Anytime Fitness ProgrammeBelow is an email from Jim Yoder about the new Anytime Fitness program for JP students based at WHOI. WHOI's Academic Programs Office is offering JP students subsidized access to Anytime Fitness (AF) on Main Street in Falmouth. The AF program is only for JP students who are based at WHOI, i.e. JP students who are based at MIT are ineligible since you have regular access to the MIT facility. The program at Anytime Fitness will start on 3 June, 2013. We are offering 2 options. - Option 1 is for a full year membership. Those interested in this option will pay our office $150, and our office will pay the full annual fee directly to AF. It may be possible to eventually reduce the student (and WHOI) share should MIT agree to contribute, but that is unlikely in the near future. If you are interested in Option 1, please bring a check for $150 made out to WHOI to Christine Charette in WHOI's Academic Programs Office by 30 May. WHOI will then pay for your annual membership (and the initiation fee for JP students who have not previously used AF) for those who have their check to Christine by 30 May.
- The second option is for a 3-month membership starting on 3 June, 2013,for students who are based at WHOI, including those who will only be based at WHOI for the summer. For this option, students will pay $50, and our office will pay the full 3-month fee. If you are interested in this 3-month option, please bring a check for $50 made out to WHOI to Christine Charette by 30 May. WHOI will then pay for your 3-month membership (and the initiation fee for JP students who have not previously used AF) who have their check to Christine by 30 May.
These are the only 2 AF options we are offering at this time. Our office will not reimburse for any other fitness or related program or for memberships at AF currently in effect. Should you sign up under one of the offers described above, AF may reimburse you on a pro-rated basis for an existing AF membership that extends beyond June 3, 2013. That's between AF and you. We are planning, however, to make the same offers available again in early September, and then again around the first of next year. So for $50 you can try out the AF facility for 3 months starting on 3 June, and if you like it, you will have the option to purchase an annual membership for $150 again in September. Note that we will try to accommodate new JP students coming in this summer as best we can, since most will not arrive before 3 June. A nice feature of an AF membership is that they will "freeze" your membership, and then add the time onto your membership, if you need to be away from Falmouth for an extended period of time, e.g. for field work. You need to work this out on your own with AF. I'm told that there are 2100 AF sites around the country, and that your membership is valid at any of them. Another feature of AF is that a member can access the facility 24/7, although staff members are not on duty in the evening. AF has some security precautions on site, but one obviously has to be careful and use common sense, e.g. attend with a partner, if using the AF facility late at night. Bike Paths & Fitness TrailsCape Cod biking maps are available at any of the local bikeshops, and some are available online at http://www.massbike.org/bikeways/bikecape.htm Image Added. The mountain biking near WHOI is some of the best in Massachusetts. The terrain is varied from moderate to very technical with many challenging hills. The trails can be accessed from the intersection of route 28 and route 151. The trail system is extensive and almost all single track. Some generous local riders maintain and cut new trails to minimize overuse and erosion and to improving riding conditions. There’s no place to get water once you get on the trails so an extra water bottle and a snack are a good idea. Shining Sea Bike PathAbout 11 mi. From North Falmouth (near Rte. 151.) to Woods Hole (Steamship Authority parking lot) along an old rail line. More information, including a map at http://members.aol.com/falbike/bike/bike/ Image Added. Parking available at Woods Hole Rd. and Mill Rd. Cape Cod Canal Bike PathEither side of the Cape Cod Canal. Cape Cod Rail Trail25 mi. paved bike path between South Dennis and Wellfleet. A map is available online at http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails/print/ccrt.pdf . You can park in Harwich off Rte. 6, Kettle Ponds, access to Nickerson State Park. Beautiful biking in early fall after Labor Day. WHOI Fitness Trail1.5 mi. On WHOI property. Starts next to softball field behind Clark and loops through the woods connecting Quissett and the Oyster Pond apartments. Twenty stations for a full body workout. Trail map at http://www.whoi.edu/generalinfo/internal/fittrail . Health Clubs and PoolsFalmouth Sports Center33 Highfield Dr., Falmouth; 508-548-7433. Hours: Mon-Fri 6:00–21:00, Sat/Sun 8:00–17:00. The FSC houses tennis courts, racquetball courts and a sizable health club with exercise equipment, Nautilus machines, universal gym equipment and free weights. The locker rooms have saunas, steam rooms, and showers, but the waiting list for the lockers themselves is long. Tennis and gym memberships are separate. Tennis league play and instruction is available. Racquetball courts run $6 per hour per person for gym members and $12 per hour per person for non- members. Checks or cash only, no credit cards accepted. Memberships can be started at any time. They offer discounted rates for WHOI employees. Sandwich High School365 Quaker Meeting House Rd., East Sandwich; 508-888-5300, http://www.scslearn.org/swim.htm Image Added. The Sandwich High School has a community lap pool and it’s about a half-hour drive from Woods Hole. There are lap swim times every day except Sunday in the early morning, midday, and in the evening. Individual and family memberships are available, or pay $5 per visit. Complete rates are posted on the website. To get there, take Rt. 28 to the Bourne Rotary, take Rt. 6A to Sandwich, get on Rt. 6 towards Provincetown, take Exit 3 (Quaker Meetinghouse Rd.), turn left, and the high school is the first building on the left. The pool is at the end of the hall to the left of the main doors. Atria336 Gifford St., Falmouth; 508-540-1600. Located at Atria senior center. $5 a pop. It’s not full length, but it’s better than a kidney bean and not as far as Sandwich High School. Shoreway Acres59 Shore St., Falmouth; 508-540-3000. Swimming in the winter when they have no guests. In and outdoor kidney shaped pools not suitable for laps. Balanced Health and Fitness634 N Falmouth Hwy., Falmouth; 508-563- 1100. Website: http://www.balancedhealthfitness.com Image Added Gym Club133 E. Falmouth Hwy, 508-540-8896; This is the old Balanced Health and Fitness on Rte. 28, it is a branch of the one in Centerville. http://www.gymexpressfalmouth.com Image Added Cape Cod Swim Club14 Ellis Ln., Pocasset; 508-564-5690. Competitive training and learn to swim lessons from age 6. Full length pool. If you’re just interested in swimming laps, take the master swim class, or look elsewhere. Holiday Inn291 Jones Rd, Falmouth; 508-540-2000. $8 per visit; You need to go to the front desk and check in and pay and then turn in your key card when you’re done with the pool. |