19 November 2022 After yesterday's "Fail & Bail" workout and an utterly crappy, maybe four hours of sleep last night (thanks to my...

14 November 2022 Our measly, maybe 10cm, first snowfall of the season must have scared away the swimmers as I arrived at my local LA...

13 November 2022 Back in the heyday of the USMS Forums (about a decade starting from the mid-to-late aughts), a vibrant virtual community...

12 November 2022 If there's a North American fitness chain that understands swimmers, it is Life Time. When they opened their first...

10 November 2022 I've needed to essentially make this whole week a taper / rest week to recover from racing four measly events this past...

9 November 2022 I have to remember how much racing takes out of me. I was feeling a bit better this morning, now ~3 days since Sunday's...

8 November 2022 After racing on Sunday and taking Monday largely off exercise aside from a morning gentle hike and some...

6 November 2022 OK ... not quite ... but I was certainly inspired by this plaque on the wall behind the start end of the competition pool...

2 November 2022 After my bonk on something long and freestyle-centric yesterday, I planned a shorter, IM-oriented workout today, a...

1 November 2022 After my third longest volume training week of the year, a week that also included three fairly intense dryland workouts,...