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1001 Pools


The Best Black Friday Deal (Pool #557)
25 November 2022 Forget the deals in the stores, I got the best deal around for a pool tourist when I dropped into The Workout Club in...
Nov 27, 20222 min read


Waking, Walking & Wonderful in Boston (Pool #556)
23 November 2022 A last-minute, temporary hiccup in our plans to spend an extended American Thanksgiving weekend with friends in New...
Nov 26, 20222 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 12, 20223 min read


Heart & Rating Ithaca
16 October 2022 My wife and I went down to lovely Ithaca, New York for a weekend getaway. My father had spent part of his boyhood years...
Oct 16, 20222 min read


Yeah - LA Fitness Pool Heater Still Broken
7 October 2022 I was pleasantly surprised to find that my local LA Fitness still has not fixed their pool heater, so I was able to swim...
Oct 7, 20222 min read


A Pentagon of 300s
6 October 2022 OK, that's a lame title for a timed 1,500 done in the Leisure Pool of the Long Bridge Aquatic Center, sitting in the...
Oct 7, 20221 min read


Stumbling into history: Marshall Street Leisure Centre (London) - Pool #546
2 October 2022 On the way back from Italy recently, my wife and I stopped over in London to visit Maia, our oldest daughter who now lives...
Oct 2, 20222 min read


Piccolo Piscina - #545
26 September 2022 My wife and I returned home last night (though Air France decided our luggage should stay in London) from a bit more...
Sep 26, 20222 min read


Flowerpots & Dolphins
21 August 2022 I just came back from the most idyllic camping experience I have ever had on Ontario's FlowerPot Island. Technically, this...
Aug 22, 20223 min read


Race Day #2: Numerogically Pretty
5 August 2022 The most exciting part of my racing on Friday was ... ... my warmups! I managed to nab two new pools in one day, starting...
Aug 6, 20222 min read
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