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1001 Pools


Pool #690 - Piscine des Amiraux (Paris)
27 July 2024 The Swim in Paris plan from the mid-2010 period aimed to: Improve and modernize Parisian swimming pools Create new pools to...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Pool #689 - Parliament Hill Fields Lido (London)
July 14, 2024 I think I lost any Canadian street cred I might have had when I walked onto the deck of the Parliament Hill Fields Lido in...
Jul 15, 20242 min read


Pool #688 - The Centre of Brussels
09 July 2024 I had an exceedingly busy three-day business trip up to Brussels this past week that left very little time to do much in the...
Jul 14, 20243 min read


Disagreeing Finn Tech
8 July 2024 I've heard and read that one needs to use a chest strap to most accurately measure heart rate while swimming. My morning...
Jul 8, 20242 min read


Father's Day: Swim Style
22 June 2024 Coming to Indianapolis to race at the US Masters Swimming National Championships has brought many delights - swimming at my...
Jun 23, 20243 min read


Test Set: Heart Rate Recovery & Memory
June 12, 2024 Windsor Athletic Club (West Windsor Township, New Jersey) I have been doing Dave Salo's "Pulse Plot" test set (see this...
Jun 12, 20242 min read


(Belated) Pool (#670) & Race Review from Guernsey
6 April 2024 I was very slow to “officially” post pool #670 on my #1001Pools quest, the interesting, spacious and aptly beautiful Beau...
Apr 8, 20242 min read


The Quarter Century Goal?
29 March 2024 When I turned forty and somewhat offhandedly set this intention to swim at least 1,001 meters in 1,001 different pools...
Mar 30, 20242 min read


Race Report: Crushed by K2
20 January 2024 A beautiful pool named after the world's second tallest mountain should be inspiring ... ... and it was. But, racing...
Jan 21, 20243 min read


Pool Review (#605): Stepping & turning in Richmond
July 12, 2023 Traveling around pools of the world, you learn what different cultures, countries, and localities really care about. In...
Jan 4, 20242 min read
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