.... and another thing... How warm does the water in your pools get in the summer? I am finding that the older I get (I'm 45 now) the less tolerance I have to swimming hard sets in hot water. It is as though my muscles are lulled to sleep, and at the same time that my heart starts pounding to hard to be able to put together a quality set. I need way more rest after hard 100s/200s and my endurance or ability to hold a decent pace on 400s+ seems to vanish. I start noticing this effect at 83 degrees. By 87 degrees, i might as well do the whole workout = drills and breath control. By October things have cooled down enough to not feel like I am hard boiling my eggs any more, and by December my pool is in the low to mid 70s again...so I'm happy again.
So, how hot are the pools you are swimming in, and do you have the same issues with warm water affecting your workouts as we do???
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People say how terrible they feel when it is hot. Generally, I don't believe them. I love it at 93 to 100 with humidity. Today though I rode my bike home and did feel uncomfortable. There is nothing like being on a beach or poolside being wet and then go run into the water.
I tease that my jobs in Hell will be waiting at the Devil's restaurant on the patio on Mother's Day. That is my job I will have to pay the rent. My real job will be answering the Devil's switch board listening to everyone complain about the heat and not being able to get their calls threw. I used to work in a restaurant in DC. I would go set up the patio in the middle of July to August sure that some one would want to eat out there. No one ever did. Every night, I was so disappointed.
People say how terrible they feel when it is hot. Generally, I don't believe them. I love it at 93 to 100 with humidity. Today though I rode my bike home and did feel uncomfortable. There is nothing like being on a beach or poolside being wet and then go run into the water.
I tease that my jobs in Hell will be waiting at the Devil's restaurant on the patio on Mother's Day. That is my job I will have to pay the rent. My real job will be answering the Devil's switch board listening to everyone complain about the heat and not being able to get their calls threw. I used to work in a restaurant in DC. I would go set up the patio in the middle of July to August sure that some one would want to eat out there. No one ever did. Every night, I was so disappointed.
