29 August 2021 LA Fitness - Barrie (Cundles location) With swimming ill-advised due to water quality issues at Centennial Beach in Barrie, I took to the pool with the aim of re-setting my Base Pace, with the hope that this will mark the start of a long period of continuous access to pools, an upward spiral of fitness and training intensity, and racing again at some point. I was at LA Fitness in yards, did the 1,750 standard "long" warmup and then swam the 3 x 300 test set on

August 14th to 15th, 2021 Tennis Canada Aviva Centre and Welland Canal This past weekend felt more like the 'good old days' (e.g., pre-pandemic times) than probably any weekend since early March of 2020. I got to watch and witness athletic greatness in person, did a small 'staycation' of sorts in the Golden Horseshoe and capped it off with a solid performance at my first in-person, non-virtual swimming competition of the year. I got a double-dose of athletic greatness while