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1001 Pools

Pool Review: Killing it at Kildeskovshallen (#729)
13 March 2025 OK. I realize that Kildeskovshallen translates to something like the Spring Forest Pool, but the fine people of Gentofte...
Mar 163 min read


Race & Pool Report: Cranking in Coventry (#726 & #727)
8 March 2025 I headed up Saturday morning to Coventry* to race at the West Midlands Masters Championships . Naturally, the pool tourist...
Mar 93 min read


Pool Review: Couldn't Pass up Another Portuguese Pool (#724)
28 February 2025 After the very hard Breakthrough 100s set the day before, my plan on our last Friday in the Algarve was just to enjoy a...
Feb 281 min read


Pool Review: Slamming in Silves (#723)
27 February 2025 While I was truly quite happy with the pool in Lagoa , happy enough to have had two solid workouts there, I wish I had...
Feb 272 min read


Pool Review: Lengths in Lagoa (#722)
26 February 2025 En route from Lisbon to Carvoeiro we took as much of the scenic, backroads route as possible, which was great when we...
Feb 262 min read


Pool Review: Laps in Lisboa (#721)
24 February 2025 My wife and I flew down to Portugal on Saturday to spend the better part of the week in the Algarve with family (who...
Feb 233 min read

Race Report: Hemel Hempstead (& pools #717 & #718)
23 February 2025 On Saturday the 15th of February, I went up to the 1st Hemel Hempstead Masters meet at the surprisingly fast (at least...
Feb 234 min read


Slothful in Slough - Pool #716
6 February 2025 I recall traipsing around Slough about twenty years ago and not being impressed. I was managing my company's global work...
Feb 72 min read


Not Fawlty in Torquay - Pool #715
1 February 2025 As part of our adventure of living in London, my wife and I are determined to see as much of this part of the world as...
Feb 52 min read


Dutch Masters - Pools #713 and 714
6 January 2025 Europe has really good passenger protections when it comes to disrupted trains, resulting in healthy refunds of train...
Jan 54 min read
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