June - 2022

Richmond Double Riff

25 June 2022 With my planned open water race cancelled for Sunday due to high e coli levels, instead of taking today off, I decided to...

Small riff on a riff

22 June 2022 I had written up this workout, a riff on a workout from 2012, and had intended to do it last Thursday, but my workout got...

The sea was angry, the race was FUN!

19 June 2022 The red flags were up, the sea was "sporty" with the waves breaking big and strong, but the with Virginia Beach Lifeguard...

3rd Time For a 1st Try With a Magic 5

14 June 2022 Though I have always ended up quite quickly returning to my beloved Speedo Vanquisher goggles, if there's one piece of...

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...

Racing Days Are Here (soon) Again

13 June 2022 After last week's monster volume (for me)., I am taking today off training other than light yoga as I look ahead to a fun...

Biggest volume week since January 2016

12 June 2022 I wrapped up this week with my 400 IM Test Set, the first time I've done it completely in a bit over 6 weeks. More...

Drawing Triangles in the Lake

10 June 2022 My #swim #goal this morning was to make a right triangle, with two 1,000 meter legs and to see how close I could come to...

The family that swims together ...

9 June 2022 ... stays together, even if they are far apart and only virtually swimming together. I come from a swimming family. My...

2% decline in 10+ years ... not bad

7 June 2022 Just like yesterday's 5,000 yard workout, I looked back to early 2012, January 7th to be exact, to repeat an old school...

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