OK well, this happens alot but this is how it progresses. I'm swimming warm up feeling pretty good and then we continue swim, feel good. We start doing some quick sets get the heart rate going, breathing a little heavier, and i feel this irritation deep in my lungs, not too bad right now. However, the main set comes around and about half way though I go into a sparatic, uncontrolable cough. It is very bad, I am coughing in between breaths underwater and it just feels worse when you breath in. At the wall i am breath very fast because if i breath to deep i will cough more. This happens to just about everyone in the pool and i feel i cant get the most out of my time int he water. Usually the coach opens the door and it helps a bit, but not reall yin lane six fartherst from the door. Also our pool has no openable windows. Are there any other suggestions for fixing this problem? My team and i are desperate.
As the air affects everyone on the team in a similar way, it is likely a problem with the pool water and/or the HVAC system. This can be a serious problem for your health. I don't want to get too technical, but when the pool chemistry is out of whack the pool will "gas off" some nasty stuff like trihalomethanes, nitrogen chloride and haloacetic acids. If the HVAC system is poor the problem is exacerbated, especially right at the water surface.
If your pool operator doesn't understand this stuff call the local health dept.
In the meantime one thing your team can do is no kick sets with kickboards. This aerates the water at the surface and can make the situation much worse.
Rich
As the air affects everyone on the team in a similar way, it is likely a problem with the pool water and/or the HVAC system. This can be a serious problem for your health. I don't want to get too technical, but when the pool chemistry is out of whack the pool will "gas off" some nasty stuff like trihalomethanes, nitrogen chloride and haloacetic acids. If the HVAC system is poor the problem is exacerbated, especially right at the water surface.
If your pool operator doesn't understand this stuff call the local health dept.
In the meantime one thing your team can do is no kick sets with kickboards. This aerates the water at the surface and can make the situation much worse.
Rich
