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| - its free. this important to remember when approaching and using this place. when i first moved into the neighbourhood, the outside of the jimmy simpson was adorned with graffiti and perhaps prophetically, shedding its blue painted skin from the siding that covers most of its exterior. For, like the neighbourhood in which it resides, it has made itself over. during the summer and spring months the large plot of land attached to the centre has beds of lovely flowers, a tennis court and a baseball diamond. i also remember attending a rally against big box stores bullying their way into the neighbourhood on its grounds.
now there is a large gym there, no weights, but a large swimming pool. thats what i do. as is to be expected, the pool is divided into 3 large lanes for distance swimming but it can often be crowded and disorganized, so i always find myself attention being split between giving good energy and focus to my swimming body, and wanting to use the legs of my swimming body to kick somebody in the head. (it's a tough go but im getting better.). there is one lifeguard there (oldest of all of them - read most professional) that does take rules like showering before you enter the pool, or swimming in the proper counterclockwise format seriously. im appreciative of that because the other lifeguards look like they need some saving of their own frankly. from boredom. i also happened to mix up scheduling there before and found myself getting my exercise from doing an in-pool aerobics class run by this boisterous guy who made everyone laugh and kept them from bemoaning all the exercise he was subjecting them to.
so for a pretty good place thats free, as yelp says, this place is aok.
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