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1001 Pools


Five Days of Rest in Five Pools
17 December 2022 While it is certainly not my preference to have a business trip right before a taper meet, this happens more often than...
Dec 17, 20223 min read


Two Weeks Out = Pulse Plot
4 December 2022 I should not have been surprised that I couldn't really hit anything like peak speed today. I have not taken a day off...
Dec 4, 20221 min read


A percent a week matters
22 November 2022 I've been doing a version of this workout with 5 x 200 straight backstrokes followed by 5 x 200 broken freestyles across...
Nov 22, 20221 min read


Four Week Taper Starts Now
21 November 2022 I almost never get to exactly implement the taper plan I exactly want, but I at least started today on the plan,...
Nov 21, 20222 min read


Empty Pool, Full Arms
14 November 2022 Our measly, maybe 10cm, first snowfall of the season must have scared away the swimmers as I arrived at my local LA...
Nov 14, 20221 min read


Whoop-Ass Wednesday: Broken Mile and 25s Fly
26 October 2022 I had a vision to do a 5,000 (or so) yard workout today, but my original intention was to have this focused only on...
Oct 26, 20222 min read


Long axis, fast effort 200s
25 October 2022 I did a repeat of a workout I had done back in 2015 and re-done recently, only this time on the Broken 200s, I went...
Oct 25, 20222 min read


New Season, Repeat Testing
26 September 2022 After principally focusing on cycling since USMS Nationals ended on August 7th, I dove back into my local LA Fitness...
Sep 28, 20221 min read


Lightly Testing
22 August 2022 Following US Masters Long Course Nationals, I entered a period where swimming is taking a backseat to biking as I prepare...
Aug 22, 20222 min read


Reading the Pulse Tea Leaves
31 July 2022 I do my Pulse Plot set fairly religiously about a week before a taper meet. It's not always perfectly timed and the...
Jul 31, 20221 min read
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