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1001 Pools


3rd Time For a 1st Try With a Magic 5
14 June 2022 Though I have always ended up quite quickly returning to my beloved Speedo Vanquisher goggles, if there's one piece of...
Jun 18, 20223 min read


Biggest volume week since January 2016
12 June 2022 I wrapped up this week with my 400 IM Test Set, the first time I've done it completely in a bit over 6 weeks. More...
Jun 12, 20222 min read

Drawing Triangles in the Lake
10 June 2022 My #swim #goal this morning was to make a right triangle, with two 1,000 meter legs and to see how close I could come to...
Jun 10, 20222 min read


The family that swims together ...
9 June 2022 ... stays together, even if they are far apart and only virtually swimming together. I come from a swimming family. My...
Jun 9, 20223 min read


2% decline in 10+ years ... not bad
7 June 2022 Just like yesterday's 5,000 yard workout, I looked back to early 2012, January 7th to be exact, to repeat an old school...
Jun 7, 20222 min read


10.5 year Flashback Workout
6 June 2022 In the spirit of putting into practice my learning that I need to build a better base, I took the main set from a workout I...
Jun 6, 20222 min read


What a drag it is getting old
2 June 2022 Back in the 80's, after a taper & shave meet, our coaches used to have all swimmers, boys & girls, men and women, wear...
Jun 2, 20222 min read

In lightning learning
23 May 2022 When the wind blew and the rain flew on Saturday night knocking the power out to my Quebec City Airbnb, I didn't really think...
May 23, 20226 min read


Almost best of the 50s - Part Two
21 May 2022 How can you not love a competition where this is your warmup pool - The only real difference from this pool versus the...
May 21, 20222 min read


Time traveling back to 50 at Canadian Masters Nationals!
20 May 2022 You really couldn't ask for a better pool setup for a national championship than the double-ended, 10 lane x 25 meter setup...
May 20, 20222 min read
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