LCM Pools in Massachusetts?

RE: LCM Pools in Massachusetts?

Three Rivers — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 03:54:34 GMT

Interesting! I heard the Mirabella (?) in the North End is also 50m. Interesting choice for public pools. Do you know the cost for nonresidents? $60 per year? For access to both MLK and Mirabella. O r something close to it. But the Mirabella is an odd distance. Not anything (25yd/25m/50m) normal.

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Former Member — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 14:24:17 GMT

It's best to stay east of Worcester for LCM, the only pool west of Worcester I know of other than William's College in the Berkshires is Springfield College, which is set up full long course a few times per year. Anything LCM in Mass is out east.

RE: LCM Pools in Massachusetts?

ForceDJ — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:23:32 GMT

It shows the Blodgett/Harvard pool and the Zesiger/MIT pool within 10 miles of me. I assume there are also pools that haven't been added, or that have missing data as well. Users can submit updates/corrections. Dan

RE: LCM Pools in Massachusetts?

Former Member — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 14:02:55 GMT

I didn't see any collegiate pools. It shows the Blodgett/Harvard pool and the Zesiger/MIT pool within 10 miles of me. I assume there are also pools that haven't been added, or that have missing data as well.

RE: LCM Pools in Massachusetts?

ForceDJ — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 09:25:31 GMT

Guess there aren't any in the area. But they're on there. I've found/used collegiate pools using it myself. Dan

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Redbird Alum — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 07:35:11 GMT

badger...try this "find a pool anywhere in the world" tool... https://www.swimmersguide.com Dan I didn't see any collegiate pools.

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Former Member — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:20:14 GMT

badger...try this "find a pool anywhere in the world" tool... https://www.swimmersguide.com Dan I like the map feature, doesn't seem to work well on mobile but the distances on the map markers are great.

RE: LCM Pools in Massachusetts?

Former Member — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:18:17 GMT

Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Roxbury. At the corner of Washington St. Outdoor pool. Run by Boston Center for Youth and Families. Interesting! I heard the Mirabella (?) in the North End is also 50m. Interesting choice for public pools. Do you know the cost for nonresidents?

RE: LCM Pools in Massachusetts?

Daniel Paulling — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:26:07 GMT

By way of introduction, I grew up outside of Boston, swam on a rec team til I was in middle school, stopped for YEARS (for a lot of reasons) and got back into lap swimming ... let's say 5 or 6 years ago? I don't feel ready to practice with a masters' team, as I still can only manage maybe 1500 - 1600 yards in an hour, and am not overly well conditioned. (unless someone wants to step in with a lane suited for the "brain still kinda remembers how to swim but body is still catching up" folks) Anyway, I found myself swimming at the local lake with a friend (lovely: a big roped-off deep area, and they have a sign posting distances of various segments of the deep end, how many laps = 1 mile, etc), and he mentioned he doesn't like pools because you're just kind of bouncing back and forth between the walls, which I agreed with (it can get a little dull, wall to wall, in a 25-yard pool), and it might be nice to find a long course/olympic/50-meter (whatever you want to call it) pool. And of course, the question's been driving me nuts for the past few days and I can't seem to get much of an answer out of google. It looks like MIT's pool is *sometimes* oriented for 50-meters, and the Blodgett Pool at Harvard is as well (sometimes?) and maybe there was (is?) one at Hanscom AFB, but are there any others? I could've sworn I swam at at least one when I was a kid, but since my focus was the water, it could have been in RI or CT for all I know. So, anybody know of indoor, 50-meter pools in Massachusetts? Let's stick with "east of Worcester" for the moment. I'd recommend search through our Club Finder database to find coaches in the area who could help you find LCM pools, though I'll echo what was said above in that pools are switching from LCM to SCY with school starting.

RE: LCM Pools in Massachusetts?

Three Rivers — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 03:10:11 GMT

Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Roxbury. At the corner of Washington St. Outdoor pool. Run by Boston Center for Youth and Families.

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Former Member — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 05:09:32 GMT

I remember that pool - it could be adjusted, I think? I recall nearly drowning myself in it on a bad dive once.

RE: LCM Pools in Massachusetts?

ForceDJ — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 10:15:02 GMT

badger...try this "find a pool anywhere in the world" tool... https://www.swimmersguide.com Dan

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drip'nwet — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 08:39:10 GMT

Needham, MA had a 50 meter outdoor pool-Rosemary Pool (built in a lake). That has recently been remodeled and is now a short course pool. Brown University in Rhode Island has an indoor 50 meter pool

RE: LCM Pools in Massachusetts?

Former Member — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:03:30 GMT

Yeah, that was my impression with MIT's pool and maybe Blodgett/Harvard. It does make sense.

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Former Member — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:05:45 GMT

Finding a long course pool anywhere is misery. People working front desk and life guards don't know anything or pretend they know something and provide bad information. I've been trying for months to do my 5k and 10k postal. I've made dozens of phone calls in various cities I may be visiting including my own, been kicked out in the middle of attempts as they were switching lanes to short course, made reservations for hotels in somewhat nearby cities that have 50M pool, only to find they changed their minds about having long course set up...painful. I finally did my 5k today in 85 degree water with ambient temp around 100 (48% humidity). Awesome fun! Good luck in your quest. I'm getting that sense! Like I said, I *think* I swam in one as a kid, but we might have just been visiting somewhere (Maryland, maybe?) and the pool complex happened to be a long pool. It looks like the only ones that can for-sure be configured that way are Blodgett (Harvard), and the MIT pool (maybe only during off-semester times?), and Hanscom's on-base pool is configured to long course at specific times (and only open to military/staff/family). (I will say, as someone who works for a gym chain, while our location doesn't have a pool, I try to be as accurate as I can about the pool facilities at the other locations when people ask. One of our locations has a pool with 16-yard long lap lanes! 8-O And a couple of have mystery-length not-quite-25-yard pools?)

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Chris Stevenson — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 03:06:53 GMT

...been kicked out in the middle of attempts as they were switching lanes to short course... Ouch, that's brutal.

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Kurt Dickson — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 01:58:09 GMT

RE: LCM Pools in Massachusetts?

flystorms — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 05:42:58 GMT

I can't help you with the Mass pools, but wanted to let you know that many LCM pools only have LCM for short periods of time in the spring and then keep it at SCY so that they can accommodate a lot of people the rest of the year.