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?
Jeff--thanks very much for the primer on chlorination. I am amazed at the expertise of USMS swimmers! At least a half dozen of my teammates complained of similar lung burn the next day, so I do wonder if perhaps the chlorine got over the level of 10 ppm and the aquatics director was practicing CYA tactics at denying this.
THis Y is so cheap I doubt we could talk them into installing ceiling fans to break up the supra-superficial chlorine layer. But do you think this would, indeed, help? Again, the CMU pool has such a system, and I am wondering if this is a new trend nationwide. If so, and anyone out there could point me in the direction of some documentation, perhaps I could present this to the powers that be at our Y.
Jeff--thanks very much for the primer on chlorination. I am amazed at the expertise of USMS swimmers! At least a half dozen of my teammates complained of similar lung burn the next day, so I do wonder if perhaps the chlorine got over the level of 10 ppm and the aquatics director was practicing CYA tactics at denying this.
THis Y is so cheap I doubt we could talk them into installing ceiling fans to break up the supra-superficial chlorine layer. But do you think this would, indeed, help? Again, the CMU pool has such a system, and I am wondering if this is a new trend nationwide. If so, and anyone out there could point me in the direction of some documentation, perhaps I could present this to the powers that be at our Y.
