So I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for the new rec center up the road to open. I've been thinking how cool it will be... walk a mile and a half to the pool, work out, walk a mile and a half back... think of all of the calories burned! Think of the workout to be had!
Didn't really think they'd rip me off on the pool.
When they said "warm water fitness pool," I thought "25x25 pool warm enough to keep the blue hairs happy." I did not think "warm puddle just big enough to wave around your pool noodle." After all, all of the high schools in the area have swim teams and they use the rec center pools for practice. It would only seem logical to have a pool of an appropriate size to use for that purpose. Um, no.
What we have is a warm puddle (which I didn't even bother getting into) then we have a kiddie pool with all of the accompanying stuff to climb on, and then we have this "current area" (that's what they call it) which is sort of like a thin lap lane that winds around and through the kiddie area, and has a current to it, to add to your workout when you're walking around with your pool noodle.
Of course, sticking the "current" area in the middle of kiddie land makes absolutely no sense, being that the blue haired ladies don't like to get their hair wet... and being in the kiddie area ensures that you're going to get wet!
I was pondering the merits of trying to swim against the current, but it's not really a wide enough channel to pull that off. Not to mention that I'd probably get whacked with a noodle if I tried that.
Oh well, I guess I'll just go back to the old pool. At least it's quiet and generally noodle-free.
There was a recent article in our Houston Chronicle about the closing/remodeling of several of our public pools. One of the major concerns was that the older pools were designed with diving wells. There are evidently not enough lifeguards to keep the deep areas under observation. The newer designs (zero depth entry) allow the parents and guards to keep the non swimmers under control. It appears that the older pools will be retrofitted this way so that we will have no deep water.
My local community pool has a separate lap pool 4 x 25 yards but is only open during the summer. There is a struggle to control the nearest 50 meter pool. That Property Owners Association feels that it would make more $$ if the pool were converted to a water park.
I swim at the club with a 4 x 25 m indoor pool that is kept fairly cool. Only drawback is that there are no guards to keep the noodlers out (They have their own, 0 depth entry pool with 2 x 25 yard lanes).
There was a recent article in our Houston Chronicle about the closing/remodeling of several of our public pools. One of the major concerns was that the older pools were designed with diving wells. There are evidently not enough lifeguards to keep the deep areas under observation. The newer designs (zero depth entry) allow the parents and guards to keep the non swimmers under control. It appears that the older pools will be retrofitted this way so that we will have no deep water.
My local community pool has a separate lap pool 4 x 25 yards but is only open during the summer. There is a struggle to control the nearest 50 meter pool. That Property Owners Association feels that it would make more $$ if the pool were converted to a water park.
I swim at the club with a 4 x 25 m indoor pool that is kept fairly cool. Only drawback is that there are no guards to keep the noodlers out (They have their own, 0 depth entry pool with 2 x 25 yard lanes).
