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
#86-A Good Start
Three new pools in a month! I haven’t done that since October 2015 where I swam in pools in Oregon, Texas and New York. January 2017 had me in two new pools in Massachusetts and pool #86 in Phoenix, Arizona. Business took me to Phoenix which always nice in the New England winters for obvious… Continue reading #86-A Good Start
#85 Narrow lanes…not narrow minded
Oddly, the title of this blog ends up being timely with the presidential inauguration taking place this week. The Wayland Town Pool’s heater is broken so Coach Jen moved practice to Babson College on this Martin Luther King holiday. Yay a new pool! I really wanted to sleep in today but couldn’t pass up the… Continue reading #85 Narrow lanes…not narrow minded
#84 New Year…New Pool
The discovery of a new pool to kick off the new year didn’t take very long. In fact, it only took until day two of 2017! I went with Shannon to her new swanky health club Lifetime Fitness in Framingham. It is on the outskirts of Framingham very close to the Wayland border so it’s… Continue reading #84 New Year…New Pool
2016 The Year in Review
Well…its that time of year to reflect on this years experiences and to look towards the clean slate of the new year. While this is a swimming blog I will keep my commentary mostly focused on swimming related events however I will sprinkle in a couple of personal highlights along the way. Let’s start with… Continue reading 2016 The Year in Review
Ouch!
This was my first week in the water after 13 days-ouch! A very quick scan of my USMS fitness log aka “flog” it appears that this is the longest break I have taken from swimming in over a year and half or likely much longer. To make it particularly challenging this comeback comes after a… Continue reading Ouch!
#83 Easing back in…slowly
Pool #83 was the Canyonview Aquatic Center at the University of San Diego in La Jolla. Yes, back in California again…the third time in six weeks! Maybe we should just move to California…more on that in future blogs. This was the third time I had been in the water and twelve days post the Anacapa… Continue reading #83 Easing back in…slowly
Goggle Reflections 