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 2012-03-04 7:16 PM |
Veteran 218 |  Subject: Crazy question about pool water.I have recently started doing some of my swims at a new pool. The first time at the new one, I swear the water felt thicker. Thought it was just my imagination. Went to the old pool a few times and yesterday went back to the new pool. Either I'm loosing my mind or the water in the two pools feels completely different. Both are indoor fresh water. Is that possible or have I cracked? |
| 2012-03-04 7:19 PM in reply to: #4079968 |
Veteran 177 | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. Depending on how they are chlorinated the water can feel thicker. It's just like drinking different types of bottled water, some feel thicker than others in your mouth, because of the chlorination. |
| 2012-03-04 8:09 PM in reply to: #4079968 |
Member 445 | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. I've also found that water temperature feels differently. I HATE swimming in warm water because it feels as though I'm swimming through sludge. |
| 2012-03-05 1:11 AM in reply to: #4079968 |
Extreme Veteran 502  Washington | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. Oh man, I went on a business trip earlier in Feb. The hotel I was staying at happened to have a lap pool. When I got in, the water had to have been 90F. It was HOT. Worst swim ever. |
| 2012-03-05 5:53 AM in reply to: #4079968 |
Veteran 485 Elmira, ON | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. It's typically water temperature, and also the air temp. and humidity. |
| 2012-03-05 6:02 AM in reply to: #4079968 |
| New user 595 Connecticut Shore | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. Once in a while I swim in the kids pool at the Y. They keep it really warm and full of chlorine. Its like hazy warm spit.
With band aids and diapers floating in it.
And then after the over aquasize class the temperature seems to go up to 98.6 for a while.
Yuck. |
| 2012-03-05 6:15 AM in reply to: #4079968 |
Master 8247   Eugene, Oregon Bronze member | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. I'm convinced it varies drastically between pools and the same pool in different weather and at different stages of the treatment cycle. Some days I feel like a dolphin gliding through the ocean, other days like I'm fighting through rubber cement, and my times show pretty big disparities. Then again, I've felt similar disparities on runs, so maybe it's just me! Sure temp has something to do with it though, esp. for long distance--my fastest 1500 (as a teenager) was in a pool so cold I couldn't stop shivering after for over an hour, and I was actually seeing double--I think my eye muscles froze. This was a midwestern winter and the building's heater had broken; they claimed the water was heated but you couldn't prove it by me. It was "swim fast or die"--definitely did the former, felt like the latter. |
| 2012-03-05 8:35 AM in reply to: #4079968 |
Veteran 648 St Louis, Missouri | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. The higher the pee content the thicker the water feels. Is there a difference in taste between the two? |
| 2012-03-05 8:37 AM in reply to: #4079968 |
Elite 7783 PEI, Canada | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. Swimmers will tell you that there are most definitely fast pools and slow pools. Water temperature can make a difference for sure. |
| 2012-03-05 8:49 AM in reply to: #4080496 |
| Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. halfmarathondon - 2012-03-05 8:35 AM The higher the pee content the thicker the water feels. Is there a difference in taste between the two?
This made me laugh! |
| 2012-03-05 8:55 AM in reply to: #4079968 |
| Expert 878 | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. Many years ago I won a lifetime supply of unflavored gelatin. I really had no idea what to do with it but I also wanted to make sure I got all I could from winning that contest so now I just travel the country in a dump truck. One of the big 10 wheelers. And I find pools and dump in gelatin. Funny story. I was at a pool out in the midwest at around 3AM when no one was around and I wasn't paying attention as I was adding the gelatin. I added the whole truck worth! Next day there was a diving meet and the first diver bounced!
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| 2012-03-05 12:19 PM in reply to: #4080496 |
Extreme Veteran 442 | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. Edited by bhc 2012-03-05 12:20 PM |
| 2012-03-05 12:35 PM in reply to: #4080298 |
Master 2372 | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. TheCrownsOwn - 2012-03-05 5:53 AM It's typically water temperature, and also the air temp. and humidity. You can feel differences of a degree or so. Warmer feels more sluggish. |
| 2012-03-05 1:17 PM in reply to: #4079968 |
Master 2621 Mechanicsburg, PA | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. bhctri - 2012-03-04 8:16 PM I have recently started doing some of my swims at a new pool. The first time at the new one, I swear the water felt thicker. Thought it was just my imagination. Went to the old pool a few times and yesterday went back to the new pool. Either I'm loosing my mind or the water in the two pools feels completely different. Both are indoor fresh water. Is that possible or have I cracked? Most chlorinated pools use Sodium Hypochlorite for the disinfectant solution. Which after it does its job disinfectant leaves sodium residual. This then will raise the total dissolved solid of the water. While there are yet other water chemistry’s involved such as calcium, alkalinity and PH. All tested at most pools. Total dissolved solid test is a more specific test. If the water tastes salty, the deck shows white power or crystals then most likely the total dissolved solid is probable high. This will affect the way the pool water feels. The only way to reduce total dissolved solid is change the pool water of dilution.
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| 2012-03-05 2:36 PM in reply to: #4080031 |
Veteran 667 asheville, nc | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. mmez - 2012-03-04 9:09 PM I've also found that water temperature feels differently. I HATE swimming in warm water because it feels as though I'm swimming through sludge. That's got to be a mental thing because warmer water is less dense than cold, so it's definitely not thicker. Or could be that your not as buoyant as a result of it being less dense. I just don't like warm water cause I feel terrible. I get very light headed. |
| 2012-03-05 4:16 PM in reply to: #4081305 |
Extreme Veteran 724 | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. RookieIM - 2012-03-05 12:36 PM That's got to be a mental thing because warmer water is less dense than cold, so it's definitely not thicker. Or could be that your not as buoyant as a result of it being less dense. I just don't like warm water cause I feel terrible. I get very light headed. Less dense water could also lead to lower buoyancy , but I'm not an expert in fluid dynamics, so I can say for sure. |
| 2012-03-05 8:50 PM in reply to: #4079968 |
Elite 6387 | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. The difference in density from 80F to 90F is only .001759. I doubt anyone can feel that. Not saying people can't feel a difference, I just doubt it is from density. dissolved solids I could see. |
| 2012-03-06 9:14 AM in reply to: #4080031 |
| Master 1946 Memphis, TN | Subject: RE: Crazy question about pool water. mmez - 2012-03-04 8:09 PM I've also found that water temperature feels differently. I HATE swimming in warm water because it feels as though I'm swimming through sludge.
x2 on this. However the cold water makes you not want to go do your swim workouts in the cold weather. |
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