swimming ideas for a swim location

Hello Triathletes:
You guys are motivating me so much. I got a call today from Sarah, Katie and Lisa B because they were going on an afternoon ride. That was so exciting and as we move into the season if you are going to go out and train post a note or send out an email shout so that folks can join in if they are free. I also saw Franky and Kristin at spin class last night and Adrienne was up and at em at the gym with Erin this morning at 0530. Tiffany was in the pool swimming at Clubworx yesterday! You go girls! My only warning is....this is a triathlon not a sprint so we want to train smart and safe. An injury is not what we are shooting for....so STRETCH (we are not spring chickens anymore), eat healthy, drink water (yes Diane that means you!) and get plenty of sleep.

OK.....where to swim???

I spoke to the folks at Clubworx yesterday and I have not heard back from them. I am not thinking that they are going to be too helpful. Their pool is only 4 lanes so they do not have a whole lot of space.

I spoke to the folks at the Triangle Aquatic Center (TAC) and we can in fact rent lanes there for 16.50 an hour. That would mean if we had ten folks and two lanes then it would run us about 3.30 a person to swim there. I also clocked the mall parking lot and it is 1.3 miles around the parking lot for running and biking purposes. To get a 10 visit pass would cost 58.80 or it is 6.10 a visit.

I am currently at Campbell University and they have offered us a great deal. If 15 of us sign up for the semester it is 40 dollars a person. It could be paid in 2 or 3 installments since I know that money can be tight at certain times of the year....like now after Christmas. The good thing about this is that you can use the pool whenever it is open and the distance is about the same as the TAC since there is no traffic. The hours for the facility are:
Monday-Friday
0600 to 0800 with the possibility of a 0530 workout time on Friday mornings until the end of February
1200 to 1400 (12 to 2pm) for those not working
1800 to 2045 (6 to 8:45pm)
Saturday
1200 to 1700 (12 to 5pm)
Sunday
1300 to 1645 (1 to 5pm)

It takes about 20 to 25 minutes to get from my house to Campbell U and we could carpool on Friday mornings if we wanted to give it a shot.

Anyway that is all the news that is fit to print right now!!Keep up the good work