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1001 Pools


Sep 24, 20212 min read
WAW on FYF
24 September 2021 I have been so fortunate over my nearly 50 year swimming career to have had the opportunity to train under some of the...


Sep 23, 20211 min read
Fulcrum Focus
23 September 2021 Continuing my trip down swim memory lane into my 2011 workouts. I was reminded of a piece of equipment I used to train...

Sep 22, 20212 min read
Passport to training
22 September 2021 Ontario's "vaccine passport" requirement to enter most indoor facilities, including gyms/pools, went into effect today;...


Aug 30, 20211 min read
One year later, one second faster
29 August 2021 LA Fitness - Barrie (Cundles location) With swimming ill-advised due to water quality issues at Centennial Beach in...


Aug 17, 20213 min read
A wonderful, athletics-fueled weekend
August 14th to 15th, 2021 Tennis Canada Aviva Centre and Welland Canal This past weekend felt more like the 'good old days' (e.g.,...

Jul 27, 20212 min read
A great place to race, IF ...
25 July 2021 Greensboro, North Carolina I absolutely LOVE the Greensboro Aquatic Center and was delighted to be able to make it to the...


Jul 24, 20211 min read
Why don't we have more pools with retractable roofs?
24 July 2021 Morrisville, North Carolina I'm down finally visiting my family in America and dropped in for a quick swim today at the...


Jul 23, 20211 min read
Pythagoras goes for a swim
22 July 2021 How does one honor both a love of mathematics and a love of swimming? By taking one of the most famous theorems ... trying...


Feb 27, 20211 min read
Aerobically, I've still got it
27 February 2021 After feeling so abysmal in the water on Monday, I swam a drill/"get to know the water" oriented Masters workout on...


Feb 23, 20212 min read
Out for 18%, slower by 20%
22 February 2021 When I jumped into the Sam Cancilla swimming pool at Barrie's Allandale Recreation Centre on Monday morning, I had been...
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