30 August 2025 My wife went to Paris for the weekend to connect with her (practically) lifelong friend, who happened to be there for a...

27 August 2025 Technically (unless I do some rounding), I didn't cross the 75% achievement hurdle on my #1001Pools goal until I swam in...

25 August 2025 Since Roman times, many people arrive in Bath, England with healing waters on their minds. I was no different when my wife...

23 August 2025 From Bonnie Tsui 's excellent book "On Muscle," I found this rather eccentric 19th-century definition of a pushup, which...

22 August 2025 Of course, it makes sense that the city name Edmonton originated in the UK and not in Canada! However, as I have only...

19 August 2025 9 days! After racing in Manchester , I took a conscious break from swimming. I can’t say that I fully enjoyed this “dry...

9 August 2025 After I finished my first 400 LCM free of 2025, back at the K2 Crawley meet in mid-January , I wrote ... I still think I...

7 August 2025 An old friend was in London on a business trip, so we made plans to meet up for dinner at his hotel, the Leonardo Royal...

6 August 2025 Among serious swimmers and/or the aquatically-obsessed, The Haunts of the Black Masseur and Waterlog have become cult...

4 August 2025 Forget the diving well, the London Aquatics Center 3M depth competition pool is perfect for dolphin  dives!  I start and...