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1001 Pools


Swimmers can't count
Probably the most common question in any swimming workout is this, "How many have we done?" Depending upon the coach, a swimming workout...
Jun 4, 20171 min read


Onward thru the fog!
One of my early posts encouraged swimmers to look beyond the goggles to other cool and useful training equipment, but I was reminded...
Jun 3, 20171 min read


Did you earn your free donut today?
Donuts rank #2 behind ice cream on my personal 'food vice' list. As I've advanced in years, I've both had to cut back on them and do...
Jun 2, 20171 min read


What's the oldest pool you've swum in?
When I was in New England last summer and made a detour over to swim at Dartmouth, I was initially bummed out that their main training...
Jun 2, 20171 min read


Swimming the Sub-Continent
When one thinks of sports in Nepal and India, swimming doesn't jump to the top of the list. Trekking and cricket are much more the...
Mar 10, 20173 min read


Olympic Dreams - Near Misses
In Part One of this series I covered my Olympic Glory - the Olympic pools in which I have successfully swum. This second part, while a...
Feb 10, 20172 min read


Pools on Point: Vancouver
If the definitive history of Canadian competitive swimming is ever written, the 6000 block between University and Student Union...
Jan 28, 20173 min read


Olympic Dreams - Fulfilled
I've got various partial attempts at a 'Bucket List' of pools I need/want to swim in, as well as recommendations from friends strewn...
Jan 10, 20173 min read


Years In Review / Year in Preview
I was a busy little pool tourist in 2016, outpacing all previous years .. ...and putting me well on my way to achieving the 1,001 goal. ...
Jan 3, 20171 min read


Pool crush(es): Julia Morgan's Berkeley Beauties
I fell in love with Julia Morgan back in high school, only I didn't know it at the time. Sometime in the early 80's, I was out in...
Sep 30, 20163 min read
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