Training Table: Olympic Mornings
7 October 2024 While I've got a focus for the next six weeks or so on the USMS Virtual 3,000 yard event , I've already decided that I'll...
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1001 Pools
Sep 251 min read
Pool Review: Clissold Leisure Centre (#703)
25 September 2024 As it had been over three weeks since I added a new pool, I was itching to get back out there as a Pool Tourist. I...
Sep 242 min read
My Kind of Main Set
24 September 2024 Since swimming Windermere on August 31st , other than racing a couple of one-day meets this month**, I have been pretty...
Sep 92 min read
Another Luscious London Lido
9 September 2024 This pool has been on my London “Aquatic Bucket List” since before I even moved here as my daughter Maia had swum here a...
Aug 282 min read
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay ( ... Reservoir)
27 August 2024 Now that I have discovered the lovely West Reservoir Open Water Centre in Hackney , London, I feel like I need to get...
Aug 262 min read
Open Water in the City!
26 August 2024 While social media gets a bad rap, my interwebs presence, outside of my work stuff on LinkedIn, is pretty much all...
Aug 182 min read
My Longest Workout in ~40 years!
August 18th, 2024 After bonking on last Sunday's attempt at a 12,500-meter workout, I tried to prepare myself this week, through more...
Jul 152 min read
Pool #689 - Parliament Hill Fields Lido (London)
July 14, 2024 I think I lost any Canadian street cred I might have had when I walked onto the deck of the Parliament Hill Fields Lido in...
Jul 82 min read
Disagreeing Finn Tech
8 July 2024 I've heard and read that one needs to use a chest strap to most accurately measure heart rate while swimming. My morning...
Jan 213 min read
Race Report: Crushed by K2
20 January 2024 A beautiful pool named after the world's second tallest mountain should be inspiring ... ... and it was. But, racing...
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