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Remembering swimming
In retrospect, my wide eyes from my late February swim capture the emotions I feel now, as we all deal with life shut down,...
Mar 22, 20201 min read


Race Report: All-Out Swim
While I can almost always wish I had swum faster, I had a pretty perfect day at the Downtown Swim Club's All-Out Swim meet, hosted long...
Feb 8, 20202 min read
Training Table: On the right track
I had a very solid month of training in January, at least in terms of consistency of being in the water and swim volume/effort. There...
Feb 3, 20202 min read
Training Table: 400 IM Test Set
The long slog to get back into shape continues and I finally felt just good enough in the water to even attempt my 400 IM Test Set, a...
Jan 26, 20203 min read


Training Table: Taking the volume to 11
These days, with the wonders of being 50-something, I don't normally swim more than 3 or 4 days in a row before taking a day out of the...
Dec 3, 20192 min read


Training Table: Not enough progress in 4 months
I jumped into the local LA Fitness 25 yard pool here in beautiful Barrie this morning to re-test my Base Pace: Standard Warmup (1,750...
Dec 2, 20192 min read


Race Report: (Not so) Fast & (definitely not) Furious
I'm about three weeks late posting anything about my first swim meet of the 2019-2020 short course metres season, but I want to chart my...
Dec 2, 20192 min read


I saw the signs
Aside from getting in my actual swim in the morning when I'm traveling, my next favorite part of the experience is walking to a pool,...
Nov 8, 20191 min read
Training Table: IM channeling Abrahams & Hackett
Way back in March of 2013, I had the pleasure of swimming a 1-1 workout with Rich Abrahams, one of the world's greatest swimmers, a guy...
Nov 3, 20193 min read
Training Table: Unzippy ZipFizz 200s
Third time's a charm to restart tracking my training. I've made a commitment to myself to be in 'old man racing form' by the Masters...
Nov 2, 20192 min read
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