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 ?
at lunch I googled "pool temperature" + "swimming"... I think thats the search I did that turned up an USA Swimming rule that said water temp should be between 78 and 80 degrees for competition... but it says nothing about temperature for practices... however, if swimming in water hotter than 80 is dangerous during competition (and thats my assumption about the need to control temps during competition... I didn't read the whole thing) then it follows that practicing in water hotter than 80 would also be dangerous as parts of some workouts are at competition levels.
Maybe it would help to show them that rule.
I'll see if I can find the citation again.
Lainey
Jerrycat, we all say things we wish we hadn't when confronted with frustrating situations.
at lunch I googled "pool temperature" + "swimming"... I think thats the search I did that turned up an USA Swimming rule that said water temp should be between 78 and 80 degrees for competition... but it says nothing about temperature for practices... however, if swimming in water hotter than 80 is dangerous during competition (and thats my assumption about the need to control temps during competition... I didn't read the whole thing) then it follows that practicing in water hotter than 80 would also be dangerous as parts of some workouts are at competition levels.
Maybe it would help to show them that rule.
I'll see if I can find the citation again.
Lainey
Jerrycat, we all say things we wish we hadn't when confronted with frustrating situations.
