top of page
1001 Pools


#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


MEMO to my legs: December's coming ...
... and that means I've got to get in shape for the MEMO (Marcia's Enthusiastic Masters of Oakland) 400 Kick For Time! I first did this...
Nov 8, 20201 min read


The Chlorine Fog Challenge
November 7, 2020 Well, the City of Barrie Aquatic staff must have been reading articles like this ... ... and decided to double, triple,...
Nov 7, 20201 min read


One month, a handful of seconds (3 x 300 Test Set)
6 November 2020 I'll be the first to admit that my month of October was not the greatest training month in the pool. While I got to the...
Nov 6, 20202 min read


Hacking away at my IM pace
18 October 2020 LA Fitness - Barrie - Cundles Short Course Yards Back in 2013, I had the great fortune of doing a 1-1 workout with one of...
Oct 18, 20202 min read


First 3 x 300 Test Set in SCM in Canada
5 October 2020 I had a double treat this morning to kickoff a week's staycation - I got to train with my eldest daughter, Maia, who came...
Oct 5, 20202 min read


Training Table: IM making progress
2 October 2020 Though I typically like to repeat my test sets roughly every 4 weeks, I felt like doing some IM work this morning at the...
Oct 2, 20202 min read


Training Table: Broken Mile
September 27th, 2020 I got into doing a Broken Mile as a relatively routine test set / workout as far back as 2009 when I was back at my...
Sep 27, 20202 min read
Tags
bottom of page