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1001 Pools


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 27, 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 25, 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 16, 20222 min read


Capitol Improvements
13 February 2022 I understand now why I didn't know about this fantastic pool just a few miles from the DCA airport ... ... as it, the...
Feb 14, 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 12, 20222 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 11, 20221 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...
Feb 9, 20222 min read


Living my travel & aquatics dream
23 December 2021 Last night over a nice dinner out with my wife, daughters and parents, my second daughter asked the table, "If money...
Dec 24, 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 6, 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...
Dec 4, 20212 min read
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