I haven’t swam since covid so might be more difficult now but when I was racing I would wake up at 5 so I could get to the pool before it got busy then drive home to get kids ready for daycare. I was 12 minutes from the pool but an hour swim was basically 2 hours door to door. Cost wasn’t an issue for me but time was a huge barrier with kids. When I had no kids it wasn’t a big deal but even with a nice pool close to me it was still almost an added hour to the workout. A bike can be expensive but you can bike for an hour in an hour and be done. Run for an hour in an hour but an hour swim takes much longer even in best situations

And no clue if swimming in my pool is harder now that I think they are still doing reservations.

Edit: I should say I woke up at 4:30 when I had kids and about 5:30 when I would go straight to work after the swim.

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