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 absolutely agree with you, and I guess our community's HOA manager does as well. Our outdoor pool is going to open as part of Phase 1 of our three phases of reopening the amenities. The indoor pool and gym will be opened in the last phase.
I would feel much safer swimming in an outdoor pool rather than indoors. The lap section of our pool is only two lanes wide; however, they are only going to permit one swimmer to be in that section at a time. Since we don't have a lot of lap swimmers in our community, I don't think it will be too much of a problem. If somebody else comes, and my time is up, I will move to a quiet section of the main pool and do drill work, or I will go outside of the gate to the grass area and do dryland work until the lap lane opens back up. At this point, I have been out of the pool since March 13, and I am anxious to swim! I am not anxious enough, however, to risk my health. I am fortunate I live in a private community with our own pool!
Elaine, a friend of mine's daughter is a pool operator who believes indoor pools may be safer, b/c sunlight (or heat?) breaks down chlorine in the water. If that's not the case, I hope someone can clarify.
Unless guards are vigilant (which they are not in our outdoor pools here) about constantly checking chemicals and maintaining them, that is a risk. That's only one person's opinion. I feel safer going to my gym, which was constantly cleaning and sanitizing even before COVID. Last summer, I went to my pool (a stone's throw from my house in my private community) for the first time, with a 5 year old boy in tow. He immediately pointed to something on the steps of the pool. It was a pile of *** and looked human. The pool had at least 20 people in it. The guard was clueless. He didn't even want to remove it! I had to tell him he had to evacuate the pool and shock it. I don't trust these outdoor pools, and this happened in an elite community. Just my opinion.
I absolutely agree with you, and I guess our community's HOA manager does as well. Our outdoor pool is going to open as part of Phase 1 of our three phases of reopening the amenities. The indoor pool and gym will be opened in the last phase.
I would feel much safer swimming in an outdoor pool rather than indoors. The lap section of our pool is only two lanes wide; however, they are only going to permit one swimmer to be in that section at a time. Since we don't have a lot of lap swimmers in our community, I don't think it will be too much of a problem. If somebody else comes, and my time is up, I will move to a quiet section of the main pool and do drill work, or I will go outside of the gate to the grass area and do dryland work until the lap lane opens back up. At this point, I have been out of the pool since March 13, and I am anxious to swim! I am not anxious enough, however, to risk my health. I am fortunate I live in a private community with our own pool!
Elaine, a friend of mine's daughter is a pool operator who believes indoor pools may be safer, b/c sunlight (or heat?) breaks down chlorine in the water. If that's not the case, I hope someone can clarify.
Unless guards are vigilant (which they are not in our outdoor pools here) about constantly checking chemicals and maintaining them, that is a risk. That's only one person's opinion. I feel safer going to my gym, which was constantly cleaning and sanitizing even before COVID. Last summer, I went to my pool (a stone's throw from my house in my private community) for the first time, with a 5 year old boy in tow. He immediately pointed to something on the steps of the pool. It was a pile of *** and looked human. The pool had at least 20 people in it. The guard was clueless. He didn't even want to remove it! I had to tell him he had to evacuate the pool and shock it. I don't trust these outdoor pools, and this happened in an elite community. Just my opinion.
