For me, it's now going on four weeks since my last swim. We were in Turks and Caicos March 7-14 for spring break where I was doing daily open-water swims along the beach. My last swim was a 3-miler on March 13. When we got back to the U.S., we had to go into mandated 14-day quarantine so I wasn't able to get out to go to the pool before they all closed. Who knows when I'll swim again...either open-water warming up (I live in RI), or pools opening again. I am maintaining fitness with bike rides, and a run here and there. And I know I there is other 'dry land' training I could be doing. But my concern when returning to the water is injuring myself because of doing TMTS. I'm just that kind of athlete. Raise you're hand if you think you're a candidate for a TMTS injury too.
Dan
I could probably figure out healthy river habits, though. It would require that I become very knowledgeable about water cleanliness (or lack thereof) - day to day, over all, from mile to mile.
I'd also have to know about currents, water temp, water/shore access a d a whole bunch of other stuff that I could only guess at.
You might want to contact the folks who put on this swim:
www.darren-miller.com/.../
I know a few people who've swum it. They each have kayak support, and there are boats on the river while they are swimming too. There used to be a few others from the Pittsburgh area on these forums, and I know they had some local swimming holes for o/w, but I doubt they are warm enough right now. I'm originally from the other side of PA, and water doesn't get warm enough (without a wetsuit at least) until mid-May, at earliest.
I could probably figure out healthy river habits, though. It would require that I become very knowledgeable about water cleanliness (or lack thereof) - day to day, over all, from mile to mile.
I'd also have to know about currents, water temp, water/shore access a d a whole bunch of other stuff that I could only guess at.
You might want to contact the folks who put on this swim:
www.darren-miller.com/.../
I know a few people who've swum it. They each have kayak support, and there are boats on the river while they are swimming too. There used to be a few others from the Pittsburgh area on these forums, and I know they had some local swimming holes for o/w, but I doubt they are warm enough right now. I'm originally from the other side of PA, and water doesn't get warm enough (without a wetsuit at least) until mid-May, at earliest.
