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...
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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...
Nov 22, 20221 min read
A percent a week matters
22 November 2022 I've been doing a version of this workout with 5 x 200 straight backstrokes followed by 5 x 200 broken freestyles across...
Nov 22, 20222 min read
Four Week Taper Starts Now
21 November 2022 I almost never get to exactly implement the taper plan I exactly want, but I at least started today on the plan,...
Nov 19, 20222 min read
Who's your Chlorine Daddy?
19 November 2022 After yesterday's "Fail & Bail" workout and an utterly crappy, maybe four hours of sleep last night (thanks to my...
Nov 14, 20221 min read
Empty Pool, Full Arms
14 November 2022 Our measly, maybe 10cm, first snowfall of the season must have scared away the swimmers as I arrived at my local LA...
Nov 13, 20222 min read
Aquageek & Chlorine Daddy Write My Workout
13 November 2022 Back in the heyday of the USMS Forums (about a decade starting from the mid-to-late aughts), a vibrant virtual community...
Nov 12, 20223 min read
Life Time Love & The Virtual 3,000 (Pool #555)
12 November 2022 If there's a North American fitness chain that understands swimmers, it is Life Time. When they opened their first...
Nov 10, 20221 min read
Legs On Track, D-Race Tomorrow
10 November 2022 I've needed to essentially make this whole week a taper / rest week to recover from racing four measly events this past...
Nov 10, 20221 min read
Recovering for the 3K
9 November 2022 I have to remember how much racing takes out of me. I was feeling a bit better this morning, now ~3 days since Sunday's...
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