Is there a cheaper place to go swim than the YMCA? $38.75 isn't too bad, but I would never use anything there except for the pool.

White water isn't that expensive when you look at a season pass, but it isn't open all year :P

Make friends with the manager of a hotel with a decent sized indoor pool?

Vernie Snow Aquatic Center in Kingfisher. It's dirt cheap (see below). It's indoors, they have a huge main pool (0-4ft deep) a small water tube and a diving pool with high-dive. It's also a great place to have a kid's birthday party. It's a bit of a drive though.
City of Kingfisher, OK - Vernie Snow Aquatic Center (http://www.discoverkingfisher.com/vernie_snow_aquatic_center.html)
Admission Prices:

6 & under - Free* (or $2.00 -- see below)
7 to 17 - $2.00
18 & up - $3.00
* - Limit of 2 per paying adult. Children 6 & under cannot swim unless accompanied by a parent or guardian of legal age (18) . One adult must be in the water with kids under 6.Open Swim (Winter Hours) Beginning 8/11/08

Tuesday - Friday -- 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Saturday -- 12:00 to 5:00pm
Sunday -- 1:00pm to 5:00pm
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Are you just wanting a pool to do laps in? Try OCCC. It's an olympic size pool and has pubic hours. You can pay annual memberships and they are pretty cheap.

If you are interested in lap swimming, Y's are usually very restrictive on the time they allow for that, as they do tons of lessons, water aerobics and swim team functions.

I'm an avid swimmer and have had good luck with health clubs with good lap pools because they're generally wide open.

The only exception is after New Years when lots of people come out and think they'll use swimming to get into shape... But that fades pretty quickly once people realize how darn hard it is. :)

...it's an olympic size pool and has pubic hours.
ewww. no thanks! :D

-M

The only exception is after New Years when lots of people come out and think they'll use swimming to get into shape... But that fades pretty quickly once people realize how darn hard it is. :)

I want something harder on me than just walking and jogging. The older I get the more impact that type of thing has on my body and I find myself having to take time to recover more often than I do with the activity itself.

Seems like swimming a lot would be hard, but not injure me as much.

I don't think I want try out pubic hour. I'll call them up and see if they have a hairless hour.

lol. oops! they might have that also. guess that's what i get for being a drive by poster when i'm busy as heck at work! :dizzy:

ok - try *public* hours instead

I think Rose State has a decent aquatic center also. I don't know about their fees, however.

What about the Moore Public Pool?

I know that when I was on swim team years and years ago, they had it open to the public for laps for a few hours before it opened up for the kiddos.

That was a long time ago though.

oh yeah, the aquatic center in Edmond has a lap pool also, but it's outside so only summer hours.

Seems like swimming a lot would be hard, but not injure me as much.

Very true. It's generally low impact, although some people can develop shoulder issues. Still, it's obviously very easy on the knees, hips, etc.

Here's a link to a good swim complex near Lake Hefner:

Welcome to the Lighthouse - Oklahoma City (http://www.okclighthouse.com/)

Hrm... the Lighthouse is right by my house, yet somehow I never noticed it before.

It seems really nice from what they were telling me over the phone, going to go check it out tomorrow.

Thanks Pete!

Hrm... the Lighthouse is right by my house, yet somehow I never noticed it before.

It seems really nice from what they were telling me over the phone, going to go check it out tomorrow.

Thanks Pete!

So, did you go? I swam there almost daily for over a year, and then switched to the OU Health Center. The lanes at Lighthouse are only 25 yards, where the lanes at OU are 25 meters. I generally swim 1600-2000 meters daily, so the reduced number of laps was significant.

But the Lighthouse pool was generally better kept.