May - 2022

May 23, 20226 min read

In lightning learning

23 May 2022 When the wind blew and the rain flew on Saturday night knocking the power out to my Quebec City Airbnb, I didn't really think...

May 21, 20222 min read

Almost best of the 50s - Part Two

21 May 2022 How can you not love a competition where this is your warmup pool - The only real difference from this pool versus the...

May 20, 20222 min read

Time traveling back to 50 at Canadian Masters Nationals!

20 May 2022 You really couldn't ask for a better pool setup for a national championship than the double-ended, 10 lane x 25 meter setup...

May 20, 20221 min read

Ordre Aquatique Québécois

20 May 2022 If my first experience swimming in a community pool in Quebec City is indicative of the well-ordered aquatic community here,...

May 19, 20223 min read

If The Cure built a pool ...

16 May 2022 As great as the swimming was in Tampa, the travel back home on Friday night was the opposite - so many Air Canada...

May 18, 20222 min read

Tampa Triple Shot

13 May 2022 With omicron and BA2 fading ... or with us in North America just selectively agreeing to ignore them in favor of getting back...

May 8, 20221 min read

Moving Day is not Taper Day

8 May 2022 While yesterday was a beautiful day to move my daughter across Hamilton, Ontario from her medical school apartment to her...

May 6, 20222 min read

Booster Proof

6 May 2022 A year ago yesterday, 5 May 2021, I had gotten my second COVID-19 vaccine dose (Pfizer), so it seemed to make sense to...

May 4, 20221 min read

Last (almost) Broken Mile

4 May 2022 As I ease into my taper, I took 10% off my Broken Mile test set this morning, by skipping the 4th round of 3 x 50, but this...

May 3, 20222 min read

Weight, weight, just tell me!

3 May 2022 I started back Masters swimming in 2001, twelve years after I had "retired" from the sport after my last Southwest Conference...

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