4 December 2022 I should not have been surprised that I couldn't really hit anything like peak speed today. I have not taken a day off...

3 December 2022 I caught a few replays from this week's US Open long course championships, highlight reels featuring Katie Ledecky and...

22 November 2022 I've been doing a version of this workout with 5 x 200 straight backstrokes followed by 5 x 200 broken freestyles across...

19 November 2022 After yesterday's "Fail & Bail" workout and an utterly crappy, maybe four hours of sleep last night (thanks to my...

14 November 2022 Our measly, maybe 10cm, first snowfall of the season must have scared away the swimmers as I arrived at my local LA...

13 November 2022 Back in the heyday of the USMS Forums (about a decade starting from the mid-to-late aughts), a vibrant virtual community...

12 November 2022 If there's a North American fitness chain that understands swimmers, it is Life Time. When they opened their first...

10 November 2022 I've needed to essentially make this whole week a taper / rest week to recover from racing four measly events this past...

9 November 2022 I have to remember how much racing takes out of me. I was feeling a bit better this morning, now ~3 days since Sunday's...

8 November 2022 After racing on Sunday and taking Monday largely off exercise aside from a morning gentle hike and some...