Quality Quality Redux
4 December 2021 I first did a version of this quality workout back in 2009, about a week ahead of a very good meet I had at the first...
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1001 Pools
Dec 4, 20212 min read
Way more swimsuits than "suit"-suits
3 December 2021 One of the things I've never liked about the working world is wearing suits; they're damn uncomfortable (even the...
Nov 13, 20213 min read
One month 'till race time
13 November 2021 While I did make a paltry attempt to race in a pool event this summer, the last time I raced with some actual training...
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Reframing the hothouse
9 November 2021 Lately, I've been trying to apply cognitive reframing to certain areas of my life, to see if a simple shift in my...
Oct 17, 20212 min read
10 years and 2 days = 6% decline
16 October 2021 With what appears to be a commitment (& success!) in Ontario to keeping our fitness facilities open, I'm getting...
Oct 3, 20211 min read
Hopping to some 300s in a fair land
3 October 2021 I love it when fellow swimmers point me in the right direction to a great pool. During my last trip to the greater DC...
Aug 30, 20211 min read
One year later, one second faster
29 August 2021 LA Fitness - Barrie (Cundles location) With swimming ill-advised due to water quality issues at Centennial Beach in...
Feb 23, 20212 min read
Out for 18%, slower by 20%
22 February 2021 When I jumped into the Sam Cancilla swimming pool at Barrie's Allandale Recreation Centre on Monday morning, I had been...
Nov 25, 20202 min read
Heart rate test set: slower-higher, faster-lower
24 November 2020 LA Fitness - Barrie Cundles Road - 25 yards It's been about a month since I last did my Dave Salo's Pulse Plot test set...
Nov 23, 20203 min read
Watching Fast Swimmers Makes Me Swim Fast
21 November 2020 LA Fitness - Barrie Cundles Road - 25 yards Anytime over the last few weeks I have done a workout after watching one of...
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