14-15 June 2026 There are times when you just need a swim, no matter how short, no matter how "un-special" the pool is. Monday morning, June 15th, the last day of my 28-day adventure between Canada and the USA was such a day. I was scheduled to fly back to London that evening from Toronto, but had work calls to do in the morning before flying from EWR Liberty up to YYZ Pearson in the early afternoon. I didn't have time for much - just 1,650 yards - but I wanted a swim to s

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...

25 November 2022 Forget the deals in the stores, I got the best deal around for a pool tourist when I dropped into The Workout Club in...

23 November 2022 A last-minute, temporary hiccup in our plans to spend an extended American Thanksgiving weekend with friends in New...

18 October 2022 The first swim team I ever joined was a summer league team at this pool to the right in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, about...

16 October 2022 My wife and I went down to lovely Ithaca, New York for a weekend getaway. My father had spent part of his boyhood years...

6 October 2022 OK, that's a lame title for a timed 1,500 done in the Leisure Pool of the Long Bridge Aquatic Center, sitting in the...

3 October 2022 In Washington, DC for our "Customer Congress" and am super-happy that the conference hotel is a 10 minute / 10 buck Uber...

4 August 2022 When I entered US Masters Nationals, I wasn't sure if my work would actually allow me time to breakaway to compete on...

9 July 2022 There are some swims that are legendary, swims that were either so far ahead of their time or swims that broke through time...