I finally found an outdoor pool at a nearby gym that also has an indoor pool. I'm so close to signing up, yet nervous. OTOH, I swam in mid-March, when all gyms had to close that evening. Our state was #2 in the nation with COVID cases. We are at an all time low, yet I still feel apprehensive. BTW, the pool is not busy, despite a heat wave all summer, which makes me think that people are fearful. (and fitness center confirmed that)
Would love to hear from swimmers who've been swimming in outdoor/indoor pools. I know the data about chlorine killing the virus, but would feel better knowing swimmers have stayed COVID free.
aztimm, I finally "took the plunge" and joined the local "resort" which has an indoor (10 lane) and outdoor (6 lane) pool. Outdoor pool was 84 today. Uggh, but since this is my first time back in a pool since March, I feel better outside. Both pools have lane dividers and lines on the bottom. However, they don't enforce one per lane, and your typical little kids and noodlers use the adult only lap pool outside with no enforcement from guards.
At this point, I'm so grateful to have a place to swim, I am dealing with it. There are plenty of hand sanitizers and masks are worn where social distancing is not possible. I could cancel membership in one week, but as this is my only opportunity to swim until a vaccine comes out, I am swimming there until they close on Labor Day. (None of our indoor pools have opened, except for this very pricey "resort" center.)
I felt like I was dreaming when I was driving there yesterday. I had a fabulous swim, it was as though I'd never stopped!
aztimm, I finally "took the plunge" and joined the local "resort" which has an indoor (10 lane) and outdoor (6 lane) pool. Outdoor pool was 84 today. Uggh, but since this is my first time back in a pool since March, I feel better outside. Both pools have lane dividers and lines on the bottom. However, they don't enforce one per lane, and your typical little kids and noodlers use the adult only lap pool outside with no enforcement from guards.
At this point, I'm so grateful to have a place to swim, I am dealing with it. There are plenty of hand sanitizers and masks are worn where social distancing is not possible. I could cancel membership in one week, but as this is my only opportunity to swim until a vaccine comes out, I am swimming there until they close on Labor Day. (None of our indoor pools have opened, except for this very pricey "resort" center.)
I felt like I was dreaming when I was driving there yesterday. I had a fabulous swim, it was as though I'd never stopped!
