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1001 Pools


Pool Review & Racing Prep: Acton Centre (#732)
18 April 2025 My original racing plan for 2025 did not include tapering and shaving for the Ontario Provincial Championships . Racing...
Apr 17, 20252 min read


9 Races, 8 Trains, 3 Lifetime Bests & 2 New Pools (#730 & #731)
13 April 2025 With my wife leaving London in early April for an extended work engagement in Africa, I decided to distract myself from the...
Apr 13, 20254 min read


Pool Review: Killing it at Kildeskovshallen (#729)
13 March 2025 OK. I realize that Kildeskovshallen translates to something like the Spring Forest Pool, but the fine people of Gentofte...
Mar 16, 20253 min read


Race & Pool Report: Cranking in Coventry (#726 & #727)
8 March 2025 I headed up Saturday morning to Coventry* to race at the West Midlands Masters Championships . Naturally, the pool tourist...
Mar 9, 20253 min read


Pool Review: Couldn't Pass up Another Portuguese Pool (#724)
28 February 2025 After the very hard Breakthrough 100s set the day before, my plan on our last Friday in the Algarve was just to enjoy a...
Feb 28, 20251 min read


Pool Review: Slamming in Silves (#723)
27 February 2025 While I was truly quite happy with the pool in Lagoa , happy enough to have had two solid workouts there, I wish I had...
Feb 26, 20252 min read


Pool Review: Lengths in Lagoa (#722)
26 February 2025 En route from Lisbon to Carvoeiro we took as much of the scenic, backroads route as possible, which was great when we...
Feb 26, 20252 min read


Pool Review: Laps in Lisboa (#721)
24 February 2025 My wife and I flew down to Portugal on Saturday to spend the better part of the week in the Algarve with family (who...
Feb 23, 20253 min read


Race Report: Hemel Hempstead (& pools #717 & #718)
23 February 2025 On Saturday the 15th of February, I went up to the 1st Hemel Hempstead Masters meet at the surprisingly fast (at least...
Feb 23, 20254 min read


Slothful in Slough - Pool #716
6 February 2025 I recall traipsing around Slough about twenty years ago and not being impressed. I was managing my company's global work...
Feb 7, 20252 min read
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