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1001 Pools


Data Geeking on Virtual Racing
11 December 2020 With the completion of my 1500 meter freestyle today, I finished the full lineup of pool events (along with some fun...
Dec 11, 20202 min read


Competition, the fountain of youth
6 December 2020 I was over at my local LA Fitness today, testing my progress on my 400 (yards) Kick For Time, a virtual event that I've...
Dec 6, 20202 min read


A lifetime best ...
3 December 2020 Holly Community Centre - Barrie - 25 meters ... is always easy to do when you do something for the first time! In my 45+...
Dec 3, 20201 min read


USRPT meets ULBST
30 November 2020 LA Fitness - Barrie Cundles Road - 25 yards Ultra-Short Race Pace Training became all the rage a few years ago, spurred...
Nov 30, 20202 min read


ISL-ing the Not-Quite-Nationals Virtual Pool Challenge
Multiple days in November and December City of Barrie's Holly and East Bayfield Community Centres Masters Swimming Ontario has been doing...
Nov 29, 20203 min read


Heart rate test set: slower-higher, faster-lower
24 November 2020 LA Fitness - Barrie Cundles Road - 25 yards It's been about a month since I last did my Dave Salo's Pulse Plot test set...
Nov 25, 20202 min read


Watching Fast Swimmers Makes Me Swim Fast
21 November 2020 LA Fitness - Barrie Cundles Road - 25 yards Anytime over the last few weeks I have done a workout after watching one of...
Nov 23, 20203 min read


#463 - 20 meters in Collingwood
19 November 2020 So desperate am I to swim in new pools, to have some semblance of normalcy again, to add something that approximates...
Nov 19, 20202 min read


Breaking my legs over a mile plus
12 November 2020 I had fun this past Sunday taking my Saturday main set and doing it as a kick-only set, so I figured I'd do the same by...
Nov 13, 20201 min read


#462 - A New, New Pool (Finally!)
11 November 2020 My opportunity to add new pools to my 1001 pool list has been severely hampered by the pandemic. Not that I am...
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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