During our Monday night practice, the chlorine was off the charts high. Several swimmers noticed lung discomfort while working out (we did a 4000 yard practice in 1-hour; necessarily some huffing and puffing.)
That night, I awoke with a burning in my throat and upper windpipe and lungs. It's since moderated a bit.
My questions: has anyone experienced "lung burn" like this? How long before you return to normal? Is there any remedy other than not swimming when the pool chemicals are really out of whack?
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that might be a little hard for Jim to do. The place ihe swims is the Sewickley Y where he is a member of their Masters' swim team. The Pittsburgh area isn't blessed with alot of pools available for swim teams to practice at during the day or evening. We've got a shortage of pools. Many are in schools where there is no access for a masters group in the morning or evening. The Ys have a majority of the pools and when you purchase a membership--that's where they expect you to swim. You have a limited number of visits to other Y pools.
Jim--have you tried hitting up the "big wigs" and seeing what happened?
that might be a little hard for Jim to do. The place ihe swims is the Sewickley Y where he is a member of their Masters' swim team. The Pittsburgh area isn't blessed with alot of pools available for swim teams to practice at during the day or evening. We've got a shortage of pools. Many are in schools where there is no access for a masters group in the morning or evening. The Ys have a majority of the pools and when you purchase a membership--that's where they expect you to swim. You have a limited number of visits to other Y pools.
Jim--have you tried hitting up the "big wigs" and seeing what happened?
