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??
Almost any large 50 meter indoor swim pool can have air problems. My worst day swimming was in 97 at Tacoma LCM nationals. The first day I could hardly breath, in fact I could not even swim a full breaststroke pulldown underwater. Normally I try to do at least 4 seperate lengths underwater to open up my poor asthmatic lungs. It could have been just the difference in types of pollen in the air, combined with the heat and chlorine. In my 100 *** I went out in 29.6 and came back in a 37+, not exactly great splits.
I took my asthma medicine, had a good nights sleep and felt better the next day. I swam 6 lengths underwater in warm up, had a great massage and won the 50 ***.
So a lot of how well you swim is how you attack the problems around you. Most of us know swimming indoors will have heat and chlorine issues, no matter what the pool. So you have to make a choice, go inside and cheer for your team, and swim poorly. Or stay outside as much as possible and possible swim better. Also when you take your asthma medicines can make a difference. And pollen counts can make a huge difference. I am used to LA LA Land smog and pollen, if I go somewhere else they will have different trees and flowers and it may take an extra day to recover form the new pollen.
Almost any large 50 meter indoor swim pool can have air problems. My worst day swimming was in 97 at Tacoma LCM nationals. The first day I could hardly breath, in fact I could not even swim a full breaststroke pulldown underwater. Normally I try to do at least 4 seperate lengths underwater to open up my poor asthmatic lungs. It could have been just the difference in types of pollen in the air, combined with the heat and chlorine. In my 100 *** I went out in 29.6 and came back in a 37+, not exactly great splits.
I took my asthma medicine, had a good nights sleep and felt better the next day. I swam 6 lengths underwater in warm up, had a great massage and won the 50 ***.
So a lot of how well you swim is how you attack the problems around you. Most of us know swimming indoors will have heat and chlorine issues, no matter what the pool. So you have to make a choice, go inside and cheer for your team, and swim poorly. Or stay outside as much as possible and possible swim better. Also when you take your asthma medicines can make a difference. And pollen counts can make a huge difference. I am used to LA LA Land smog and pollen, if I go somewhere else they will have different trees and flowers and it may take an extra day to recover form the new pollen.
