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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

12 November 2022 If there's a North American fitness chain that understands swimmers, it is Life Time. When they opened their first...

8 November 2022 After racing on Sunday and taking Monday largely off exercise aside from a morning gentle hike and some...