Pool Closed for maintenance

You'll be fine.  Use that week it re-opens to get your feel back a little.  If you've been swimming all along it's no big deal.  I'd just work on your cycling and running the next couple weeks and then on your taper week you can swim three times and back off the running and cycling.  Don't stress.

Maybe do an excursion somewhere to another pool or find some OWS a couple of times in those couple of weeks.  The same thing happened to me before my half this Sunday actually and I initially had the same reaction.  The pool closed for a couple weeks when I was four weeks out from the race.  I did a couple of OWS and found another pool and went to it once. 

edit: I just looked at your logs.  You swim plenty the past couple months for a 1/3 of a mile swim (granted I slack on swimming).  2 weeks isn't going to do anything.  Stick to the cycling and running and do the 2 or 3 swims the week prior and you are golden.

Edited by acumenjay 2009-08-26 12:58 PM

Even swimming once a week will help you keep your feel for the water...so if you could even swing ONE trip at the mid point of the two weeks to the "other" pool it would help immensely....

So, chances are you will lose a little bit of feel for the water, but likely not a big impact on your overall race.

You are going to be ok.  You probably would not have gained much over the next few weeks.  You will not loose anything even if you do not swim between now and your race.  May be more of a mental thing.  Work on your bike and run and get the menal side of the race taken care of. 

I didn't read in the OP's post that he was trying to impress people.

I would be annoyed if my pool was closed ... I just love to swim !

to the OP: you really will be okay

I hear ya! I have 2 pools that I frequent, and those are both closed- one for 1 week, the other for 2. The third option is only open until 6:30pm, and I can't get to it in time. The 4th option is outside, so if it's raining or too cold, I am SOL. Oh well, good thing I don't like swimming

For your race, you will be fine. Can you do any open water swims?

hey there! my Y is closed this week. so i went online found the closest club to my office, bally's 1/2 mile away. they have a free 7 day trial. printed it out and swam at lunch today. (first time i ever swam at lunch.) check around for Bally's or 24 hr or whatever. i think they all have free trial's of some length. piggy back em' and there ya go.

Edited by fattyfatfat 2009-08-26 2:45 PM

My pool is closed too. The YMCA's do their maintenance this time of year. I went to a YMCA in another town yesterday and will swim at a community pool Friday. At least it's summer and there are multiple options.

Strange mine is closed now for the same time period.  What is your location?

How bizarre, the local pool here is closed for the next two weeks just prior to last triathlon in this area.  I'm now having to swim in my next door neighbor's pool.  He has an attack Corgi that leaps out into the pool randomly while I'm swimming.  I have to keep an eye out for her.  It's helping to get prepared for a mass start swim.

Im in Dover, NH. 

The point I was making was... well really no point, just sort of whining to be honest.  I was a little nervous I would lose a lot of what I had gained all summer long... I have never been much of a swimmer, and I was afraid of the "2 weeks off of running takes 4 weeks t get back" rumor would apply to swimming too. 

I ll chillax a little and try to swim the course this weekend.  I only have so many strokes in my arms anyway... Im definatly not worried about losing a scholorship or a sponsorship...

I do not want to pay out on my beer bet though!

What is this?  Pool cleaning week?!  Mine is closed for 2 weeks and another one is too.  Met a guy at the state park beach this week and when I mentioned about the pool being closed, he asked if it was the other pool.  Oh well,  at least I'm getting a lot of OWS practice in this week!

OK, I got lucky on mine.  The expensive pool that is closer to me, is having a 10 days for $10 special now.  The timing was perfect.