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
Yeah, I'm going to go and check out the lake soon. I'm not an open-water person, but desperate times call for desperate measures. My last swim was March 13th. Perhaps I will begin lake swimming on June 13th. 3 months off constitutes a really big break, right? (6 months off constitutes starting from scratch.)
I've started swimming with the local open water group. It is very different. We've been swimming against some raging current. Biggest issue I found was the first time I went, I got very disoriented, and a bit dizzy. Ended up going back out after a break, and made the swim. But be sure you spot VERY frequently, that was the difference for me. I'm not going to tell you I enjoy it, but there is a weird masochistic thing in there when you are determined to complete a swim. The comradery seems very tight with the group, which is cool.
Yeah, I'm going to go and check out the lake soon. I'm not an open-water person, but desperate times call for desperate measures. My last swim was March 13th. Perhaps I will begin lake swimming on June 13th. 3 months off constitutes a really big break, right? (6 months off constitutes starting from scratch.)
I've started swimming with the local open water group. It is very different. We've been swimming against some raging current. Biggest issue I found was the first time I went, I got very disoriented, and a bit dizzy. Ended up going back out after a break, and made the swim. But be sure you spot VERY frequently, that was the difference for me. I'm not going to tell you I enjoy it, but there is a weird masochistic thing in there when you are determined to complete a swim. The comradery seems very tight with the group, which is cool.
