t available to me yet. Iâ€m retired military and normally swim at the pool on the nearby Navy base. Itâ€s operating but theyâ€re still only allowing active duty troops to use it under a very strict reservation system. Consequently I joined the local YMCA in the fall once it got too cold to swim in the open water. Also using a reservation system...until yesterday they (YMCA) were allowing only one swimmer per lane. Theyâ€re now allowing two per lane. Which means...there are now two people within six feet of me...my lane partner, and the swimmer directly on the other side of the lane line. Previously, with just one swimmer per lane, we were sufficiently social distanced (assuming lane width of at least six feet). I continued swimming, but Iâ€m not completely comfortable with this proximity...especially when weâ€re all huffing and puffing more than usual. At that...even six feet probably isnâ€t enough. My hope is that because my fellow swimmers during the day are older (30s+) and likely wouldnâ€t be swimming if they felt COVID symptoms.
Dan
t available to me yet. Iâ€m retired military and normally swim at the pool on the nearby Navy base. Itâ€s operating but theyâ€re still only allowing active duty troops to use it under a very strict reservation system. Consequently I joined the local YMCA in the fall once it got too cold to swim in the open water. Also using a reservation system...until yesterday they (YMCA) were allowing only one swimmer per lane. Theyâ€re now allowing two per lane. Which means...there are now two people within six feet of me...my lane partner, and the swimmer directly on the other side of the lane line. Previously, with just one swimmer per lane, we were sufficiently social distanced (assuming lane width of at least six feet). I continued swimming, but Iâ€m not completely comfortable with this proximity...especially when weâ€re all huffing and puffing more than usual. At that...even six feet probably isnâ€t enough. My hope is that because my fellow swimmers during the day are older (30s+) and likely wouldnâ€t be swimming if they felt COVID symptoms.
Dan
When the club team started back, we only could do one per lane. Then they opened to 2. We had kids start at opposite ends of the pool. But, it takes a certain amount of time being exposed, and chlorine kills it. We have had 4 per lane since the Fall, and despite several families who have been hit by it, we have had zero swimmers with it. Check out this study that was done on pools in New Jersey. Hopefully this alleviates some of your concerns.
I recently had surgery, and have a pin in my thumb. No swimming until it is out. Spin class with an N95 mask on.....ugh. And I'm the only one in the gym with one on, but I manage. Oh, and most of the people in there are notably older than me, and I'm 47, so......
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