Polar Vortex Workout Casualties?

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Former Member — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:06:25 GMT

-9 air temp this AM when I left for practice at 5:15am. Last two months Id say 50% of the AMs have been below 0 air temp. Schools closed a few days but pool / qym at the school has stayed open entire time. Its my excuse to do 1650 warmups. We have been about 20 degrees below normal during the last two months. Grew up in northern MN and went to a HS swim meet in Int. Falls junior year. Out of school early for meet and was -20F. Got back at 1am on a school night and jumped started people for an hour before I went home. It was -43F air temp. Never will never forget that one. Benefit was parents would always let me drive to AM practice :)

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knelson — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:41:52 GMT

Wow! How many pools do they have to work with? I'd say about ten.

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Celestial — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:49:15 GMT

I know someone is going to mail something nasty and ticking to me for this comment, but, my local pools (all outdoors) were closed for about 12 days in the month of January because the guards are to wimpy to open the pools if the air temp is under 55 degrees. Water temps were still around 84. What can I say, I survived Florida Winter and we are now in the 80s again. Move to Tallahassee. Our outdoor pools are open if the temp is >32, and if below, they direct you to a pool under the bubble. This happens maybe 5 or 6 times a year. Air temp of 55? That’s ridiculous!

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Redbird Alum — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 02:43:26 GMT

...I really don't understand why they can't have at least a couple pools open in the evenings. Wow! How many pools do they have to work with?

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knelson — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:40:46 GMT

We've continued to have pool casualties due to snow in Seattle. Annoyingly, on the days the pools have actually been open, Seattle Parks has chosen to use a "snow schedule" with the pools being open only from 11 am to 3 pm. Not exactly convenient for those of us who work a standard schedule! I really don't understand why they can't have at least a couple pools open in the evenings.

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Former Member — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:59:19 GMT

I feel for the FL guards - it can get a bit chilly sitting on top of a very tall chair in 50F, especially if it's not what you're used to. By comparison, up here, the accepted wisdom is that you can swim in the ocean as long as it's above 55F. (Ie the risk of quick and efficient hypothermia is significantly reduced by then). Different strokes?

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knelson — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:36:14 GMT

Yes, that's a whole new level of wimpy. Didn't the swimmers protest?

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Redbird Alum — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:02:56 GMT

We had a weird circumstance this past week (for Illinois in February, anyway)... a storm cell came through with pebble sized hail that lasted about ten minutes. Right smack in the middle was one very large boom of thunder... and the Community Center closed the indoor pool for 30 minutes! Ha!

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Former Member — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:41:29 GMT

I know someone is going to mail something nasty and ticking to me for this comment, but, my local pools (all outdoors) were closed for about 12 days in the month of January because the guards are to wimpy to open the pools if the air temp is under 55 degrees. Water temps were still around 84. What can I say, I survived Florida Winter and we are now in the 80s again. WTF? 3 years ago, my university pool still opened as normal in air temp 41, water temp 55!! 11837

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kristilynn — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:26:42 GMT

Still no snow in Boise... And unlike in Kirk's neck of the woods, we need more than a few inches of the white stuff to get a snow day.

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cmolnar65 — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:58:28 GMT

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knelson — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:34:00 GMT

Round two supposed to come in tomorrow. Knowing Seattle's proclivity to close up shop at the first snowflake sighting I'm definitely going to swim tonight!

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knelson — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:23:54 GMT

We're getting our comeuppance now. My pool was closed yesterday due to snow (we don't get much in Seattle). Today when I left for work it was around 20 degrees. Not exactly what the Midwest was dealing with last week, but that's very cold for here. Sounds like it might not get much above freezing all this week. Haven't heard yet whether the pool will be open today.

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orca1946 — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 11:16:26 GMT

It is true ---- wait a while and the weather will change around Chicagoland! Fri -today back up to 19. Sat +40 Sun +48 mon +50 and rain!

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flystorms — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 01:18:02 GMT

I've noticed that the forums are much more active than usual this week. Think it's housebound swimmers just trying to stay connected? :)

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__steve__ — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:11:09 GMT

Not here in subtropics where it freezes for 2 hours a week. I am a casualty however, with eight stitches in my leg waiting to be removed so I can swim at least once a week again.

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Redbird Alum — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:04:43 GMT

The re-opened our Community Center this morning... ONLY -22F with light winds. High School was still closed. We get to a balmy 8F by this evening, but of course that means more snow!

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Jeff Enge — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:08:40 GMT

Had practice this morning, at around 6 Coach looked at his phone and said, "huh, they closed school for today!" So one of my training buddies starting singing Judas Priest: "Breaking the law/breaking the law!"

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kristilynn — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:54:48 GMT

Supposed to be near a high of 50 today and sunny here -- above normal temps so far this winter and hardly any snow. Send it my way! I could go for a school closure, but I hate it when they close the pool!

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knelson — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 05:45:36 GMT

Supposed to be near a high of 50 today and sunny here -- above normal temps so far this winter and hardly any snow. Same here in Seattle. There is a chance of snow Sunday into Monday, but we haven't had any yet this winter and I seriously doubt we'll get any accumulation this time, either. The lowest official temp this month has been a balmy 31 F.

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orca1946 — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 01:31:01 GMT

Local gym opens at 10 am so I can go there today.

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ForceDJ — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:42:25 GMT

Vortex hasn't hit here in SE New England yet. Late Wednesday night into late Thursday morning it'll settle in. Dan

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orca1946 — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:31:00 GMT

-23 this morning in Schaumburg,il my gym ,team pool, the other gym are closed! I plan to workout in the basement with the other stuff that I rarely use today.

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Jeff Enge — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 07:16:25 GMT

Yep. Not as cold here but it is -1 with a (checks phone) -22 wind chill and suppose to get colder the next couple hours. So school and thus pool is closed today...