about.
