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1001 Pools
Dec 17, 20223 min read
Five Days of Rest in Five Pools
17 December 2022 While it is certainly not my preference to have a business trip right before a taper meet, this happens more often than...
Oct 19, 20222 min read
Going long in Upper Marlboro
18 October 2022 The first swim team I ever joined was a summer league team at this pool to the right in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, about...
Jul 16, 20222 min read
Did I peak at 8 years old? (Pool #534)
15 July 2022 The small world of swimming came back to me in a big way over the last two days swimming at this very wonderful 6 lane 25...
Apr 12, 20221 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...
Feb 16, 20222 min read
The early bird gets the (IM) worm
14 February 2022 With seven weeks to go until I try to do a quick taper and see if I can race again, I made a plan to do my 400 IM Test...
Oct 6, 20212 min read
Hacking of (not quite) Olympic proportions
5 October 2021 Though not quite as grand a setting as some of the pools I've swum at over the week, the Arundel Olympic Swim Center was...
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...
Oct 3, 20212 min read
Swimming: a community like no other
2 October 2021 While I do enjoy solo swimming as it induces an extra meditative component above the baseline contemplation that water...
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