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1001 Pools
Sep 4, 20202 min read
Rigging the Solo Marathon Water Stop
One of the more ambitious of the many virtual open water events I have signed up for in the midst of these locked-down pandemic times is...
Aug 24, 20203 min read
FlowSwimmer Threw Down the Ironman Gauntlet
2020 has been unlike any other, especially for us swimmers locked out of pools. Early on, back in May, Mark Johnston of lovely Polson,...
Aug 14, 20202 min read
Training Table: Zippity-doo-dah Friday
I know that I need to build up both my speed and my 'endurance speed,' so I went over to LA Fitness this morning and did my Zipfizz 200s...
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Sunrise & seagulls
As the days get shorter, the sunrise here in the Great White North has reached an optimal point for a sunrise swim. I awoke at 5am, got...
Aug 10, 20204 min read
Training Table: Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3
Over this past week, by availability (pools are open), by choice and by weather (thunderstorms), I spent more time swimming indoors in a...
Aug 6, 20202 min read
Reality Returns: Racing and Raptors
It's been about 5 months, but this past Saturday night, August 1st, was the closest experience to the 'old reality' I've had since the...
Jul 24, 20202 min read
Pool-time = joy-time
Oh yeah! I was back in the water at my local LA Fitness in Barrie at 0600 today. The last time I swam here was the day before Ontario...
Jul 20, 20203 min read
6 pools, 2 dogs, 1 Prius: Arizona to Ontario
When my wife and I decided in 2018, after a couple of decades of toying with the idea, to move to her homeland of Canada, we didn't quite...
May 7, 20204 min read
The Peace Corps taught me everything I needed to survive the pandemic
I think I learned everything I needed to survive the COVID-19 pandemic during my time in the Peace Corps in Swaziland in the early 1990s...
May 2, 20201 min read
Practically All-Canadian: Pools #390 to #400
Ahh, this is a special set of 11 pools, as it encompasses my first few months settling into our new life in Canada. We crossed the...
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