Thursday, August 05, 2010

Things I love about Lubbock #4: The Rec Center

Today's item of note is the Texas Tech Recreation Center, which is a amazing and getting better all the time.

At BYU, the athletic facilities are amazing. But unless you are a collegiate athlete, you don't get to use those. Instead, you are directed to some basketball courts, a pool, an indoor track that sometimes is fully open and smells like it hasn't been deep cleaned in 50 years, and 2 teeny tiny weight lifting rooms. They also have about 20 racquetball courts.

At Texas Tech, the student rec facilities put BYU to shame. There's a 3 story rock wall, bouldering, probably about 50 treadmill/eliptical things, an indoor track, an indoor pool, an outdoor pool w/ a lazy river, 3 big weight rooms, boxing equipment, a mat room, an indoor soccer court, and about 8 full basketball courts.

Oh, and they have actual lockers that you can rent out, instead of whatever BYU calls those pathetic little cubes we paid money for.

Plus, its right next to the law school, which was a perfect break for me.

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