SwanOverSunshine t1_ixt2j4y wrote on November 26, 2022 at 3:04 AM

I would go with the YMCA. The VCU pool often has classes and other things booked around the time you would be swimming so may be hard to get a lane. With the YMCA, you can swim at other pools too - I especially like the Frank Thornton center in northside, it’s really not that far from downtown. Parking is expensive around the VCU gym too - if you’re driving, you have to factor in about $2.50 parking per visit, so that raises the price a fair bit.

SwanOverSunshine t1_ixt36go wrote on November 26, 2022 at 3:10 AM

Here’s a link to the Frank Thornton YMCA pool - it’s only a few years old, and full of windows which is really nice. I’m a fan of open, sunny indoor pools, though they’re rare! It’s a pool-only YMCA, has nice, clean locker rooms. https://www.ymcarichmond.org/locations/frank-j-thornton-ymca-aquatic-center