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Training Table: Flashback Friday
24 January 2025 As I was cooling down in Lane 5 this morning, one of the two "fast" lanes during lane swimming sessions at the London...
Jan 242 min read


Training Table: FA(s)T Friday
17 January 2025 While I cannot recommend Hoppers restaurant as performance food when you get their prix fixe feast, it’s some of the...
Jan 172 min read


Training Table: Broken 400 Free Test Set
13 January 2025 I cannot enter a year without setting some goals for my swimming. Not every year's goals are about times and racing. ...
Jan 132 min read


Training Table: Test Set - 3 x 300 (LCM)
1 January 2025 With British Masters' Long Course Nationals being held at the London Aquatic Centre (LAC) in mid-June, I am determined to...
Jan 12 min read


Fun with 1500s (almost)
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...
Dec 9, 20241 min read


Training Table: Olympic Mornings
7 October 2024 While I've got a focus for the next six weeks or so on the USMS Virtual 3,000 yard event , I've already decided that I'll...
Oct 7, 20242 min read


Q4 Virtual Event Training Kickoff
30 September 2024 For many years, US Masters Swimming has run a ‘virtual distance event’ that includes the 3,000 yard freestyle. I’ve...
Oct 2, 20242 min read


My Kind of Main Set
24 September 2024 Since swimming Windermere on August 31st , other than racing a couple of one-day meets this month**, I have been pretty...
Sep 24, 20242 min read


My Longest Workout in ~40 years!
August 18th, 2024 After bonking on last Sunday's attempt at a 12,500-meter workout, I tried to prepare myself this week, through more...
Aug 18, 20242 min read


A Crowd-Free Parisian Paradise? (Pool #693)
1 August 2024 The city of Paris (and Lille, Nanterre, St.-Denis, etc.) put on a fantastic show for the 2024 Olympics. I went to Paris...
Aug 17, 20242 min read
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