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
OK. If there are people waiting, I can understand ... but if there's an empty lane, what's the harm?
In our gym, it seems that a blanket rule has to be made, b/c lifeguards are young, intimidated by enforcing rules, and don't last long. They can't handle "exceptions." I worked in State government and am used to a division wide mandate for all b/c of a few slackers. In our gym, there are only 2 guards to watch the therapy pool, hot tub and lap pool. I can't wait to see how they keep track of each swimmer's time slot.
OK. If there are people waiting, I can understand ... but if there's an empty lane, what's the harm?
In our gym, it seems that a blanket rule has to be made, b/c lifeguards are young, intimidated by enforcing rules, and don't last long. They can't handle "exceptions." I worked in State government and am used to a division wide mandate for all b/c of a few slackers. In our gym, there are only 2 guards to watch the therapy pool, hot tub and lap pool. I can't wait to see how they keep track of each swimmer's time slot.
