Air quality in the bubble at LC Nationals in Savannah
Former Member
First of all I would like to start this thread by saying this is the BEST ORGANIZED swim meet I have ever had the pleasure to compete in. Absolutely EVERYTHING was taken care of by Scott Rabalais and his group. Thanks for an awesome time!!
I do have something to complain about, and it was the air quality inside the bubble. I know many of my teammates at NC Masters are still suffering from the effects of the chlorine. I had a very difficult time breathing on Saturday and Sunday, especially after each of my events. I felt I could not take a deep breath. I have asked many of my teammates about this, and most of them had the same problem.
Did anyone experience something similar??
I started this thread with a caveat that the meet organization was incredible and with absolutely no intention to say something negative in that regards.
However I do agree 100% with Fritz about the importance of "good quality" air at a meet of this caliber.
As a serious competitive swimmer a trained my heart out for this particular meet. Long Course Nationals is when I intend to swim my fastest times of the year. Unfortunately I had very disappointing times, even though I had had some decent times two weeks prior in an LC meet well before shave, taper, Fastkin suit and all the things we old guys do to shed a couple of tenths off our times. I fully expected to go a second or two faster at LC Nats.
I felt as if I was taking half breaths during my swims. We all know what happens on the last 15 meters of any race when you have no oxygen...
It is very obvious that more than just a handful of people got affected by just reading the responses.
Hopefully something positive will come out of this forum. Maybe the Chatham County facility will make sure they have enough air filters or additional equipment to handle a meet of this size in the future.
I started this thread with a caveat that the meet organization was incredible and with absolutely no intention to say something negative in that regards.
However I do agree 100% with Fritz about the importance of "good quality" air at a meet of this caliber.
As a serious competitive swimmer a trained my heart out for this particular meet. Long Course Nationals is when I intend to swim my fastest times of the year. Unfortunately I had very disappointing times, even though I had had some decent times two weeks prior in an LC meet well before shave, taper, Fastkin suit and all the things we old guys do to shed a couple of tenths off our times. I fully expected to go a second or two faster at LC Nats.
I felt as if I was taking half breaths during my swims. We all know what happens on the last 15 meters of any race when you have no oxygen...
It is very obvious that more than just a handful of people got affected by just reading the responses.
Hopefully something positive will come out of this forum. Maybe the Chatham County facility will make sure they have enough air filters or additional equipment to handle a meet of this size in the future.
