Well…while not totally intended to be a recovery week it was quite likely that. The prior couple of weeks the yardage/mileage had ramped up quite a bit. I had some great pool swims and time in cold open water. Despite a mildly aching left shoulder-it was all good! While I did swim four days this… Continue reading Recovery week…of sorts
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A Good Friend…
We all have friends that we believe will stick with us in thick or thin but it’s not often when you see it in action. In fact this training session it was really going way, way above and beyond! In preparing for the English Channel there have been challenges along the way like trying to… Continue reading A Good Friend…
Memorial Day Challenge
If the kick off to summer is the Memorial Day we kicked it off in a big way. To celebrate my friend Jen and I planned a big workout that ranged from pool swims to open water and back all before 10:15am. We started at Wayland masters with 6:00am practice. It was my first swim… Continue reading Memorial Day Challenge
Minimalism
My good friend Zach is really into the minimalism movement. You know concepts like; less is more, buy one article of clothing and get of rid two and love people/experiences not things. I have even attended a minimalism lecture with him. It’s beginning to rub off on me. When you think about it swimming is… Continue reading Minimalism
To be a Trojan…Is to be an adventurer
To be a Trojan…Is to be an adventurer~Virgil It’s been 1,361 days since I’ve swum in these two pools consecutively. I have swam countless yards and in 56 different pools at home and abroad. The swimming adventures during that time period have been many and memorable. But none quite as memorable as August 21, 2013… Continue reading To be a Trojan…Is to be an adventurer
#92 & a week of opposites
Not sure really where to begin it’s been quite a swimming week! From indoor pools to outdoor pools from chlorine to salt water from coast to coast. It started on Patriots Day under the bubble at the Wayland Town Pool staring at the black line in lane 8. In the short hour I could swim… Continue reading #92 & a week of opposites
#91 St. George’s Prep & SAA Relay Challenge
This is a combo blogpost hitting on two swimming swim related events in the last couple of weeks. The first was a quick hit, pool #89 in Newport, Rhode Island. I was in town for a business meeting. A little work on the World Wide Web let me to St. George’s Prep School a quick… Continue reading #91 St. George’s Prep & SAA Relay Challenge
Cold Water Acclimitazation…Mediterranean Style
Every open water season has to begin with a plunge into somewhat cold water. For me, most of the time that plunge is in Boston Harbor or Walden Pond. This year I fortunate enough that this virgin swim was the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona! Shannon and I were in Barcelona for a clients incentive trip… Continue reading Cold Water Acclimitazation…Mediterranean Style
#89 & #90 Piscinas Con Vista…
Pools with a view Wow-what a productive day for hitting two new pools with great views. I had no idea! The first stop was Club Natacio Atletic de Barceloneta It was short walk down Barceloneta Platja from Hotel Arts. I researched this municipal fitness and aquatic facility before I left home. Little did I know… Continue reading #89 & #90 Piscinas Con Vista…
#87 & #88 Sleepless in Seattle
Shannon, Courtney and I went to the Pacific Northwest for winter break to visit family, friends and a college tour of the University of Washington. After four days of no swimming due to a busy travel schedule and pool closures I was pleasantly sleepless in Seattle with jet lag that helped me get up early… Continue reading #87 & #88 Sleepless in Seattle
Goggle Reflections 