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.
What I found out in the battle for our 50 meter pool was the phrase bather load donotes how many swimmers can be in the pool. They kept saying the new pool, which was 8 lane, 25 yard, with lazy river would have more bather load than the 50 meter pool had. I finally privatley asked one of the CPD people(the head of aquatics), how this could be. She said bather load is counted by any water 4 feet or less, and all the deck space. The old 50 meter pool's dept was half over 4 foot, so none of that space was counted for bather load. The new plans had no water deeper than 4 foot, and huge deck space. So when they presented these numbers to the public, they kept emphasizing how the new pool has so much more bather load. I think we will have a disappointed public next summer.
What I found out in the battle for our 50 meter pool was the phrase bather load donotes how many swimmers can be in the pool. They kept saying the new pool, which was 8 lane, 25 yard, with lazy river would have more bather load than the 50 meter pool had. I finally privatley asked one of the CPD people(the head of aquatics), how this could be. She said bather load is counted by any water 4 feet or less, and all the deck space. The old 50 meter pool's dept was half over 4 foot, so none of that space was counted for bather load. The new plans had no water deeper than 4 foot, and huge deck space. So when they presented these numbers to the public, they kept emphasizing how the new pool has so much more bather load. I think we will have a disappointed public next summer.
