I live in a condo building. There is an indoor pool that measures 11.3 metres (I counted up the floor tiles and multiplied by one's length :)
I also have a pass to a local 25 metre pool, because 11.3 metre laps are pretty stinkin' short.
I was wanting, though, to stay home and use the condo pool once or twice a week.
Suggestions on what I can do in there? Not deep enough for diving, unfortunately.
I'd thought of doing lots of turn practice, and some very short sprints, but after that I'm stuck.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Heather (doing a 5K open water swim Sunday all breaststroke - think happy thoughts!)
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Most times when you do "turn practice" in a standard 25 meter/yard pool, you keep stopping about half way down the lane, turn around and do it again, and again...
11.3 meters is about 12.5 yards. You have a half-length lap pool there. If you just keep going wall to wall, it simulates "turn practice", but without all the stopping. Therefore you can do a whole bunch more practice turns there in any given time than you would at any standard pool.
Looks like a great training opportunity to me! (Not good for a longer workout though.)
When I was a kid, before I got into swimming, my family joined a local summer swim club. The pool was 25 yards, with a diving well off the side of the deep end, making the pool a L shape. The width of the diving well was a little less than half the length of the 25 yard pool. I remember that the summer swim team would do turn practice across the width of diving well, so that was probably very similar to you swimming in your condo's stubby pool.
Most times when you do "turn practice" in a standard 25 meter/yard pool, you keep stopping about half way down the lane, turn around and do it again, and again...
11.3 meters is about 12.5 yards. You have a half-length lap pool there. If you just keep going wall to wall, it simulates "turn practice", but without all the stopping. Therefore you can do a whole bunch more practice turns there in any given time than you would at any standard pool.
Looks like a great training opportunity to me! (Not good for a longer workout though.)
When I was a kid, before I got into swimming, my family joined a local summer swim club. The pool was 25 yards, with a diving well off the side of the deep end, making the pool a L shape. The width of the diving well was a little less than half the length of the 25 yard pool. I remember that the summer swim team would do turn practice across the width of diving well, so that was probably very similar to you swimming in your condo's stubby pool.
