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Birthday Bash(ed)
31 March 2025 There's a classic saying - "To be old and wise, you must first be young and stupid." I proved with today's "Birthday Bash"...
6 days ago1 min read


Training Table: Good Day Sunshine
27 January 2025 Part of keeping my commitment to train for the 400 long course freestyle this year means repeating my 3 x 300 test set...
Jan 271 min read


Training Table: Test Set - 3 x 300 (LCM)
1 January 2025 With British Masters' Long Course Nationals being held at the London Aquatic Centre (LAC) in mid-June, I am determined to...
Jan 12 min read


October was all going so swimmingly ...
10 October 2024 After my lazy September, I started October with a renewed training enthusiasm, with an intent to focus my training on the...
Nov 24, 20241 min read


My 44-Year-Old Self Coaches My 55-Year-Old Self
2 January 2023 The year I turned 45, 2012, was not just the best year of my Masters' swimming "career" in terms of performance, I'd put...
Jan 2, 20231 min read


Four Week Taper Starts Now
21 November 2022 I almost never get to exactly implement the taper plan I exactly want, but I at least started today on the plan,...
Nov 22, 20222 min read


New Season, Repeat Testing
26 September 2022 After principally focusing on cycling since USMS Nationals ended on August 7th, I dove back into my local LA Fitness...
Sep 28, 20221 min read


Lightly Testing
22 August 2022 Following US Masters Long Course Nationals, I entered a period where swimming is taking a backseat to biking as I prepare...
Aug 22, 20222 min read


Bonked on three, cranked to five
22 April 2022 I figured I'd build on yesterday's ambitious goal setting by raising the bar on both intensity and duration for my Friday...
Apr 22, 20223 min read


Trending the test in the right direction
7 April 2022 After my weekend of racing in Houston, I had to race around the USA for work, heading to New York Sunday night through...
Apr 12, 20221 min read
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