Swim jet vs. lap lane?

I am, indeed, the one with the pool in Amherst. It's crazy, I know. And I love it. Spent nearly 4 hours in there today, between my own swim and teaching two back-to-back lessons. Another thing that's harder to do in an endless pool! And thanks for the compliments. It's a gorgeous thing I can take virtually no credit for. :) I know what you mean about the awkwardness but as someone with one of those pools, I know that we feel like it's this incredible asset we are compelled to share. Just doesn't seem right not to! My son even made one of our neighbors a "lifetime pass" for his birthday. Chances are, they are just happy to be able to share their bounty with you. I know that we offer it to folks all the time and often, I think they feel too embarrassed to say yes, or else, don't believe we really mean it. But we do! Our water is their water! I say, talk to the neighbors about it, and recognize that it's a great gift if they are willing to share it. Maybe offer to shell out a bit for chemicals once in a while, but otherwise, swim away! I'd love to have something like your pool in my backyard. My parents have a beautiful 20x40 in my backyard but it's really seems to be more for aesthetics than anything. If you swim laps and tolerate the constant turning, the water gets so choppy it begins to overflow. Then the chlorine kills the grass since there's only 8" of stonework around the pool. If you lower the water then it won't filter properly. The stone work around the pool also overhangs and it's easy to wreck your feet on doing flip turns. I have offered everything to my neighbors to thank them for letting me use it. I've offered to clean it, take care of the chemicals, etc but they say no because they have a service do it. I'm not sure if I'm more jealous of their pool or the fact they pay for a pool boy. I finally convinced my dad to get a robotic pool cleaner last year which has helped decrease some of the pool maintence I have to do when I'm home. I think I'd be more inclined to swim in their pool if they let me help them take care of it. I think they pay $150/wk to have the chemicals taken care of and an occasional cleaning (best benefit of the indoor pool- no leaves). Then there is the whole watching me swim. I guess from a safety and liability standpoint it's a good idea... But they seem to enjoy watching me like watching someone swim laps is entertaining. I guess it's motivating to know someone's watching. I usually only use the pool if I'm outside and they invite me to swim that very day. Other than that I use they Y.

I am, indeed, the one with the pool in Amherst. It's crazy, I know. And I love it. Spent nearly 4 hours in there today, between my own swim and teaching two back-to-back lessons. Another thing that's harder to do in an endless pool! And thanks for the compliments. It's a gorgeous thing I can take virtually no credit for. :) I know what you mean about the awkwardness but as someone with one of those pools, I know that we feel like it's this incredible asset we are compelled to share. Just doesn't seem right not to! My son even made one of our neighbors a "lifetime pass" for his birthday. Chances are, they are just happy to be able to share their bounty with you. I know that we offer it to folks all the time and often, I think they feel too embarrassed to say yes, or else, don't believe we really mean it. But we do! Our water is their water! I say, talk to the neighbors about it, and recognize that it's a great gift if they are willing to share it. Maybe offer to shell out a bit for chemicals once in a while, but otherwise, swim away! I'd love to have something like your pool in my backyard. My parents have a beautiful 20x40 in my backyard but it's really seems to be more for aesthetics than anything. If you swim laps and tolerate the constant turning, the water gets so choppy it begins to overflow. Then the chlorine kills the grass since there's only 8" of stonework around the pool. If you lower the water then it won't filter properly. The stone work around the pool also overhangs and it's easy to wreck your feet on doing flip turns. I have offered everything to my neighbors to thank them for letting me use it. I've offered to clean it, take care of the chemicals, etc but they say no because they have a service do it. I'm not sure if I'm more jealous of their pool or the fact they pay for a pool boy. I finally convinced my dad to get a robotic pool cleaner last year which has helped decrease some of the pool maintence I have to do when I'm home. I think I'd be more inclined to swim in their pool if they let me help them take care of it. I think they pay $150/wk to have the chemicals taken care of and an occasional cleaning (best benefit of the indoor pool- no leaves). Then there is the whole watching me swim. I guess from a safety and liability standpoint it's a good idea... But they seem to enjoy watching me like watching someone swim laps is entertaining. I guess it's motivating to know someone's watching. I usually only use the pool if I'm outside and they invite me to swim that very day. Other than that I use they Y.