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
Interesting. I am actually of the exact opposite perspective. The air around an indoor pool will have a fair amount of chlorine in it, and I would expect that it may be more inhospitable to the virus than outdoor air. This assumes that the 6' distance means that the virus will fall out fo the air and to surfaces by the time it travels 6 feet. Because that would mean that any of the virus cells that were exhaled would not leave the area, so all the fresh air blowing around wouldn't do any good. Now, any other indoor factility, I would be the exact opposite.
But to be clear, I am speculating. I don't know how much chlorine is in the air, or how much it takes to kill the virus. Used to use the term "directionally correct" if a statistical change to a single action couldn't be measured (noting a bunch of directionally correct actions together could be). I see this like that, in the absence of data.
The indoor pool in our Sun City community is saline, so there is less chlorine. I also figured that outside, especially when it's hot and sunny, the UV rays would kill the virus quicker than indoors. In addition, I was thinking about the close proximity of the noodlers, whereas in our outdoor pool, the lap lanes are at the far end from where the noodlers have their classes. So, I agree with 'freestyler as far as my specific situation goes.
Interesting. I am actually of the exact opposite perspective. The air around an indoor pool will have a fair amount of chlorine in it, and I would expect that it may be more inhospitable to the virus than outdoor air. This assumes that the 6' distance means that the virus will fall out fo the air and to surfaces by the time it travels 6 feet. Because that would mean that any of the virus cells that were exhaled would not leave the area, so all the fresh air blowing around wouldn't do any good. Now, any other indoor factility, I would be the exact opposite.
But to be clear, I am speculating. I don't know how much chlorine is in the air, or how much it takes to kill the virus. Used to use the term "directionally correct" if a statistical change to a single action couldn't be measured (noting a bunch of directionally correct actions together could be). I see this like that, in the absence of data.
The indoor pool in our Sun City community is saline, so there is less chlorine. I also figured that outside, especially when it's hot and sunny, the UV rays would kill the virus quicker than indoors. In addition, I was thinking about the close proximity of the noodlers, whereas in our outdoor pool, the lap lanes are at the far end from where the noodlers have their classes. So, I agree with 'freestyler as far as my specific situation goes.
