On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 12:20:28 +0100, m. w. smith <
[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 00:22:51 GMT, <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have been using Speedo goggles for swimming. Over the years I have tried spit, several drops
>> and gels to no avail. After a few laps they fog. Has anyone found the secret to avoiding fogging
>> goggles? Any help will be appreciated.
>
> What is the actual cause of fogging goggles? I almost never have the problem. I notice that the
> few times I do have the problem occur when I am working very hard so that my face is quite warm,
> the water temp is cold, and the relative humidity is high. Generally speaking, the problem only
> lasts for a few laps, and then it goes away by itself.
Maybe that wasn't accurate. Now that I think about it, I only have the fogging problem when I first
start swimming. The water is cold-ish; I am not warmed up yet, and the air in my googles is warm
relative to the water, and, I assume, humid. So there is fog. But I keep swimming and after a few
laps, as I warm up and the increased circulation in my face heats the air in my goggles, the fog
eventually burns away. I might have to stop and rinse my goggles once or twice during the warmup,
but soon the fog is gone.
> If some of you are having a serious fogging problem all the time, what does this mean?
For me, the only important benefit of using goggles is to keep the pool chemicals out of my eyes, so
putting more chemicals inside the goggles doesn't make sense. If your goggles get fogged, just stop,
remove them, rinse them in the pool, and put them back on. If your goggles really get so fogged that
you can't see, and the fog keeps coming back for your entire workout no matter what you do, maybe
you are eating too much garlic or something.
Maybe I'm a special case, but I have trained for years with several different teams, and I have
never known anyone who put stuff in their goggles. The main reason for using goggles is not so you
can see, because you can see well enough without goggles. The main reason for using goggles is to
keep chemical irritants out of your eyes.
Resist the temptation to complain that you can't see without goggles, because I started swimming
long before God said "Let there be goggles," and back then without goggles, we didn't swim around
running into each other all workout long. All you need to see is the line on the bottom of the pool,
the cross at the ends of the pool, the lane lines, and the guy in front of you.
martin
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