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.
I was in a town pool a few years ago when a man entered, caring for his very elderly father. We were in with our son when all of a sudden, I saw a LARGE floater. The poor older man had reached the point beyond which he should have been swimming there, and when I pointed it out, they had to close the pool for the rest of the day, shock it, and make sure everyone "evacuated" immediately.
I certainly wouldn't have wanted to get back in there after just half an hour!! I
Somehow this was not as bad, however, as the time I was at the YMCA and a man walking on deck had an seizure and fell in the pool. And while the lifeguard was jumping in to rescue him, people just kept swimming! Looked over, saw what was happening, and just kept going! My friend and I stopped all swimmers, and got everyone out of the pool while the lifeguard tended to this man. Needless to say, even after we determined he was okay, it just didn't seem right to get in and keep swimming. Our workout time was over, emotionally and otherwise.
I was in a town pool a few years ago when a man entered, caring for his very elderly father. We were in with our son when all of a sudden, I saw a LARGE floater. The poor older man had reached the point beyond which he should have been swimming there, and when I pointed it out, they had to close the pool for the rest of the day, shock it, and make sure everyone "evacuated" immediately.
I certainly wouldn't have wanted to get back in there after just half an hour!! I
Somehow this was not as bad, however, as the time I was at the YMCA and a man walking on deck had an seizure and fell in the pool. And while the lifeguard was jumping in to rescue him, people just kept swimming! Looked over, saw what was happening, and just kept going! My friend and I stopped all swimmers, and got everyone out of the pool while the lifeguard tended to this man. Needless to say, even after we determined he was okay, it just didn't seem right to get in and keep swimming. Our workout time was over, emotionally and otherwise.
