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1001 Pools
Feb 9, 20222 min read
Once More Unto the Breach
9 February 2022 After I returned home to Ontario from Panama in early January, I came back to another COVID lockdown, with the three...
Dec 4, 20212 min read
Way more swimsuits than "suit"-suits
3 December 2021 One of the things I've never liked about the working world is wearing suits; they're damn uncomfortable (even the...
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Reframing the hothouse
9 November 2021 Lately, I've been trying to apply cognitive reframing to certain areas of my life, to see if a simple shift in my...
Oct 3, 20211 min read
Hopping to some 300s in a fair land
3 October 2021 I love it when fellow swimmers point me in the right direction to a great pool. During my last trip to the greater DC...
Aug 30, 20211 min read
One year later, one second faster
29 August 2021 LA Fitness - Barrie (Cundles location) With swimming ill-advised due to water quality issues at Centennial Beach in...
Feb 23, 20212 min read
Out for 18%, slower by 20%
22 February 2021 When I jumped into the Sam Cancilla swimming pool at Barrie's Allandale Recreation Centre on Monday morning, I had been...
Nov 6, 20202 min read
One month, a handful of seconds (3 x 300 Test Set)
6 November 2020 I'll be the first to admit that my month of October was not the greatest training month in the pool. While I got to the...
Oct 5, 20202 min read
First 3 x 300 Test Set in SCM in Canada
5 October 2020 I had a double treat this morning to kickoff a week's staycation - I got to train with my eldest daughter, Maia, who came...
Sep 18, 20201 min read
Training Table: 3 x 300 return to pool training
September 17th, 2020 It's taken me almost two weeks to feel like I had recovered after the glorious, but apparently hard on my body 10K...
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...
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