21 December 2024 These days, I like to enter some sort of competition at least once a month. Imagine my delight and surprise when,...

1 October 2024 This was almost the definition of a perfect, if too constrained on time, morning biz-trip swim. I had managed to find a...

25 September 2024 As it had been over three weeks since I added a new pool, I was itching to get back out there as a Pool Tourist. I...

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...

2 August 2024 Knowing how crowded Parisian pools are, I actively sought out 33M or 50M pools when I was in town for the first week of the...

21 August 2024 Not planes, trains and automobiles, but my feet, metro and the "Wiener-mobile" ... (Transit modes through Brussels - click...

1 August 2024 The city of Paris (and Lille, Nanterre, St.-Denis, etc.) put on a fantastic show for the 2024 Olympics. I went to Paris...

31 July 2024 After a Wednesday morning watching beach volleyball at probably the coolest sports venue I have ever been to ... ... I took...

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...

3 August 2024 I almost had a €200 lap swimming session this morning at Piscine Keller, on the western edge of Paris, a stone’s throw from...