Dec 29, 20222 min readRace Report: Leg Day (400 Kick-For-Time)29 December 2022 Though I made a solid effort at the 400 Kick-For-Time a couple of weeks ago, I felt like my training this fall had...
Dec 19, 20223 min readRace Report: IM Fast(er) Masters Challenge18 December 2022 It's been over a decade since I last tried tapering for a meet where I switched out my normal mid-to-long distance focus...
Dec 17, 20223 min readFive Days of Rest in Five Pools17 December 2022 While it is certainly not my preference to have a business trip right before a taper meet, this happens more often than...
Dec 11, 20222 min readSeven Days to Race, Three Days of Rest11 December 2022 Race day for the Swim Ontario Masters IM Fast meet is in seven days and the psych sheets are out. With my swim...
Dec 7, 20221 min read4,250 Day Lookback7 December 2022 With 11 days to go before race day, I looked back to the 2011 short course yards season for taper ideas. That year, I...
Dec 7, 20222 min readCap-Channeling Olympians6 December 2022 Thanks to a late night of work stress, I gotess sleep l than desired, even more so because my body woke me up with my...
Dec 4, 20221 min readTwo Weeks Out = Pulse Plot4 December 2022 I should not have been surprised that I couldn't really hit anything like peak speed today. I have not taken a day off...
Dec 3, 20222 min readWomen Beating Men3 December 2022 I caught a few replays from this week's US Open long course championships, highlight reels featuring Katie Ledecky and...