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1001 Pools


Pool #748: Not in Canada
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...
3 days ago2 min read


Testing my Heart & Health (#745)
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...
Aug 62 min read


Pool Review: My Kind of Lifestyle (#744)
27 June 2025 I think more London area fitness facilities should adopt this term - “Lifestyle Club” - over the much more dominant “Leisure...
Jun 271 min read


Flight Delay? Swim Hooray!! (Pool #742)
30 May 2025 Never before has a flight delay brought me so much joy. For our routing from Lilongwe to London, my wife and I had a ~13-hour...
May 293 min read


Aquatic Friends in Africa (Pool #741)
27 May 2025 "I get by with a little help from my (aquatic) friends." No single lyric** could more aptly describe the support I've gotten...
May 272 min read


First African Pool - Lilongwe, Malawi (#740)
25 May 2025 Technically, I have swum in a number of pools in four African different countries - eSwatini (formerly Swaziland), South...
May 252 min read


First Pool in Croatia (#739)
21 May 2025 File this one under the “whining on the yacht” or “mal de vivre” category. I am in Dubrovnik for a work conference staying...
May 201 min read


First Time Racing at London Aquatics Centre
17 May 2025 For all the times I have gone to swim at the London Aquatics Centre. I have never done two things there. I’ve never raced...
May 162 min read


Race Report: Return to Reading
10 May 2025 My first major global professional role that brought me routinely through the UK started in 2002 and, by 2005, we had...
May 103 min read


Race Report: Tenths in Toronto
27 April 2025 I came from away to come back home to race. Well, technically, I came to Toronto to work, but then tacked on a weekend to...
Apr 279 min read
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