IM Plateaued
3 March 2022 After a day of rest yesterday, I kind of thought I would perform better on my 400 IM Test Set, but, other than a bit of...
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1001 Pools
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Pinch, Punch, Zip, Zapped
1 March 2022 These next two weeks will be the most intense of my short preparation for my "Welcome to being 55" meet in 31 days. Today...
Feb 27, 20222 min read
IMs and Miles to go before I sleep
27 February 2022 I've been ramping both my volume and intensity up over the last few weeks as I get ready to race in 5 weeks. I wrapped...
Feb 25, 20222 min read
Doubling Down on Testing
25 February 2022 No ... not COVID testing: freestyle race testing! As I hadn't yet done my heart rate test set, and it's been almost 3...
Feb 16, 20222 min read
The early bird gets the (IM) worm
14 February 2022 With seven weeks to go until I try to do a quick taper and see if I can race again, I made a plan to do my 400 IM Test...
Feb 12, 20222 min read
Nada a Dressel, Half a Ledecky (set)
11 February 2022 Noone will ever walk by a weight room and mistake me for Caleb Dressel, not with this massive weightlifting routine I...
Feb 11, 20221 min read
Don't Stop Believin' ...
10 February 2022 ... I can get back in shape. Back at LA Fitness this morning with a different test set, one I believe I haven't done in...
Feb 9, 20222 min read
Once More Unto the Breach
9 February 2022 After I returned home to Ontario from Panama in early January, I came back to another COVID lockdown, with the three...
Dec 6, 20212 min read
Spirits high, but legs not so in rapture
6 December 2021 Long before I had any thoughts of actually getting a chance to compete again, my wife and I booked a Sunday Funday in...
Dec 4, 20212 min read
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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