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
How will they hire life guards? Will they be checked as we will for Covid19?
There's a huge lifeguard shortage in this area, and probably elsewhere too. Lifeguards typically go through certification during the spring, and most of those were cancelled this year.
The City of Austin has reopened pools, but they are only open a few days a week, and some for only 1/2 day, because of this lifeguard shortage.
I swam at Barton Springs on Sunday. They check all of the lifeguards as they report for work. Then all swimmers need a reservation (2-hour increments), and we were also scanned. They clear the area about 15 min early, so I managed to get in about 1 hour 40 min of swimming.
My local pool finally eliminated the hour limit on swimming :banana:
Our overnight temps have been mostly tolerable, and they've mostly been running the aerator, so the water temp has been pleasant (yesterday they said 76F). Hoping this lasts for a while.
How will they hire life guards? Will they be checked as we will for Covid19?
There's a huge lifeguard shortage in this area, and probably elsewhere too. Lifeguards typically go through certification during the spring, and most of those were cancelled this year.
The City of Austin has reopened pools, but they are only open a few days a week, and some for only 1/2 day, because of this lifeguard shortage.
I swam at Barton Springs on Sunday. They check all of the lifeguards as they report for work. Then all swimmers need a reservation (2-hour increments), and we were also scanned. They clear the area about 15 min early, so I managed to get in about 1 hour 40 min of swimming.
My local pool finally eliminated the hour limit on swimming :banana:
Our overnight temps have been mostly tolerable, and they've mostly been running the aerator, so the water temp has been pleasant (yesterday they said 76F). Hoping this lasts for a while.
