how far do you drive to the gym

[Tara]

I guess I'm kinda lucky on this one- I drive anywhere from 5-7 minutes. In the snow or traffic, it is 10-15 min.

Wow, you moms are good! I wouldn't have the patience to drive 40 minutes 4 times a week LOL. Hope your DD's give you a big hug on mothers day

[kristilyn73]

We live like 6 miles from the gym - it is all town driving so it takes about 15 - 20 minutes. There are 2 gyms in the area the other is about the same distance, ours is the gym with gymnastics in higher levels. They have a couple L7's and 1 L9, we ahve 6 L7's, 3 L8's, 1 L9 and 2 L10's

[Geoffrey Taucer]

I actually train at 3 different gyms now, and all three are between 20 and 30 miles from my house -- and somehow they're also 20-30 miles from each other.

The way my day usually works is that I drive over to one gym to work out with a friend for a couple hours, then drive from there to the gym where I actually coach. I work out there until my kids come in, and then occasionally I'll sneak in another half hour or so of practice after my kids are done before heading home.

[Gymnasticsgirl521]

We travel about 15 minutes each way for gymnastics and 35 minutes for ice hockey. That being said depending on what it is I would travel up to an hour each way. I know we are looking at some private lessons for ice hockey and we will have to go about 1.3 each way. I look at it if it is something they want then we are willing to make the drive if we can work it into the schedule. Heck We have driven 3 hours just to get DS a jersey he wanted for practice.

[Imat3]

I drive 20 minutes each way. Not bad. There are two gyms closer. The girls get out of school at 3:50 and practice starts at 4, so we are usually 10-15 minutes late.

Imat3

[TeamDad]

Our gym is about 3-4 miles away. We live by the west side highway and its a straight shot from there. Takes me about 15 minutes each way at pick-up. When my wife does drop of, it can take anywhere from 20-40 minutes in the rush hour traffic.

[gymjourneymom]

Hey Gymnasticsgirl521...is what Palin says about hockey moms true??? How do gymnastics moms compare??? I know some gym moms that are pit bulls even without any lipstick,LOL! Sorry to get off topic....We are lucky to have a good gym very close to home. Only about a 10-15minute drive on back roads. There are times we've thought of switching gyms. There are several that would be acceptable, but they are all about 1/2hr or more. The close proximity & the fact that the grass isn't always greener, keeps us where we are. Being close to home & school means many of the girls are school friends as well as gym friends. A few of them are going to a school dance together this Friday night

[FlipsLeos]

30 minutes, give or take. Googlemaps tells me it's 20 miles.

We do have two gyms closer - the one that is local is where we started and it was semi-controlled chaos. The other is in a neighboring town but there tend to be road closures frequently along the shortest route, and alternate routes are about 40mi (as compared to 13).

Besides, I'm REALLY happy with our current gym.

[momof2gymgirls]

Our gym is only about 12 min. away. Luckily because I hate driving in the winter!

[gym law mom]

Mapquest claims the gym is about 10.5 miles away, but there is no direct route and both routes have major road construction going on now. Actual driving time most days is 20 minutes----in the winter with snow, can be 35-40 minutes easy.