YMCA

Business Traveler Tip — This YMCA is within 2 blocks of the Hampton Inn and is open early and late.
During a number of business trips, I would be here at 5 AM, do a fast walk on the treadmill and work the machines. By 6 AM, I was back at the Hotel, showered, and almost ready for breakfast. I belong to my YMCA in Pleasant Hill, which made it easier to get in the door. Otherwise, I was happy to pay a fee as I knew it would support the Community.

I love the Y. I love that it supports the community, I love that they have a bunch of locations, I love that they are clean and the staff friendly… I love that when I don’t go for weeks but I’m still paying for it in my head I hi-​five me for supporting the kids (ya’know– the kids– the ones somewhere)…
all that said– I hate the downtown y after 130. I used to use this as my «me» time. Gym empty I can bounce on all of the machines and run for exactly 1 minute on each and every treadmill. Now, during the school year, it is the «gym» for a local high school and the teens flood the gym. It is worse than the teens at the movies in the summer– loud– just laying around, kinda everywhere. just ugh. Hopefully school will be out soon and they will go away.