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Training Table: Broken 400 Free Test Set
13 January 2025 I cannot enter a year without setting some goals for my swimming. Not every year's goals are about times and racing. ...
Jan 132 min read


Training Table: Test Set - 3 x 300 (LCM)
1 January 2025 With British Masters' Long Course Nationals being held at the London Aquatic Centre (LAC) in mid-June, I am determined to...
Jan 12 min read

Fun with 1500s (almost)
9 December 2024 I first created and did this workout in SCM back in August of 2009. The intervals were faster back then, but I do like...
Dec 9, 20241 min read


Training Table: Olympic Mornings
7 October 2024 While I've got a focus for the next six weeks or so on the USMS Virtual 3,000 yard event , I've already decided that I'll...
Oct 7, 20242 min read

Q4 Virtual Event Training Kickoff
30 September 2024 For many years, US Masters Swimming has run a ‘virtual distance event’ that includes the 3,000 yard freestyle. I’ve...
Oct 2, 20242 min read


My Kind of Main Set
24 September 2024 Since swimming Windermere on August 31st , other than racing a couple of one-day meets this month**, I have been pretty...
Sep 24, 20242 min read


My Longest Workout in ~40 years!
August 18th, 2024 After bonking on last Sunday's attempt at a 12,500-meter workout, I tried to prepare myself this week, through more...
Aug 18, 20242 min read


A Crowd-Free Parisian Paradise? (Pool #693)
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...
Aug 17, 20242 min read


My 44-Year-Old Self Coaches My 55-Year-Old Self
2 January 2023 The year I turned 45, 2012, was not just the best year of my Masters' swimming "career" in terms of performance, I'd put...
Jan 2, 20231 min read


Seven Days to Race, Three Days of Rest
11 December 2022 Race day for the Swim Ontario Masters IM Fast meet is in seven days and the psych sheets are out. With my swim...
Dec 11, 20222 min read
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