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1001 Pools


Reaching the summit after 13 years
One of the many joys of being a parent has been spending time in a wide variety of activities with my three daughters, either...
Dec 29, 20172 min read


A gift for a swimming data geek
My oldest daughter combined four of the things I love in the world - swimming, maps, music and data-geekiness - into a most excellent...
Dec 26, 20171 min read


Vegas mileage & pool run
Probably the best airline frequent flyer benefit, at least for domestic travel, is Southwest Airlines' Companion Pass, which allows a...
Dec 17, 20173 min read


Never too old to learn
Somehow I managed to get myself installed as the Chair of the Arizona Local Masters Swimming Committee (LMSC) this year* and, thanks to...
Oct 29, 20172 min read


What's the MVP?
Traveling to the east coast this week for company strategy meetings had me involved in a lot of discussions around what our Minimally...
Oct 14, 20172 min read


Beyond the Goggles: Swimnerds
I have done the odd crowdfunding campaign over the years, almost always swimming-related. My best one to date (and still highly...
Sep 4, 20172 min read


Could I be done in 12 years?
If you were to ask me how hard I trained over the last twelve months, I'd tell you it's been the lamest period of effort since I returned...
Sep 3, 20171 min read


Stepcount Tri-Meet
Continuing my adventures in counting steps, one day this week I strapped on three different devices to compare step counts: My iPhone SE...
Jun 15, 20172 min read


Harvard and London 2012 - LA style
Sometimes it takes a little extra sleuthing to find new pools and a way into them, but the return is always worth the effort. I like to...
Jun 14, 20171 min read


Always be learning
Someday, with my incessant quest to enumerate things, I'll go through my pool list and create a parallel list (or at least count) of the...
Jun 13, 20171 min read
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