My 44-Year-Old Self Coaches My 55-Year-Old Self
2 January 2023 The year I turned 45, 2012, was not just the best year of my Masters' swimming "career" in terms of performance, I'd put...
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1001 Pools
Dec 29, 20222 min read
Race Report: Leg Day (400 Kick-For-Time)
29 December 2022 Though I made a solid effort at the 400 Kick-For-Time a couple of weeks ago, I felt like my training this fall had...
Dec 19, 20223 min read
Race Report: IM Fast(er) Masters Challenge
18 December 2022 It's been over a decade since I last tried tapering for a meet where I switched out my normal mid-to-long distance focus...
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...
Dec 11, 20222 min read
Seven Days to Race, Three Days of Rest
11 December 2022 Race day for the Swim Ontario Masters IM Fast meet is in seven days and the psych sheets are out. With my swim...
Dec 7, 20221 min read
4,250 Day Lookback
7 December 2022 With 11 days to go before race day, I looked back to the 2011 short course yards season for taper ideas. That year, I...
Dec 4, 20221 min read
Two Weeks Out = Pulse Plot
4 December 2022 I should not have been surprised that I couldn't really hit anything like peak speed today. I have not taken a day off...
Nov 30, 20221 min read
Last Day to be a Brute
30 November 2022 As the Davis Aquatic Masters Brute Squad virtual event closed today, I left myself no choice but to hit my local LA...
Nov 12, 20223 min read
Life Time Love & The Virtual 3,000 (Pool #555)
12 November 2022 If there's a North American fitness chain that understands swimmers, it is Life Time. When they opened their first...
Nov 8, 20221 min read
Bailed on the Brute
8 November 2022 After racing on Sunday and taking Monday largely off exercise aside from a morning gentle hike and some...
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