top of page
1001 Pools


Birthday Bash(ed)
31 March 2025 There's a classic saying - "To be old and wise, you must first be young and stupid." I proved with today's "Birthday Bash"...
6 days ago1 min read

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


Training Table: Not Breaking on Broken 400s
3 March 2025 I love going to the London Aquatics Centre first thing in the morning, but it's oh so much nicer when you arrive as the sun...
Mar 31 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


Fast(er) Friday - Hackett 200 IMs
7 February 2025 I really love the concept of test sets, sets that one does exactly the same way over & over again to track progress. I...
Feb 71 min read


Training Table: Good Day Sunshine
27 January 2025 Part of keeping my commitment to train for the 400 long course freestyle this year means repeating my 3 x 300 test set...
Jan 271 min read

Training Table: Flashback Friday
24 January 2025 As I was cooling down in Lane 5 this morning, one of the two "fast" lanes during lane swimming sessions at the London...
Jan 242 min read


Training Table: FA(s)T Friday
17 January 2025 While I cannot recommend Hoppers restaurant as performance food when you get their prix fixe feast, it’s some of the...
Jan 172 min read
Tags
bottom of page