Author: gogglereflections

While the month of May didn’t find me in any interesting new pools or locales it kicked off the long course and open water swimming seasons. The big excitement at the MIT pool was that it converted from short course yards to long course meters for the summer. The first couple of practices are a… Continue reading Long Course & Open Water Season Begins

Wow-what a great way to end Spring Break 2015!  We had a quick trip to San Francisco after Yosemite before heading home. Lunch at the Ferry Building, a tour around the old haunts on Russian Hill and Chestnut Street capped off by dinner at Trattoria Contadina and a walk through North Beach.   With less… Continue reading I Left My Heart…in Aquatic Park*

Such an awesome week!!! I was able to hit three outdoor pools (in three legendary swimming counties) and an open water swim in Southern California and see some dear old friends to boot-all in three days. #65 Laguna Beach Community Pool: Went back to the old stomping grounds of Laguna Beach and swam in the… Continue reading #65 Orange County, #66 Los Angeles County, #67 San Diego County

It’s not too often in sport you can say, “I participated in the first ever…”. Yesterday, I had the chance to swim in the inaugural Swim Around Lido Key swim (7 miles) in Sarasota, Florida.  The beaches are beautiful white sand and turquoise blue warm waters. I stayed with my old friend and former boss,Bob… Continue reading Swim Around Lido Key & Pool #64 Lido Beach Pool

This past week Shannon and I had a much welcomed respite from the long New England winter and went to the Dominican Republic.  We stayed at a great resort called Casa de Campo on the southeast coast. It’s a huge resort and community with horseback riding, polo, golf, a marina, fine dining and of course… Continue reading Dominican Republic Lap Swimming

This week I celebrated with two birthday swims both in excess of 5,000 yards. My friend, Big Daddy Carmen and I share the same birthdate March 10th. I am however a couple of years older and wiser. On Tuesday, March 10th BD was traveling so I was solo. I got in a bit early, swam… Continue reading Birtdhay Celebration Swims

Pool #63 brings me back to Westport, CT. The last time I pool swam in Westport was 11/23/2013 (see pool #47 blogpost). After many, many years the newYMCA was opened in the fall of 2014.  The building of a new Y was the subject of much talk when we live in Westport from 2000-2005 and… Continue reading #63 The New Westport YMCA, Westport, CT

Wow-what a week for swimming in Massachusetts! First, with scuttled winter vacation plans I needed to keep things interesting so I set a goal to swim 38,000 yards in five days. The goal was to swim 10,000 yards on, Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 4,000 yards on Tuesday and Thursday.  I did it-a bit sore… Continue reading A Big Swim Week

With over 60 inches of snow in Boston and the pool at MIT’s Z-Center closed for several days due to snow with more on its way it was time to get out of town to find a pool somewhere.  Who would have thought I would have to find swimming refuge at a pool in Milwaukee?… Continue reading #62-Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI @ David Straz Tower

Well the end of January is sure going out with a bang. January always brings the One Hour Postal Swim.  The One Hour Postal swim is a USMS organized event where masters swim clubs across the country encourage team members to see how far they can swim in one hour.  The total yardage is added… Continue reading Of One Hour Swims, Blizzards & Things…