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1001 Pools


Milestone: A Rosy #250
I really wanted to make this milestone - 25% of the way towards the goal - a special, if not iconic pool. I got some really good...
Sep 4, 20163 min read
What should be pool #250?
While my fitness level has suffered this summer due to a lot of travel, even by my standards, my pool list has burgeoned. With this last...
Aug 21, 20161 min read


Three Days, Three Workouts, Three Pools
Eighteen days into the month where I was supposedly going to really pick up the pace of "pool adds" and I was sitting at the same,...
Jun 21, 20161 min read


2016: Summer of Pool Tripping
I added my 236th pool today, thanks to the local Valley of the Sun JCC re-opening their main training pool after a complete re-build and...
May 31, 20161 min read


Pool crush: Cactus Aquatic Center
Here's how much I love Cactus Aquatic Center in Scottsdale, Arizona ... ... after living in the Valley of the Sun for 7 years, when my...
May 6, 20162 min read


Beyond the Goggles: Be a Snorkel Dork
In my second post, I had laid out the bare essentials for your swim bag, but there's a growing and sometimes dizzying array of "swim...
Apr 25, 20164 min read


Views from the Six
It would have been perfect had I been able, over my recent six day stay in Toronto, to notch up one new pool a day to make this post "Six...
Apr 17, 20163 min read

What's in your swim bag?
I often hear runners brag about how easy their sport is relative to swimming - "Just lace up your shoes and head out the door," they say....
Apr 4, 20164 min read


A data geek dives in
30 March 2016 Of course it all started with the big "4-0," that infamous mid-life crisis-inducing birthday. I had 'aged up' in the...
Mar 30, 20162 min read
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