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1001 Pools


The Dean of DC
19 November 2021 I had grand ambitions during this past week of business travel to get over to a couple of workouts with a great Masters...
Nov 20, 20212 min read


Now that's the way you pepper a steak
17 November 2021 Though I had grand plans to go to an evening Masters workout on Tuesday at a new pool in the greater DC area ... I again...
Nov 17, 20213 min read


A rarity in LA-LA land
14 November 2021 I flew into DCA mid-afternoon today ahead of about a week of meetings at the company HQ, but wanted to grab a swim (and...
Nov 14, 20212 min read


One month 'till race time
13 November 2021 While I did make a paltry attempt to race in a pool event this summer, the last time I raced with some actual training...
Nov 13, 20213 min read


Reframing the hothouse
9 November 2021 Lately, I've been trying to apply cognitive reframing to certain areas of my life, to see if a simple shift in my...
Nov 9, 20212 min read


Time traveling 100s
5 November 2021 I had been dragging lately in my workouts, then got waylaid over the last week by a massive pain in my neck that seemed...
Nov 6, 20211 min read


Throwback challenge set
17 October 2021 Looking back again to 2011, I found a set that my eldest daughter, Maia, had given me ahead of a business trip I had done...
Oct 17, 20211 min read


10 years and 2 days = 6% decline
16 October 2021 With what appears to be a commitment (& success!) in Ontario to keeping our fitness facilities open, I'm getting...
Oct 17, 20212 min read


Hacking of (not quite) Olympic proportions
5 October 2021 Though not quite as grand a setting as some of the pools I've swum at over the week, the Arundel Olympic Swim Center was...
Oct 5, 20212 min read


Hopping to some 300s in a fair land
3 October 2021 I love it when fellow swimmers point me in the right direction to a great pool. During my last trip to the greater DC...
Oct 3, 20211 min read
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