Paralympic swimmer Danielle Dorris is continuing to train even without the CEPS pool at Universite de Moncton.
It was closed around two weeks ago due to COVID-19.
Four years ago, she went with her mom to buy a hot tub, but they ended up with something else..
“Let’s just say, we didn’t end up with a hot tub. We more ended up with an Infinity pool, where I can feel the water. It has a tether on it, and a giant jet, so the water can push against me so I can swim against it.”
That’s what Dorris is using while she is unable to access a pool, due to the pandemic.
“It is very different from swimming in a real pool. In an actual pool, I can do the flip turns, I can do the push off the wall, and the dives, but in the swim spa all you can really work on is resistance work.”
covid-19 won’t stop me @SwimmingCanada @Para_swimming @SwimNB @jdirvinglimited pic.twitter.com/UlVEOXsryJ
— Danielle Dorris S8 (@fljp2002) March 23, 2020
She also spends time doing dryland training and using an eliptical trainer most days.
Before COVID-19 closed facilities across the province, Dorris swam five to six times a week, up to two hours a day, with Club de Natation Bleu et Or in Moncton.
With the Paralympics now postponed until 2021, she remains optimistic.
“I try to just keep my spirits up. I am very happy go-lucky kind of person, go with the flow kind of girl. I try to think of the positive all of the time,” Dorris says.
No pool open…swim spa in my backyard time. @SwimmingCanada @SwimNB @jdirvinglimited @CHP_Quebec @CoachMikeSwim pic.twitter.com/cd5TTuGlYf
— Danielle Dorris S8 (@fljp2002) March 18, 2020
