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 lifeguard part time at a pool and I made this suggestion to the aquatics manager for whenever our pool is allowed to re-open.
The CDC is recommending social distancing while in the water. Two swimmers per lane, each stopping only at the opposite end from their lane mate (assuming the lanes are six feet wide). In our six lane pool that means only a max of 12 swimmers at any given time. Thinking there are two types of swim workouts...those who want to do a traditional workout with "sets" in the various strokes, stopping frequently...and those who want to do continuous longer distance swimming. So, maybe the the swim session could be divided. During the first half the pool is set up normally so that the traditional workouts with "sets" can be done. That would be the max 12 swimmers at any given time. In the second half of the session, for the longer distance swimmers, lane lines are removed and swimming is done in a 'circuit' in a CCW rotation, swimming along in lanes 1 and 6, and along the walls at each end. Kind of 'open water' swimming. Each swimmer is assigned a starting/stopping place along the ends or sides. In a six lane 25m/yds pool this would allow for six at each end, and 8-10 along each side, for a total of 28-32 at any given time.
Dan
I lifeguard part time at a pool and I made this suggestion to the aquatics manager for whenever our pool is allowed to re-open.
The CDC is recommending social distancing while in the water. Two swimmers per lane, each stopping only at the opposite end from their lane mate (assuming the lanes are six feet wide). In our six lane pool that means only a max of 12 swimmers at any given time. Thinking there are two types of swim workouts...those who want to do a traditional workout with "sets" in the various strokes, stopping frequently...and those who want to do continuous longer distance swimming. So, maybe the the swim session could be divided. During the first half the pool is set up normally so that the traditional workouts with "sets" can be done. That would be the max 12 swimmers at any given time. In the second half of the session, for the longer distance swimmers, lane lines are removed and swimming is done in a 'circuit' in a CCW rotation, swimming along in lanes 1 and 6, and along the walls at each end. Kind of 'open water' swimming. Each swimmer is assigned a starting/stopping place along the ends or sides. In a six lane 25m/yds pool this would allow for six at each end, and 8-10 along each side, for a total of 28-32 at any given time.
Dan
