One of our swimmers is headed to Philadelphia soon, on a college check out trip with his son, and he's looking for a place to swim while in Philadelphia.
He's checked the "Places to Swim" on the forum and had no luck, does anyone know of a welcoming program on the area?
That Villanova pool is great--ten lanes so there are a lot of gradations of levels! The practices were intense for my level, but I liked the two hour workout b/c it gave me a chance to get in more distance, and there was a lot of flexibility: those of us in the slower lanes adapted the workout as we needed to.
If your friend can't fit in a two-hour practice, the Ridley Area Y has one-hour practices M and W during the summer, and M, W, Sa., the rest of the year. If you PM me, I'll give you more contact info. It's a nice group of people--smaller than at 'nova, so not as many available lanes, but you'll get a good workout and I've found the coach's feedback quite helpful.
p.s. I can see why he had problems with the local "places to swim"; I was going to suggest clicking on "area teams" (left side of the screen in the "places to swim" section) but when I did, it said "site not found." That surprised me because it was working fairly recently. You might want to keep trying--probably some temporary glitch.
That Villanova pool is great--ten lanes so there are a lot of gradations of levels! The practices were intense for my level, but I liked the two hour workout b/c it gave me a chance to get in more distance, and there was a lot of flexibility: those of us in the slower lanes adapted the workout as we needed to.
If your friend can't fit in a two-hour practice, the Ridley Area Y has one-hour practices M and W during the summer, and M, W, Sa., the rest of the year. If you PM me, I'll give you more contact info. It's a nice group of people--smaller than at 'nova, so not as many available lanes, but you'll get a good workout and I've found the coach's feedback quite helpful.
p.s. I can see why he had problems with the local "places to swim"; I was going to suggest clicking on "area teams" (left side of the screen in the "places to swim" section) but when I did, it said "site not found." That surprised me because it was working fairly recently. You might want to keep trying--probably some temporary glitch.
