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1001 Pools


Passport to training
22 September 2021 Ontario's "vaccine passport" requirement to enter most indoor facilities, including gyms/pools, went into effect today;...
Sep 22, 20212 min read


One year later, one second faster
29 August 2021 LA Fitness - Barrie (Cundles location) With swimming ill-advised due to water quality issues at Centennial Beach in...
Aug 29, 20211 min read


A wonderful, athletics-fueled weekend
August 14th to 15th, 2021 Tennis Canada Aviva Centre and Welland Canal This past weekend felt more like the 'good old days' (e.g.,...
Aug 17, 20213 min read


A great place to race, IF ...
25 July 2021 Greensboro, North Carolina I absolutely LOVE the Greensboro Aquatic Center and was delighted to be able to make it to the...
Jul 27, 20212 min read


Why don't we have more pools with retractable roofs?
24 July 2021 Morrisville, North Carolina I'm down finally visiting my family in America and dropped in for a quick swim today at the...
Jul 24, 20211 min read


Pythagoras goes for a swim
22 July 2021 How does one honor both a love of mathematics and a love of swimming? By taking one of the most famous theorems ... trying...
Jul 22, 20211 min read


Aerobically, I've still got it
27 February 2021 After feeling so abysmal in the water on Monday, I swam a drill/"get to know the water" oriented Masters workout on...
Feb 27, 20211 min read


Out for 18%, slower by 20%
22 February 2021 When I jumped into the Sam Cancilla swimming pool at Barrie's Allandale Recreation Centre on Monday morning, I had been...
Feb 23, 20212 min read


The swim'll come out tomorrow...
21 February 2021 Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow There'll be swimming Just thinkin' about tomorrow Clears away the cobwebs and the...
Feb 21, 20212 min read


Polar Bear Plunging into 2021, coast to coast, ocean to lake
1 January 2021 Someday I'll put together a full history of the Brundage Family Polar Bear jumps, but this tradition started back in 2001....
Jan 2, 20212 min read
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