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1001 Pools


Testing my Heart & Health (#745)
7 August 2025 An old friend was in London on a business trip, so we made plans to meet up for dinner at his hotel, the Leonardo Royal...
Aug 62 min read


Five Days of Rest in Five Pools
17 December 2022 While it is certainly not my preference to have a business trip right before a taper meet, this happens more often than...
Dec 17, 20223 min read


Two Weeks Out = Pulse Plot
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...
Dec 4, 20221 min read


Heart & Rating Ithaca
16 October 2022 My wife and I went down to lovely Ithaca, New York for a weekend getaway. My father had spent part of his boyhood years...
Oct 16, 20222 min read


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...
Jul 31, 20221 min read


Pulse Plot Progress
30 April 2022 Today's workout was a reminder that how you feel in the water doesn't always dictate how you perform. While I did manage...
Apr 30, 20221 min read


Everybody's got a hungry (for oxygen) heart
15 April 2022 With apologies to Bruce Got a wife and kid near Barrie, Jack I went out for a swim and I had to come back... ... Don't make...
Apr 15, 20223 min read


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 25, 20222 min read
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