My pool's lap swims (warning: I need to whine)

Simple! Switch from chickens to ducks! Train and chore at the same time! Ta-Da!

You're welcome.

Sorry... couldn't resist. I'm sorry you're having such a hard time with your swim training schedule. Perhaps if you talk to the admins of your Y and explain your schedule they might be able to bend a little here and there to help accommidate you? Its worth a shot.

My Ma always told me, it never hurts to ask!

I been slapped a few times, and she was right, it didn't hurt.....

Give it a shot, if you know of others who have a similar schedule as you get them to ask as well.

Good Luck!!!

Since you are driving that far you might want to think about adding up the cost of gas you burn in a month, membership fees, extra miles on your vehicle, and how much your time is worth and compare that to the cost of one of those "endless pools".  You could probably finance the purchase and I wonder if the monthly cost wouldn't be low enough to justify getting one.  It probably seems like a ridiculous luxury but you never know.

I'm considering myself blessed that I live very near a club that is open 24 hrs and there's another one near my work so I can pretty much go anytime I get a "hall pass" from my sweetie.

Hee hee!  I guess you could say that.  County population about 100,000.  Township I live in has just shy of 900 people.  Village I work in has 3500 people.  City with the pool about 17,000 people.  Plus our county has the largest land area of any in Ohio so everything is really spread out.  None of the highschools have pools.  This is THE only pool in the county except for a couple of small hotel pools and of course whoever has a pool in there backyard.  LOL!  In the summer time, I will have the large pool called Lake Erie, but I'll have to wait for the ice to go away. 

But CLLinIA got me thinking.  I only live 6 miles from the PA border.  I didn't even think to explore what might be across the border.  This is something I need to check in to.

An endless pool might be fun, but I don't know where in the heck I would put something like that.  Right now my Nordic Track is sitting in the middle of my husband's at home office.  Space is pretty tight around here.

Anyways, thanks for all the support.  I think I have some good ideas to explore that came from this thread.  Thanks!

Diane

I can only swim on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the evening.  The Civic Center (which is the only)pool has only been open for an hour those days of the week 5:00 to 6:00.  I have to leave early from work to swim.  This seems bad  but the pressure of the schedule has gottem me to the pool and swimming within 5 minutes of the 5:00 PM start both Tuesday and Thursday this week.  If you are a procrastinator like me, perhaps, you can use the schedule pressure to get you into the pool before the opportunity is gone.

TW

Hey I made to the 5pm lap swim after work on Friday!  Just me and one other guy in the pool.  It was so quiet.  The lifeguard said it would pick up after the first of the year, but it was very nice!

Diane