28 July 2026 I had written a post last fall after I was particularly chuffed with my race execution and splits on a 200 fly I swam at Millfield School, where my 50 splits as a percentage of total time worked out to: 22.9% 25.8% 25.7% 25.5% I was reminded of how beautiful a perfectly executed 200 fly can be as I watched Lewis Clareburt control his pace, be comfortable in his strategy, bide his time and appear to storm home the last 50 to win the 200 fly at last night's Comm

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...

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...

18 April 2025 My original racing plan for 2025 did not include tapering and shaving for the Ontario Provincial Championships . Racing...

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...

7 February 2025 I really love the concept of test sets, sets that one does exactly the same way over & over again to track progress. I...

27 January 2025 Part of keeping my commitment to train for the 400 long course freestyle this year means repeating my 3 x 300 test set...

1 January 2025 With British Masters' Long Course Nationals being held at the London Aquatic Centre (LAC) in mid-June, I am determined to...

20 December 2024 I think I'll get a lot more takers on this fun main set versus the last set I posted ;) I first did the MEMO (Marcia's...

9 December 2024 I first created and did this workout in SCM back in August of 2009. The intervals were faster back then, but I do like...