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'd go talk to the manager and ask. And ask if you can swim for two one hour sessions.....then do them back to back. If they balk, ask them to explain why an empty pool can't be utilized. Then if you have any other gyms with pools nearby, I'd ask them. I may be ready to ditch Gold's if they don't open since NFC has had their pool open for 2 weeks. And the local country club is opening its pool to the general public on Thursday.
I just called the aquatics office. They said that the pools have been pretty busy so far today. For right now, they are limiting all swims to just an hour, but that could change.
While I can't do 2 consecutive hours, they did say that I could go back later in the day. Or I could go from one pool to the other. So start in the SCY pool, then when the SCM pool opens at 7am do another hour there. I might do just that tomorrow if I'm feeling like it. Who knows, maybe I'll even go to the SCM pool later this afternoon. :angel:
I forgot to mention, and they told me when I called, they shut off the heater. The water temp was about 77-78F, and I thought it was perfect. But then again, I've been swimming in a lake, where the water temp has been in the mid-60s, maybe 70 a few times.
The water temp in the SCM pool should be about the same or even cooler, since there is no heater there.
They also said that if I go later in the day that I can call the pool to see how busy it is before heading over.
I'd go talk to the manager and ask. And ask if you can swim for two one hour sessions.....then do them back to back. If they balk, ask them to explain why an empty pool can't be utilized. Then if you have any other gyms with pools nearby, I'd ask them. I may be ready to ditch Gold's if they don't open since NFC has had their pool open for 2 weeks. And the local country club is opening its pool to the general public on Thursday.
I just called the aquatics office. They said that the pools have been pretty busy so far today. For right now, they are limiting all swims to just an hour, but that could change.
While I can't do 2 consecutive hours, they did say that I could go back later in the day. Or I could go from one pool to the other. So start in the SCY pool, then when the SCM pool opens at 7am do another hour there. I might do just that tomorrow if I'm feeling like it. Who knows, maybe I'll even go to the SCM pool later this afternoon. :angel:
I forgot to mention, and they told me when I called, they shut off the heater. The water temp was about 77-78F, and I thought it was perfect. But then again, I've been swimming in a lake, where the water temp has been in the mid-60s, maybe 70 a few times.
The water temp in the SCM pool should be about the same or even cooler, since there is no heater there.
They also said that if I go later in the day that I can call the pool to see how busy it is before heading over.
