My local pool has just raised the water temp to 30 ' C ( 86 ' F ) ! At this temp I am exhausted after 4 lengths. A full workout of 60 to 90 mins is impossible without suffering heat exhaustion. They have already had 1 swimmer collapse on poolside after swimming hard for 40 mins.
This has happened because a ' disabled swim group ' who use the pool for 45 mins once a week keep complaining about how cold the pool is. The pool management can't figure out the pool temp software so the temp is set that high for 24/7. It used to be 27' C ( 80.6' F ) and was then raised to 28'C (82.4 ' F ) 1 year ago.
I can't set workouts for my club that cause heat distress if carried out so it is a nightmare. My training is on hold until i can change this and I will have to move my masters club to another pool if not changed. Maybe ' Shaky's ' pool has space for us ?
Emmet Hines in his book says that 82 ' F ( 27.7' C ) is ideal for training, and that anything over 84' F ( 28.4 ' C ) is too hot.
Does anyone else suffer through hot water temperatures ? Can anyone recommend online research that I can use to prove the dangers of excercising in hot water ?
Peter Cruise, do you really have a 50m pool in Nanaimo ? I can't believe it, when was it built? The last time I was in Nanaimo was in 2002, was it there then ?
I swam on the island in January, 2002 at the Cams masters meet in Cowichan, I was 38 at the time. Were you at that meet ?
There are times when I think that I should never have left BC. I miss my old swim coach, swimming at Kits pool, then having a Starbucks Frappuchino on the beach and the Watermania pool in Richmond. Then there is the ski-ing etc, etc.
Oh, well, at least I am living on a glorious farm in Mid Wales and the quality of life here is great !
Peter Cruise, do you really have a 50m pool in Nanaimo ? I can't believe it, when was it built? The last time I was in Nanaimo was in 2002, was it there then ?
I swam on the island in January, 2002 at the Cams masters meet in Cowichan, I was 38 at the time. Were you at that meet ?
There are times when I think that I should never have left BC. I miss my old swim coach, swimming at Kits pool, then having a Starbucks Frappuchino on the beach and the Watermania pool in Richmond. Then there is the ski-ing etc, etc.
Oh, well, at least I am living on a glorious farm in Mid Wales and the quality of life here is great !
