Yes, we have a two-lane, 25-yard pool in our backyard. Actually, it is 25 yards and X inches, to accommodate a timing pad, so you can actually set an American record in our pool! Somewhere over the 60,000 gallon mark. Price-wise, it was expensive, but we also got a huge spa, which cascades over into the pool, and also an electrical pool cover, so those jacked the price up a bit. Some things to consider:
We were going to do 1 or 1.5 lanes, but our contractor said that a concrete form that was that long and skinny might torque in the ground and get twisted.
I am too slow for any wave action, but we had lane line hooks installed when we built it, so we can add lane lines in later.
The electric pool cover was worth every penny! We put the stairs at the short end of the pool so they could run the cover tracks along the long sides of the pool. Spa is at the stair end, cascading onto the stairs and into the pool. Still room on either side of the stairs for turning in each lane.
We added blue tile lane lines on the bottom, and the crosses at the ends; the rest is pebble tec. Also, if you’re going to put a row of tile along the top, we used beige instead of blue – we still get calcium scaling, but you don’t see it!
We also added a couple of underwater lights - I have swum at night under a starry sky with a full moon and the Catalina Mountains silhouetted in the background.
True story - our pool was installed in November (we live in Tucson). We turned the heat on because, why not? One day I came home and opened the gas bill – $1,001! I set a world record running to the back yard to turn off the heater. The next day we called to have solar coils installed on our roof to heat the pool. We can swim comfortably from mid-to-end of February through early November.
We LOVE our pool - it is my personal oasis in the desert. I can roll out of bed and hop in to get my morning workout in; I can come home after a hard day at work and jump in to get refreshed; I can swim with my dog (yes, he is faster than me). I don’t have to worry about when the public pool is open, or if they have a swim meet, or if the lifeguard didn’t show up. No, we probably won’t get our return on it when we sell, but quality of life trumps pretty much everything else. It was money well-spent.
Good luck,
Sharon
Crazy man and murderer John DuPont built an indoor 6 lane 50m pool on his estate, Foxcatcher. A USA Swimming team, part of Team Foxcatcher, used the pool, as did the USA Pentathlon team.
I swam a meet at the pool back in late May or early June, 1989. The home team was in the midst of their famous “24 hour practice,” as part of their summer kickoff weekend. The 24 hour workout, coached by Richard Schoulberg, was 6 x (3 hour practice or meet events + 1 hour recovery/eat/doze/ice the shoulders/contemplate suicide). The swimmers swam their races as expected: completely wasted and burnt-out. They almost looked to be sleeping while they raced. They got out after each race, stumbled over to their team area, and fell asleep immediately, sometimes without even drying off or taking of swim caps.
Holy High Yardage Batman!!! Wow, that one takes the cake, much worse than any single day i’ve ever heard of. I’ll bet Shoulberg had a high burnout rate. How much yardage did his teams do in your average week??? 100K or more??? My shoulders are tired just thinking about that 24-hr workout:)
Not to be a jerk, but no world records in your pool unless it’s meters.
American Record in 25 yd pool, but they (FINA) only do WR in 50 & 25 mtr pools.
Crazy man and murderer John DuPont built an indoor 6 lane 50m pool on his estate, Foxcatcher. A USA Swimming team, part of Team Foxcatcher, used the pool, as did the USA Pentathlon team.
I swam a meet at the pool back in late May or early June, 1989. The home team was in the midst of their famous “24 hour practice,” as part of their summer kickoff weekend. The 24 hour workout, coached by Richard Schoulberg, was 6 x (3 hour practice or meet events + 1 hour recovery/eat/doze/ice the shoulders/contemplate suicide). The swimmers swam their races as expected: completely wasted and burnt-out. They almost looked to be sleeping while they raced. They got out after each race, stumbled over to their team area, and fell asleep immediately, sometimes without even drying off or taking of swim caps.
