For years, I wouldn’t jump into a swimming pool. Sure, I could swim. I spent more than a decade as a competitive swimmer, but logging laps in the pool was no longer enjoyable. I would wade into the ...

Swim for fitness. That sounded easy: I already knew how to swim. So one day I stood on the pool deck looking at all the other happy lap swimmers, from speedy athletes to the portly old lady, swimming ...

When I signed up for the Nike Women’s Half-Marathon while I was in college, I was a bit terrified. I’d been an amateur, three- to- five-mile runner in the past, and putting in more than 10 miles in ...

The exact origins of National Swim a Lap Day are a bit of a mystery. Like many quirky holidays, it seems to have popped up as a fun way to celebrate the start of summer and promote physical fitness.

On June 22, the Charles Brooks Community Swim Center opened up its pools to the public for socially distanced lap swimming. As the temperatures continue to rise this summer, free lap swimming and ...

SIMSBURY – Alisa Blitz says she has been swimming laps for many years at the Simsbury Farms pool and doesn’t like the town’s decision to move lap swimming to Memorial Pool. She and a small group of ...

After redshirting for the 2010 season with a shoulder injury, Arizona swimming senior Emma Darlington is back in the pool, and excited about it. Darlington has been a member of the swim team since ...

The Des Plaines Park District is getting ready to open its two outdoor neighborhood pools on Friday for adult lap swim and team practice, with the possibility of hosting open public swimming as soon ...

Pools will be able to reopen for lap swimming and organized swim teams following the latest COVID-19 Executive Order. According to a release from the Governor’s Office, Gov. Walz signed an Executive ...