Sunday, April 19, 2009

Japan Swim 2009

I had heard that a new 50-metre swimming pool had opened in Hamamatsu and finally had a chance to see it about a week ago. Here's the outside of it:
Actually, there is a 50-metre pool as well as a 25-metre pool and a diving area...very impressive. Here are two shots from inside:
Ayako and I just had a look around. Unfortunately, the pool is a bit of a ways from our house and it's not that cheap to swim, so I'm not sure when I'll get a chance to go for a swim there. They did get to host the Japan national long course championships for the past week:
There were even some national records broken including the women's 200 breaststroke. Rie Kaneto broke the record and it's 15 seconds faster than my fastest time, so I was very impressed:

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