Holy High Yardage Batman!!! Wow, that one takes the cake, much worse than any single day i’ve ever heard of. I’ll bet Shoulberg had a high burnout rate. How much yardage did his teams do in your average week??? 100K or more??? My shoulders are tired just thinking about that 24-hr workout:)
I know that Shouldberg had one high profile butterflyer with shoulder problems - this girl was good friends with my sister (same class at GA where Dick taught/coached) and she held the American record at 14, but at 15 was done. While I never swam for Shouldberg while at GA (I graduated in '87), I can tell you all those stories are true because a few of my classmates had to suffer through the 24 hour practice or the New Year’s Day 25k. There is another forum member who might chime in that was class of '89 and may have been one of the swimmers at that meet.
I’m a real state photographer, and by virtue of my job, I get to shoot quite a few homes with pools. Every so often, I do shoot a home with an Endless Pool. About 10 years ago, I shot a property with a “pool house” - it was an enclosed structure with a heated 25-yard (2 lanes) pool).
Crazy man and murderer John DuPont built an indoor 6 lane 50m pool on his estate, Foxcatcher. A USA Swimming team, part of Team Foxcatcher, used the pool, as did the USA Pentathlon team.
I swam a meet at the pool back in late May or early June, 1989. The home team was in the midst of their famous “24 hour practice,” as part of their summer kickoff weekend. The 24 hour workout, coached by Richard Schoulberg, was 6 x (3 hour practice or meet events + 1 hour recovery/eat/doze/ice the shoulders/contemplate suicide). The swimmers swam their races as expected: completely wasted and burnt-out. They almost looked to be sleeping while they raced. They got out after each race, stumbled over to their team area, and fell asleep immediately, sometimes without even drying off or taking of swim caps.
Holy High Yardage Batman!!! Wow, that one takes the cake, much worse than any single day i’ve ever heard of. I’ll bet Shoulberg had a high burnout rate. How much yardage did his teams do in your average week??? 100K or more??? My shoulders are tired just thinking about that 24-hr workout:)
I know that Shouldberg had one high profile butterflyer with shoulder problems - this girl was good friends with my sister (same class at GA where Dick taught/coached) and she held the American record at 14, but at 15 was done. While I never swam for Shouldberg while at GA (I graduated in '87), I can tell you all those stories are true because a few of my classmates had to suffer through the 24 hour practice or the New Year’s Day 25k. There is another forum member who might chime in that was class of '89 and may have been one of the swimmers at that meet.
I’m a real estate photographer, and by virtue of my job, I get to shoot quite a few homes with pools. Every so often, I do shoot a home with an Endless Pool. About 10 years ago, I shot a property with a “pool house” - it was an enclosed structure with a heated 25-yard (2 lanes) pool).
These Stories of Training Past are one of the great things about ST. I’m always hearing some more incredible workout feat every month or so. I told our HS swimmer/lifeguard about that 24 hr workout deal and she was just horrified. She said that one local club (not hers) does a 100 x 100 on NY’s Day, plus X x 100 for how ever many yrs into the century, e.g. this year they will do 116 x 100 yd. That was the longest workout she had heard of:)
My high school swim team does a 10k practice on New Years Day, but I believe there’s a good amount of kick with fins sets, and it’s more about completing the distance than doing a crazy difficult set.
I recently watched the documentary on the wrestling team foxcatcher, and it’s not a surprise to hear they did a 24 hour practice as Dupont seemed really into pushing his athletes to the limit. They briefly mentioned he had a swim team and helped some triathletes, so I was wondering if there were any other crazy stories about it.
Have 25m by 2.4m wide and 1.2 deep. Around 70k liters so only medium volume. Really good for being able to get in short swims daily. Takes a bit of discipline to get in a proper set but making a plan makes it a lot easier.
The cost is really depends on the area. My company has a branch (based in Aspen CO) that builds custom pools and spa…a 25m, 3 lane concrete pool would cost $65,000 with a plaster finish and no deck. Plane concrete deck run about $18sq ft. If you want tile or stone the sky the limit. We’ve done finishes that run $25sq ft for materials only.
just finished a pool were the ground stabilization was in the mid 6 figures, plus the pool. It not as easy as digging a hole and filling it sometimes. Pumps, filters and heaters don’t last forever. The pool plaster is a 5-10 year thing and the real kick in the balls is they add zero to resale (in this area). I can’t tell you how many we’ve covered over.
Ask me if I’ve got one? NO!!! But I’ll build one for you…
