3 March 2025 I love going to the London Aquatics Centre first thing in the morning, but it's oh so much nicer when you arrive as the sun...

7 February 2025 I really love the concept of test sets, sets that one does exactly the same way over & over again to track progress. I...

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...

24 January 2025 As I was cooling down in Lane 5 this morning, one of the two "fast" lanes during lane swimming sessions at the London...

18 January 2025 When I raced at this long course meet last year at the (generally) excellent K2 Crawley pool ... ... I wrote that it, "...

17 January 2025 While I cannot recommend Hoppers restaurant as performance food when you get their prix fixe feast, it’s some of the...

9 December 2024 I first created and did this workout in SCM back in August of 2009. The intervals were faster back then, but I do like...

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...

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...

30 July 2024 I firmly believe the 400 Individual Medley is far and away both the most fun event to race and the most fun event to watch...