I swim at a recreational center ($25/month), but here in the Boulder area we have plenty of options. Although it does get crowded in the lanes sometimes.

I don't know what to recommend to you except to try to advocate swimming to your local community leaders and get more people interested - and more facilities on board. At my community pool the most popular time is when we have half lap swimmers and half water aerobics - 3 lane lines are in the pool and the rest is "open" for a water aerobics class. One lifeguard watches the whole group and lots of people get to take advantage of using the facility. Just a suggestion about sharing your community resources ...

Toothless

i swim at the pentagon - where i work :)

opens at 530am closes at 830pm....lanes are not too crowded (usually).

We have an adequete gym pool now, but I used to have the same problem. Is there a swim team at the school you could join? You might also consider getting a pair of stretch cords. This is what I use when traveling for work (which is often).

I normally swim at the local community center, but I find "swimmersguide.com" to be very helpful when I am out of town and looking for a pool.

http://www.swimmersguide.com/

gshules, that's a great site! I had not seen it before. Thanks!

14.8 miles from my house to work but in germany i traveled about 45 mins....

We have a family membership at the Y which is less than a mile from my house. During the summer we have a community pool that we have a family memebership to, and that is less than a mile away as well. I have to travel a little bit in the summer to get to open water in the summer but not too far.

I swim at one of three pools --two are located within 4 miles of my house and the third is located 1 mile from my work (which is about a 15 minute drive (or a 19 mile bike ride) from my house. The three pools help ensure that I don't miss a swim workout. Plus, a short 8 mile bike ride gets me to a great, clean, clear inland lake. Gotta love West Michigan...in the summer!

For Tri4thlete, if you know other people that want to swim, group together and approach the school for more time --a lot of times the schools just want to make sure they can justify the additional staffing. Just a thought. Good luck.

Brad ~ Haven't been in a while, actually. If/when I do, it's early a.m., but it's my backup. I usually use Yorktown HS first. I've been blowing off swimming this winter. Bad, I know!

I have some great options :)

I swim here:

or here:

Both are universities near me (and one of which I attend). And year round -- gotta love Southern CA winter ;)

Those pictures make me sick. I'm looking at the 6-day forecast in Provo, and the highs are all below 33. I guess it could be colder though.

Yup! When it comes to swimming that is my only bragging right ;)

Yeah well beat this Kylie.

4 lanes (3 usable due to handicapped steps in front right lane)
No lane lines to simulate open water conditions.
Kept at constant 88 degrees F to simulate overheating in wesuits.
Simulation palm trees to remind you of Kona.
20 yards long to get lots of flip turn practice.
Usually full of old people doing aquarobics and kicking and hitting you to simulate mass starts.

Oh waaah! 33 - I wish! Let's see: -10F w/c for this mornings run and then we have an ice/snow storm coming in tomorrow (up to 12 inches). 33 would be so nice.

Well I swim at the university pool. We have 2 pools. I was thinking of getting a membership at the YMCA where it isnt so crowded though so I can swimwith real swimmers. I get so frustrated during open swim when i have to share a lane with like 4 people who are really slow. I mean swim is my favorite and i wish i always had a lane to myself =X