Ask Sultan Kösen, Junrey Balawing, or any basketball player, jockey, tailor, cobbler or resident of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and the answer will be a resounding, "Yes!" And so it is with me, when it comes to swimming.
Cardiff International Pool has a lesiure pool with slides, rivers, fountains and all manner of stuff to excite and entertain. It also has a 50m laned swimming pool. However, for the majority of its opening hours this Olympic size pool is carved up into different 25m sections so that they can maximise its use for swimming classes, training, and public swimming.
Most weekends (when it isn't closed for events) the 50m pool is actually open at its full 50m. And let me tell you, swimming in a 50m lane is a totally different experience to swimming in a 25m lane. It feels calmer for a start; expansive and serene. I think it's a harder swim too; you don't turn as often and you have to sustain your stroke for a lot longer. I think it's an altogether better swimming experience and, for that, it's worth every penny in the membership that I pay.
To those of you who might argue that it's not about size but how you use it; I'd argue that both are important. But let's be honest; you can't fail to be impressed by something that big... Phwoar!
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