swimming

[concrete.livejournal.com]

Where do you swim laps in the winter around here? How do you like the place?

I only know of the Kennedy Pool near Porter, but I have not gone yet - have you?

Comments

[squonk.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you're willing to spend any money, but I have a basic membership at Bally's in Porter. It's cheap and the facilities are fine. The pool lanes are a bit tight, but even at peak hours it's not crazy crowded. Works for me.

[red-liner.livejournal.com]

I haven't been, but the Cambridge town pool is brand new:

http://www.cambridgema.gov/DHSP2/war.cfm?tnltext=War%20Memorial

Also, it's across town, but the Hyatt hotel on Memorial Drive used to sell memberships to their pool, which (at the time, maybe 10 years ago) was very nice and well-maintained, especially by health club standards.

And there's the Mount Auburn Club in Watertown, which is pricier than the Bally's at Porter but (in my experience) significantly better at upkeep.

[ron_newman]

I added the swimming tag, so you can look at old posts on this subject.

[vonelftinhaus.livejournal.com]

The YMCA on Highland ave by city hall has a pool I believe

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

the cambridge war memorial pool is really nice and I swam there a lot when i was pregnant. It does cost, i think $5 each time, but you can by passes for 10 swims or 6 months, I believe

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

It's a bit of a drive, but the Constitution Inn YMCA in Charlestown has low monthly rates and a great pool that's usually not too crowded.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

The Cambridge War Memorial pool costs $4.50 for residents and $5.50 for nonresidents, with discounts for frequent use.

If I'm reading http://www.cambridgema.gov/CityOfCambridge_Content/documents/RecFall.pdf correctly, the general lap swim hours are very limited:

Monday 7:15 - 8:45 pm
Tuesday 5:30 - 6:45 pm
Wednesday 5:30 - 6:15 and 7:15 - 8:45 pm
Thursday 5:30 - 6:45 pm
Friday 5:30 - 6:15 and 7:15 - 8:45 pm
Saturday 2:30 - 4:45 pm
Sunday 12:00 - 4:45 pm

[syntheticnature.livejournal.com]

I joined the MIT Athletic Center (http://mitrecsports.com/membership-pass-types/default.aspx) when I was doing lap swimming. If you don't have a connection to MIT (student/faculty/staff/alum/family) it's $585/6mo, $885/year, which is certainly comparable to a club like Healthworks. One pretty good pool and one awesome pool. Check out the schedule to see if the hours that lap swimming is available are okay for you.

[mistresshellena.livejournal.com]

I used Kennedy years ago and liked it.

[zymurgist70.livejournal.com]

I swam the YMCA in Highland and it's pretty bleak, about the size of your average living room. More of a tiny "cement pond" than a swimming pool.

I find Kennedy to be just fine. Rarely crowded and I think they extended their evening adult lap swim by an hour. Not bad.