Not all the universities in the Pac12 have swim teams (my alamater being one) and likely not all of them have beautiful aquatic complexes. After my swim today at pool #94 I thought why not hit all the pools at the Pac12 schools? If they don’t have a swim team they certainly must have a… Continue reading #94~Pac12 Pool Challenge
San Francisco Cold Water Training Camp
The final push and apex of my English Channel training was a weekend in San Francisco. It was a camp organized by Chloe McCardel and Dan Simonelli for myself and three others; two Texans and a Belgian who are swimming the Channel in September. It was a intense packed weekend designed to maximize our time… Continue reading San Francisco Cold Water Training Camp
#93 Keeping it weird-part deux
It was back to keeping it weird in Austin, Texas. The last time I was in Austin was pool #71 (Barton Springs) in the fall of 2015. This time it was in the middle of the summer with blazing hot temps for our sales meeting. Shannon and I made it a long weekend to enjoy… Continue reading #93 Keeping it weird-part deux
Miles and miles
These days when I speak of putting in the miles I tend to think about swimming. Generally, that is true but over the 4th of July weekend it wasn’t only miles in the water but a lot of miles in the car too. It started with a trip to JFK airport so Courtney could meet… Continue reading Miles and miles
Recovery week…of sorts
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
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
Goggle Reflections 