Pools to swim laps for free (triathlon training)

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Wrec86 Ag
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2:56p, 3/12/23
No, not your backyard.

I live in the Heights, and am looking for a place to swim laps on a weekly basis to train for short distance triathlons. Our local Harris county pool is still closed from COVID.

Don't mind driving a little bit …. and extra points if I can use it early in the morning before work.
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ChemAg15
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3:54p, 3/12/23
I often see campers rinsing off in white oak bayou
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Nitro Power
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3:56p, 3/12/23
Not for a concerned moderate and Biden voter...I keed I keed
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Kenneth_2003
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3:57p, 3/12/23
My LA Fitness has a lap pool. Just have to woah asking their group class schedule. Bet the two is a little high for optimal laps, but...

This one is in Spring. I'm sure others have pools...

What about the JCC, or, West U, or even City of Bellaire pools? I haven't been in that rain since HS, but they ask used to have membership options
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Build It
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4:04p, 3/12/23
Best place closest to you that isn't a bathtub is Dads Club in Memorial. You'll find many like minded folks there.
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Wrec86 Ag
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In reply to Nitro Power • 4:56p, 3/12/23
Nitro Power said:
Not for a concerned moderate and Biden voter...I keed I keed


Not a Biden voter, but if you don't support Trump, you might as well be according to the Politics board.

All that stuff can stay over there
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SoccerAg
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4:59p, 3/12/23
LOL you want use a lap pool for free? Whats next a free sauna join any 24 hour fitness brah
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Wrec86 Ag
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In reply to SoccerAg • 6:32p, 3/12/23
SoccerAg said:
LOL you want use a lap pool for free? Whats next a free sauna join any 24 hour fitness brah


My bad - I would normally have a free public pool two blocks from my house where I could swim laps, but it hasn't re-opened since COVID. I figured there might be other options.
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maroon barchetta
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In reply to Wrec86 Ag • 7:06p, 3/12/23
Free and heated? It's in the 60's.
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Lonestarandi
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In reply to Wrec86 Ag • 9:19p, 3/12/23
Foster YMCA I thought their outdoor lap pool was year round if not then downtown Y
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Milwaukees Best Light
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9:50p, 3/12/23
Good luck. I don't need any more pee in my lap pool.
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Ragoo
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10:15p, 3/12/23
You time is better spent getting faster at cycling and running. Next would be transition. 400m swim in a sprint is nothing.
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swimmerbabe11
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10:53p, 3/12/23
Harris County Aquatics Center
2731 El Camino St
Houston, TX 77054

Julia C. Hester House
2020 Solo St.
Houston, TX 77020
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maroon barchetta
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In reply to swimmerbabe11 • 11:08p, 3/12/23
swimmerbabe11 said:
Harris County Aquatics Center
2731 El Camino St
Houston, TX 77054

Julia C. Hester House
2020 Solo St.
Houston, TX 77020


Username checks out!
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Tormentos
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2:34p, 3/15/23
As a swimmer who used to compete heavily….don't worry about it. I used to be coming out of the water #1 or #2 and would always get my ass handed to me by the runners. Traditional tris are heavily weighted towards runners so focus on that. We need more tris that are equilateral (roughly equal times for swim/bike/run).
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MAS444
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In reply to Tormentos • 3:26p, 3/15/23
Yeah I sucked at swimming but could track people down on bike and especially run.
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Wrec86 Ag
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In reply to Tormentos • 5:34p, 3/15/23
Tormentos said:
As a swimmer who used to compete heavily….don't worry about it. I used to be coming out of the water #1 or #2 and would always get my ass handed to me by the runners. Traditional tris are heavily weighted towards runners so focus on that. We need more tris that are equilateral (roughly equal times for swim/bike/run).


The problem is that I have never really swam in my life. I can swim one length of the pool before I have to stop and catch my breath.

Not a safety thing really, but just a lack of experience and need to gain comfortability in the water.
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MAS444
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In reply to Wrec86 Ag • 6:01p, 3/15/23
I was the same way and basically took lessons to (re)learn how to swim properly/efficiently. I got to where I could swim forever but was just still really painfully slow.
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swimmerbabe11
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In reply to Wrec86 Ag • 7:38p, 3/15/23
you probably suck at floating and therefore don't know how to breathe and or move efficiently.

take a couple or lessons and change your life.

extend your spine and stop looking forward /up
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maroon barchetta
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In reply to swimmerbabe11 • 8:12p, 3/15/23
Maybe he's really skinny.
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In reply to swimmerbabe11 • 8:28a, 3/16/23
swimmerbabe11 said:
you probably suck at floating and therefore don't know how to breathe and or move efficiently.

take a couple or lessons and change your life.

extend your spine and stop looking forward /up
are you volunteering to host a free texags master swimming class?
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agcivengineer
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9:23p, 3/21/23
I'd recommend joining a gym. I do triathlon and have used lifetime fitness for a long time. I was where you are a few years back and through a ton of practice I feel comfortable doing 1.5 mile workouts.
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Sooper Jeenyus
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12:46p, 3/22/23
Worst idea ever.

Have you ever been to ANY free event in Houston? Do it once, you'll never do it again. I can't imagine what a free pool might look like.

....actually, yes I can.
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swimmerbabe11
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In reply to Sooper Jeenyus • 2:27p, 3/22/23
I haven't been to hester house, but the harris county aquatics center is pretty nice. The hours for lap swim were just too funky for me to go regularly.
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In reply to Ragoo • 3:06p, 3/22/23
Ragoo said:
You time is better spent getting faster at cycling and running. Next would be transition. 400m swim in a sprint is nothing.
crap, not to me. 400m is a long way in water....
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agracer
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In reply to Wrec86 Ag • 3:38p, 3/23/23
Wrec86 Ag said:
SoccerAg said:
LOL you want use a lap pool for free? Whats next a free sauna join any 24 hour fitness brah


My bad - I would normally have a free public pool two blocks from my house where I could swim laps, but it hasn't re-opened since COVID. I figured there might be other options.
it's march. most public and subdivision pools aren't open until May.

Or is it an indoor facility?
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agracer
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In reply to MAS444 • 3:41p, 3/23/23
MAS444 said:
Yeah I sucked at swimming but could track people down on bike and especially run.
you were that guy I heard talking to someone running along side him, as he and his partner zoomed past me 2k into the 5k run, and realized he had made up 8+ minutes on me on the 40k bike and 40% of the run.

And my bike average was 20+ MPH. I thought I was doing great!
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Wrec86 Ag
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In reply to agracer • 7:05p, 3/23/23
agracer said:
Wrec86 Ag said:
SoccerAg said:
LOL you want use a lap pool for free? Whats next a free sauna join any 24 hour fitness brah


My bad - I would normally have a free public pool two blocks from my house where I could swim laps, but it hasn't re-opened since COVID. I figured there might be other options.
it's march. most public and subdivision pools aren't open until May.

Or is it an indoor facility?


It's an outdoor pool, but I'm 99% sure that it has been closed since COVID. Hopefully this is the year it opens up for the summer
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