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Training Table: IM making progress
2 October 2020 Though I typically like to repeat my test sets roughly every 4 weeks, I felt like doing some IM work this morning at the...
Oct 3, 20202 min read


Training Table: 400 IM Test Set
21 September 2020 As part of my return to pool training, with the distant dream of being able to compete sometime in the...
Sep 21, 20203 min read


Training Table: 3 x 300 return to pool training
September 17th, 2020 It's taken me almost two weeks to feel like I had recovered after the glorious, but apparently hard on my body 10K...
Sep 18, 20201 min read
Training Table: Zippity-doo-dah Friday
I know that I need to build up both my speed and my 'endurance speed,' so I went over to LA Fitness this morning and did my Zipfizz 200s...
Aug 14, 20202 min read


Training Table: Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3
Over this past week, by availability (pools are open), by choice and by weather (thunderstorms), I spent more time swimming indoors in a...
Aug 10, 20204 min read


Training Table: Taking the volume to 11
These days, with the wonders of being 50-something, I don't normally swim more than 3 or 4 days in a row before taking a day out of the...
Dec 3, 20192 min read


Training Table: Not enough progress in 4 months
I jumped into the local LA Fitness 25 yard pool here in beautiful Barrie this morning to re-test my Base Pace: Standard Warmup (1,750...
Dec 2, 20192 min read
Training Table: Unzippy ZipFizz 200s
Third time's a charm to restart tracking my training. I've made a commitment to myself to be in 'old man racing form' by the Masters...
Nov 2, 20192 min read
(Re-)Training Table - How far have I fallen in 8 months>
The move from Arizona to Ontario has been a most excellent adventure in so many ways, but has also been quite all-consuming. While I've...
Aug 2, 20192 min read
Training Table: 3 x 300 Base Freestyle Pace
Thanks to both my Dad (who is still racing in his 70s) and my coaches growing up, I built the habit of maintaining training logs from an...
Nov 23, 20182 min read
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