During the first 50 of warm-up I spotted poop this morning. I confirmed it on the 2nd 50 and got out to tell the coach. Eventually they closed the pool, cleaned it out and threw in some chlorine directly in to the pool. But then they reopened about 30 min later. I was a bit shocked that they opened it so soon. The pool is a 50 meter x 25 yard pool so pretty big and they only threw in one 5 gal bucket of chlorine before letting us all back in. Does that sound right? If I remember my life guarding days right, poop means several hours of shutting down.
I was disappointed to have the workout suspended but I certainly didn't want to risk us getting sick, either.
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A friend, who at one time was the aquatics director for a well known Indiana based Catholic University,told me of a similiar occurance. But in this case, persons unknown entered the facility at night and left their "deposit" for all to find in the morning. When I exclaimed how gross that was, he then told me of the amount of "crap" in the pool, from persons not showering before entering. This "crack wash" can bring in far more fecal material each DAY then one of these deposits!! In his honor, each and every day I do a JS memorial crack wash (shower) before swimming.... I also remember it, when, at 7:45 the noodlers show up, all 25 of them, and I notice not a one has taken a shower. For a while I was most bothered by the smell of perfume that came floating on the top of the water immediately after they all jump in.....but not anymore.
A friend, who at one time was the aquatics director for a well known Indiana based Catholic University,told me of a similiar occurance. But in this case, persons unknown entered the facility at night and left their "deposit" for all to find in the morning. When I exclaimed how gross that was, he then told me of the amount of "crap" in the pool, from persons not showering before entering. This "crack wash" can bring in far more fecal material each DAY then one of these deposits!! In his honor, each and every day I do a JS memorial crack wash (shower) before swimming.... I also remember it, when, at 7:45 the noodlers show up, all 25 of them, and I notice not a one has taken a shower. For a while I was most bothered by the smell of perfume that came floating on the top of the water immediately after they all jump in.....but not anymore.
