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.
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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?
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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.
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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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.
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
Former Member
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.
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.
