Five Days of Rest in Five Pools
17 December 2022 While it is certainly not my preference to have a business trip right before a taper meet, this happens more often than...
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1001 Pools
Nov 27, 20222 min read
The Best Black Friday Deal (Pool #557)
25 November 2022 Forget the deals in the stores, I got the best deal around for a pool tourist when I dropped into The Workout Club in...
Nov 26, 20222 min read
Waking, Walking & Wonderful in Boston (Pool #556)
23 November 2022 A last-minute, temporary hiccup in our plans to spend an extended American Thanksgiving weekend with friends in New...
Oct 19, 20222 min read
Going long in Upper Marlboro
18 October 2022 The first swim team I ever joined was a summer league team at this pool to the right in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, about...
Oct 16, 20222 min read
Heart & Rating Ithaca
16 October 2022 My wife and I went down to lovely Ithaca, New York for a weekend getaway. My father had spent part of his boyhood years...
Oct 7, 20221 min read
A Pentagon of 300s
6 October 2022 OK, that's a lame title for a timed 1,500 done in the Leisure Pool of the Long Bridge Aquatic Center, sitting in the...
Oct 3, 20221 min read
A Capitol Morning Swim
3 October 2022 In Washington, DC for our "Customer Congress" and am super-happy that the conference hotel is a 10 minute / 10 buck Uber...
Aug 5, 20222 min read
Race Day #1: Should've Fully Shaved?
4 August 2022 When I entered US Masters Nationals, I wasn't sure if my work would actually allow me time to breakaway to compete on...
Jul 9, 20223 min read
The Incomparable Mary T Meagher (Pool #523)
9 July 2022 There are some swims that are legendary, swims that were either so far ahead of their time or swims that broke through time...
Jun 17, 20221 min read
Repair and Rain Delays
16 June 2022 Whenever I come to my company's HQ in Bowie, Maryland, I like to stay at a basic Marriott Springhill Suites which has a...
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