November - 2022

Last Day to be a Brute

30 November 2022 As the Davis Aquatic Masters Brute Squad virtual event closed today, I left myself no choice but to hit my local LA...

A Lite Brute for a Sunday

27 November 2022 I took Saturday off from training to travel back home from New Hampshire/Boston with a plan to do my official "race" for...

The Best Black Friday Deal (Pool #558)

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...

Waking, Walking & Wonderful in Boston (Pool #557)

23 November 2022 A last-minute, temporary hiccup in our plans to spend an extended American Thanksgiving weekend with friends in New...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Life Time Love & The Virtual 3,000 (Pool #556)

12 November 2022 If there's a North American fitness chain that understands swimmers, it is Life Time. When they opened their first...

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