New Season, Repeat Testing
26 September 2022 After principally focusing on cycling since USMS Nationals ended on August 7th, I dove back into my local LA Fitness...
1001 Pools
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Lightly Testing
22 August 2022 Following US Masters Long Course Nationals, I entered a period where swimming is taking a backseat to biking as I prepare...
- Apr 22
- 3 min
Bonked on three, cranked to five
22 April 2022 I figured I'd build on yesterday's ambitious goal setting by raising the bar on both intensity and duration for my Friday...
- Apr 12
- 1 min
Trending the test in the right direction
7 April 2022 After my weekend of racing in Houston, I had to race around the USA for work, heading to New York Sunday night through...
- Feb 25
- 2 min
Doubling Down on Testing
25 February 2022 No ... not COVID testing: freestyle race testing! As I hadn't yet done my heart rate test set, and it's been almost 3...
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Once More Unto the Breach
9 February 2022 After I returned home to Ontario from Panama in early January, I came back to another COVID lockdown, with the three...
- Dec 4, 2021
- 2 min
Way more swimsuits than "suit"-suits
3 December 2021 One of the things I've never liked about the working world is wearing suits; they're damn uncomfortable (even the...
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
Reframing the hothouse
9 November 2021 Lately, I've been trying to apply cognitive reframing to certain areas of my life, to see if a simple shift in my...
- Oct 3, 2021
- 1 min
Hopping to some 300s in a fair land
3 October 2021 I love it when fellow swimmers point me in the right direction to a great pool. During my last trip to the greater DC...
- Aug 30, 2021
- 1 min
One year later, one second faster
29 August 2021 LA Fitness - Barrie (Cundles location) With swimming ill-advised due to water quality issues at Centennial Beach in...