I'm a about as close to a lifelong, competitive swimmer as one can be; an inveterate list keeper, and avid traveler. In the midst of heavy business travel, I figured out that the novelty of training in new pools served as a great motivator to get out of bed and get in a workout.  This morphed into a list that starts from my 40th birthday, some pictures and then a goal: swim in 1,001 pools before I die.  Someday I might try to go back and figure out all the pools I swam in from age 5 to 39, but, for now, this remains a forward-looking adventure.