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The Right Temperature (for now)

1 October 2022 The heater at my local LA Fitness is kind of on the fritz right now, which is causing consternation amongst the floater -...

Friday Build-an-IM

30 September 2022 I cribbed this workout back in 2011 from my oldest daughter, but, whereas she went through this repetition a massive...

All-in-one rotational flow

28 September 2022 I want to get in a better habit of documenting my workouts, though I'm a day late in posting yesterday's all-in-one...

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...

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...

Rest Easy

2 August 2022 I figured I would do about 1,500 yards today and just do efforts that seemed appropriate for where my body is and what...

Smooth as Coconut Water

1 August 2022 My wife and I got treated to dinner out with our second daughter this past Saturday night at a funky Jamaican-Chinese...

Reading the Pulse Tea Leaves

31 July 2022 I do my Pulse Plot set fairly religiously about a week before a taper meet. It's not always perfectly timed and the...

Hacking Away at My Taper

28 July 2022 I'm entered in US Masters Long Course Nationals next week, with my first event being the 50 fly on Thursday, August 4th. ...

Richmond Double Riff

25 June 2022 With my planned open water race cancelled for Sunday due to high e coli levels, instead of taking today off, I decided to...

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