Reading the Pulse Tea Leaves
31 July 2022 I do my Pulse Plot set fairly religiously about a week before a taper meet. It's not always perfectly timed and the...
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1001 Pools
Jun 25, 20222 min read
Richmond Double Riff
25 June 2022 With my planned open water race cancelled for Sunday due to high e coli levels, instead of taking today off, I decided to...
Jun 22, 20221 min read
Small riff on a riff
22 June 2022 I had written up this workout, a riff on a workout from 2012, and had intended to do it last Thursday, but my workout got...
Jun 18, 20223 min read
3rd Time For a 1st Try With a Magic 5
14 June 2022 Though I have always ended up quite quickly returning to my beloved Speedo Vanquisher goggles, if there's one piece of...
Jun 12, 20222 min read
Biggest volume week since January 2016
12 June 2022 I wrapped up this week with my 400 IM Test Set, the first time I've done it completely in a bit over 6 weeks. More...
Jun 9, 20223 min read
The family that swims together ...
9 June 2022 ... stays together, even if they are far apart and only virtually swimming together. I come from a swimming family. My...
Jun 6, 20222 min read
10.5 year Flashback Workout
6 June 2022 In the spirit of putting into practice my learning that I need to build a better base, I took the main set from a workout I...
Jun 2, 20222 min read
What a drag it is getting old
2 June 2022 Back in the 80's, after a taper & shave meet, our coaches used to have all swimmers, boys & girls, men and women, wear...
May 20, 20221 min read
Ordre Aquatique Québécois
20 May 2022 If my first experience swimming in a community pool in Quebec City is indicative of the well-ordered aquatic community here,...
May 19, 20223 min read
If The Cure built a pool ...
16 May 2022 As great as the swimming was in Tampa, the travel back home on Friday night was the opposite - so many Air Canada...
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