I'm working out in a junior olympic size pool. do you know how many laps (there and back) there are in a mile? and/or what would the math formula be to modify my workouts accordingly?
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This brings up a phenomenon that's almost a pet peeve of mine -- the way hotels, health clubs and other facilities use imaginative (shall we say) descriptions for their pools.
There are really only three regulation sizes for pools: Long Course or 50 meter (which is the Olympic length), Short Course Meter or 25 meter and Short Course Yard or 25 yard (which as far as I know is only official in the US).
But you'll see all sorts of pools called "Olympic," "Junior Olympic," "Competition-size," etc., that are some other size. There's even a health club near me that calls a 48 FOOT pool "olympic."
So I guess the point is, the labels facilties use don't mean anything -- get the actual length.
This brings up a phenomenon that's almost a pet peeve of mine -- the way hotels, health clubs and other facilities use imaginative (shall we say) descriptions for their pools.
There are really only three regulation sizes for pools: Long Course or 50 meter (which is the Olympic length), Short Course Meter or 25 meter and Short Course Yard or 25 yard (which as far as I know is only official in the US).
But you'll see all sorts of pools called "Olympic," "Junior Olympic," "Competition-size," etc., that are some other size. There's even a health club near me that calls a 48 FOOT pool "olympic."
So I guess the point is, the labels facilties use don't mean anything -- get the actual length.
