Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre

Earlier this year, a new city run recreation centre (similar to Terwillegar which I've written about) opened up beside Commonwealth Stadium. Finally this weekend I got a chance to check it out, as Mike P and I went for a workout Saturday morning. We ran around the track, did some weights, and checked out the hot tub and steam room. The facility was... Awesome. Its smaller than Terwillegar but the city has done an excellent job.on the small details, everything was very good. It is designed to let natural light in and to have a great view of something no matter where you are or what you are doing, the pool area, the field house turf field, Commonwealth Stadium itself, etc. The cost was $8.20 for an adult, a decent price for entry.

The centre has:

a 250 M track, it is a fairly uniform rectangular path, below and to the interior of it is the field house turf (when we were there kids were playing flag football). The track has great natural lighting, with many of the windows being brightly coloured stain glass. There are great views of the outside too, of Commonwealth Stadium and the outdoor practice field (FC Edmonton was practicing here at the time of our run) and of the pool area.
a solid pool area, it is not as big as Terwillegar, but has a nice large hot tub, steam room, waterslide, lane swimming, and an aqua climbing wall (only really good for children. Like the rest of the centre, tons of natural light and interesting views everywhere.
a huge turf field house/football field with the same turf as Commonwealth Stadium. Apparently in bad weather the Eskies practice inside here, it would be pretty awesome to be able to watch an Eskimos practice as you were getting your run in, for sure.
2 studios for yoga, pretty large and also looked nice
lots of weight machines, spin bikes, etc. All have been arranged so as to have a view of something, mostly the pool area
large hardwood gym
an Eskimos store with Eskimos fan gear for sale

Things I liked:

natural light and fantastic views, as mentioned above
wallet lockers by the admission desks were free and had key locks with wrist bands you took with you. Terwillegar has a combination lock but personally I think the key is way better, its a great way to secure your wallet without having to worry about remembering a combination or worrying someone would guess your combo
being able to go and toss a football around on a gorgeous field at the end of a workout seems pretty neat

Things I didn't::

swim change room did not have enough lockers, and was crowded. There was another change room up on the second floor, but if you wanted to go swimming you would have to use the small, crowded one, didn't seem optimal.