I will be in a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland for a short period of time. Does anyone have any recommendations for facilities in or around Baltimore, Maryland with a nice swimming facility?
Thank you.
Which suburb?
Towson, Owings Mills, Pikesville, Timonium - pretty central to any of those. Thank you.
Towson / Cockeysville:
The Merritt Athletic Club - that’s where I coach.
The Maryland Athletic Club - Cockeysville
Brick Bodies Padonia - this one is new, most likely to have good lane availability.
All of those you’ll have to call and see about a 2 week membership or something, day passes likely to be in the $20 range.
Towson YMCA - last time I checked didn’t have day passes or anything like that.
Owings Mills / Pikesville:
The JCC and Brick Bodies Resterstown, again need to call ahead and get the scoop on passes.
Mount Washington:
I’m sure anyone would want to know what about where Michael Phelps swims/swam? That’s meadowbrook, has 2 50 meter lanes but actually the lane availability in general is pretty poor prior to 7:30ish PM on any given weeknight. Saturday afternoons are pretty good.
Masters / Tri classes:
I know both the Merritt and Meadowbrook have swim practices that you don’t need to be a member to take part in, you just pay the drop-in fee. I don’t think the other places have such an offer.
Enjoy your time in our fair suburbs.
Wonderful! Thank you so much, Kevin!
I’d suggest the Merritt Athletic Club, and add that you might think about checking in with Kevin regarding a coached session or two while you are there (don’t know specifically what he offers now.) I did that, based on a referral from another coach, and ended up hiring him as my triathlon coach last race season. Learned a few things regarding swim technique and an approach to workouts that are still working for me today, driving specific improvements that had been difficult to pin down on my own.