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.
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I was just thinking here. 25 meter pools are not that bad. As a kid I swam on one since the owner of Virgo swim school came from Scotland and in Europe 25 meter pools are the norm and it was indoors. It is the same in distance as a 50 meter pool but with extra turns. So, it develops you for both meters and yards. And its cheaper and easier to built than 50 meter pools. Why more pools are not built this way or converted to 25 meters by adding on to existing pools I don't know.
I was just thinking here. 25 meter pools are not that bad. As a kid I swam on one since the owner of Virgo swim school came from Scotland and in Europe 25 meter pools are the norm and it was indoors. It is the same in distance as a 50 meter pool but with extra turns. So, it develops you for both meters and yards. And its cheaper and easier to built than 50 meter pools. Why more pools are not built this way or converted to 25 meters by adding on to existing pools I don't know.
