Philadelphia Masters Swimming Info needed

RE: Philadelphia Masters Swimming Info needed

Former Member — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:57:17 GMT

Brian- There are several Philly teams for practice. Check out http://www.dvmasters.org/ for some suggestions. In addition to the Villanova pool, Colonials 1776 has a group that works out at Germantown Academy (M, T & TH 6:30 - 8:00 pm, $7 drop-in fee, must be USMS registered). Also, Pennypack (my team) works LCM all year (T & TH 7:00- 8:15 pm, Sat 9:00-10:30 am, must be USMS registered, contact coach Jackson to let him know you're coming members.aol.com/.../Pennypack.html ). It's not San Fran, but it's home! Dana

RE: Philadelphia Masters Swimming Info needed

Brian Stack — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:38:29 GMT

RE: Philadelphia Masters Swimming Info needed

BisonNit — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:09:27 GMT

I don't live in Philadelphia, but go there for business occasionally. Go to this web site, I've swum with the Villanova group and its pretty good. www.bee.net/.../ValleyForgeMasters.htm

RE: Philadelphia Masters Swimming Info needed

FindingMyInnerFish — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:29:49 GMT

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.

RE: Philadelphia Masters Swimming Info needed

Brian Stack — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:13:47 GMT

I don't live in Philadelphia, but go there for business occasionally. Go to this web site, I've swum with the Villanova group and its pretty good. www.bee.net/.../ValleyForgeMasters.htm Thanks, I'll pass it on. If you ever find yourself in the SF Bay Area, try a practice with us www.manateeswimming.org