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…

The recent issue of U.S. Masters Swimming magazine came earlier this week. I always look forward to its arrival with its short articles on training, nutrition, stroke technique and swimming in general. This issue was especially exciting as on the cover it had one of my all time swimmer heros on it–Rowdy Gaines. Rowdy was… Continue reading Both Side of the Lane Line…Swimmer Magazine

2014 was a great year and most certainly from a swimming point of view. My USMS FLOG (fitness log) says I swam 403.44 miles which is basically swimming from Boston to New York City and back (plus a little more). Not bad but there is room for more. 2014 found me swimming with my MIT… Continue reading Ringing out the old…and anticipating the new

With the amount of time I spend at MIT it’s kind of funny that pool #61 is Alumni Pool @ the Wang Fitness Center.  Just before the holidays they close our beloved Z Center pool for its annual maintenance. Our cabal of morning swimmers then migrate a few blocks east to Alumni Pool to fen… Continue reading #61-MIT Alumni Pool, Cambridge, MA

With passing of summer, no new pools and the lack of events their seems to be a bit of a lull in my blogging.  Let me just highlight a couple of things over the last couple of fall months. The last event of the season was Sharkfest Boston in mid-September. It is a 1500 meter… Continue reading A Fall Lull

After my first Paris swim the other day and trying to understand  the apparent chaos involved in French lap swimming I decided to give it a go at another pool. This time I brought witnesses, my friends Rip and Suzie to verify this craziness.   We met at the Piscine Suzanne-Berlioux in the Les Halles.… Continue reading #60-Piscine Suzanne-Berlioux, Les Halles, 1st Arrondissement, Paris

Today I christened a new country for the now ongoing pool project-France! Piscine Pointoise is in the Latin Quartier a very short walk from where we are staying at the Hotel Jeu de Paume on the Ile St. Louis.  The pool opened up at 4:30pm and I showed up 10 minutes before and there was… Continue reading #59-Piscine Pontoise, Latin Quartier 5th Arrondissement, