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My 2022 Swim(ify) Wrapped

2 January 2023 Reflecting on the swimming highlights of the year: #1 - Swimming with Family I come from a swimming family, then created a...

The Best Black Friday Deal (Pool #558)

25 November 2022 Forget the deals in the stores, I got the best deal around for a pool tourist when I dropped into The Workout Club in...

Waking, Walking & Wonderful in Boston (Pool #557)

23 November 2022 A last-minute, temporary hiccup in our plans to spend an extended American Thanksgiving weekend with friends in New...

Life Time Love & The Virtual 3,000 (Pool #556)

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

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...

Yeah - LA Fitness Pool Heater Still Broken

7 October 2022 I was pleasantly surprised to find that my local LA Fitness still has not fixed their pool heater, so I was able to swim...

A Pentagon of 300s

6 October 2022 OK, that's a lame title for a timed 1,500 done in the Leisure Pool of the Long Bridge Aquatic Center, sitting in the...

Stumbling into history: Marshall Street Leisure Centre (London) - Pool #546

2 October 2022 On the way back from Italy recently, my wife and I stopped over in London to visit Maia, our oldest daughter who now lives...

Piccolo Piscina - #545

26 September 2022 My wife and I returned home last night (though Air France decided our luggage should stay in London) from a bit more...

Flowerpots & Dolphins

21 August 2022 I just came back from the most idyllic camping experience I have ever had on Ontario's FlowerPot Island. Technically, this...

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