New member to this forum.
Used to swim masters for about 6 years, that was 10 years ago. I've been back in the water doing 30-40 min, 1200-1500 yds workouts trying to maintain 4-5 times a week since about two months ago. I'm trying to get back to what I used to do in my masters' workouts 2000-3000 yds in the same time. I know that I have a long way to go to get there, but today I felt slow and weighted down.
Is there some correlation to warm water temps (80-82 degrees) combined with warm air temps (85-90 degrees) and feeling lethargic during workouts?? I felt like I was towing a sea anchor during my workout. I've felt this way before while swimming masters, but never asked anyone about it.
Thanks in advance, any info is appreciated.
Chris
We had an interesting situation at our Y a week or so ago. As my swimmers were entering the water they commented on how warm it felt. It's usually 85 degrees for the older folks in the other classes. I said something to the guard who assured me it was no warmer than usual. One of my swimmers had happened to bring his digital thermometer (he'd swum the night before and thought it was too hot). He stuck it in the water and it read 92. So the guard talks to the maintenance guy and he goes to check the (mercury) thermometer. He insists it's 85. He then goes to get his little laser thermometer (forget the technical term). I'm with him as he points it at the water. It reads 91. Then there is a mad scrambling to fix the problem.
So much for mercury thermometers. Sometimes it pays to bring your more technologically advanced thermometer to the pool...
We had an interesting situation at our Y a week or so ago. As my swimmers were entering the water they commented on how warm it felt. It's usually 85 degrees for the older folks in the other classes. I said something to the guard who assured me it was no warmer than usual. One of my swimmers had happened to bring his digital thermometer (he'd swum the night before and thought it was too hot). He stuck it in the water and it read 92. So the guard talks to the maintenance guy and he goes to check the (mercury) thermometer. He insists it's 85. He then goes to get his little laser thermometer (forget the technical term). I'm with him as he points it at the water. It reads 91. Then there is a mad scrambling to fix the problem.
So much for mercury thermometers. Sometimes it pays to bring your more technologically advanced thermometer to the pool...
