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Feb 9, 20202 min read
Race Report: All-Out Swim
While I can almost always wish I had swum faster, I had a pretty perfect day at the Downtown Swim Club's All-Out Swim meet, hosted long...
Feb 3, 20202 min read
Training Table: On the right track
I had a very solid month of training in January, at least in terms of consistency of being in the water and swim volume/effort. There...
Jan 27, 20203 min read
Training Table: 400 IM Test Set
The long slog to get back into shape continues and I finally felt just good enough in the water to even attempt my 400 IM Test Set, a...


Dec 3, 20192 min read
Training Table: Taking the volume to 11
These days, with the wonders of being 50-something, I don't normally swim more than 3 or 4 days in a row before taking a day out of the...


Dec 2, 20192 min read
Training Table: Not enough progress in 4 months
I jumped into the local LA Fitness 25 yard pool here in beautiful Barrie this morning to re-test my Base Pace: Standard Warmup (1,750...


Dec 2, 20192 min read
Race Report: (Not so) Fast & (definitely not) Furious
I'm about three weeks late posting anything about my first swim meet of the 2019-2020 short course metres season, but I want to chart my...


Nov 8, 20191 min read
I saw the signs
Aside from getting in my actual swim in the morning when I'm traveling, my next favorite part of the experience is walking to a pool,...
Nov 3, 20193 min read
Training Table: IM channeling Abrahams & Hackett
Way back in March of 2013, I had the pleasure of swimming a 1-1 workout with Rich Abrahams, one of the world's greatest swimmers, a guy...
Nov 2, 20192 min read
Training Table: Unzippy ZipFizz 200s
Third time's a charm to restart tracking my training. I've made a commitment to myself to be in 'old man racing form' by the Masters...
Aug 2, 20192 min read
(Re-)Training Table - How far have I fallen in 8 months>
The move from Arizona to Ontario has been a most excellent adventure in so many ways, but has also been quite all-consuming. While I've...
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