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1001 Pools


Two Weeks Out = Pulse Plot
4 December 2022 I should not have been surprised that I couldn't really hit anything like peak speed today. I have not taken a day off...
Dec 4, 20221 min read


Women Beating Men
3 December 2022 I caught a few replays from this week's US Open long course championships, highlight reels featuring Katie Ledecky and...
Dec 3, 20222 min read


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...
Nov 30, 20221 min read


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...
Nov 27, 20222 min read


The Best Black Friday Deal (Pool #557)
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...
Nov 27, 20222 min read


Waking, Walking & Wonderful in Boston (Pool #556)
23 November 2022 A last-minute, temporary hiccup in our plans to spend an extended American Thanksgiving weekend with friends in New...
Nov 26, 20222 min read


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...
Nov 22, 20221 min read


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,...
Nov 21, 20222 min read


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...
Nov 19, 20222 min read


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...
Nov 14, 20221 min read
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