16 November 2026 I like to race at least once a month, whether I'm ready for it or not. Much as I do enjoy training, racing is a treat, racing is the reward. Racing, whether the result is good or bad, is always an unalloyed good. So, I enter events ... almost always with some measure of ambition ... and then I deal with the body that shows up on the blocks and see what happens. I entered the Charlie Lane Semi-Serious meet in Etobicoke days after finishing the Swim England

2 January 2023 The year I turned 45, 2012, was not just the best year of my Masters' swimming "career" in terms of performance, I'd put...

29 December 2022 Though I made a solid effort at the 400 Kick-For-Time a couple of weeks ago, I felt like my training this fall had...

18 December 2022 It's been over a decade since I last tried tapering for a meet where I switched out my normal mid-to-long distance focus...