I just finished this process - the pool near Bug's house is part of a small company with a handful of local gyms - the Thomas Circle Sport Club is one of them. I almost joined there.

I went with Gold's instead because I don't use a pool enough - though I might have considered the Y. Someone, maybe DoubleJoe, mentioned the WSC in Pentagon City may have a pool.

Why are pools so rare around here?

Drop me a line if you ever want to go running - I'll bust you out of that 12 min/mile rut. ;)