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1001 Pools


Broke the Water Break
19 August 2025 9 days! After racing in Manchester , I took a conscious break from swimming. I can’t say that I fully enjoyed this “dry...
Aug 20, 20251 min read


Racing Ugly, But Happy (#746 & #747)
9 August 2025 After I finished my first 400 LCM free of 2025, back at the K2 Crawley meet in mid-January , I wrote ... I still think I...
Aug 10, 20253 min read


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 6, 20252 min read


Pool Review: My Kind of Lifestyle (#744)
27 June 2025 I think more London area fitness facilities should adopt this term - “Lifestyle Club” - over the much more dominant “Leisure...
Jun 27, 20251 min read


Excellent Egham (Pool #743)
25 June 2025 I had a business lunch meeting at a Thames-side hotel in Runnymede today, so I switched up my morning swim plan from the...
Jun 25, 20252 min read


Flight Delay? Swim Hooray!! (Pool #742)
30 May 2025 Never before has a flight delay brought me so much joy. For our routing from Lilongwe to London, my wife and I had a ~13-hour...
May 29, 20253 min read


Aquatic Friends in Africa (Pool #741)
27 May 2025 "I get by with a little help from my (aquatic) friends." No single lyric** could more aptly describe the support I've gotten...
May 27, 20252 min read


First African Pool - Lilongwe, Malawi (#740)
25 May 2025 Technically, I have swum in a number of pools in four African different countries - eSwatini (formerly Swaziland), South...
May 25, 20252 min read


First Pool in Croatia (#739)
21 May 2025 File this one under the “whining on the yacht” or “mal de vivre” category. I am in Dubrovnik for a work conference staying...
May 20, 20251 min read


First Time Racing at London Aquatics Centre
17 May 2025 For all the times I have gone to swim at the London Aquatics Centre. I have never done two things there. I’ve never raced...
May 16, 20252 min read
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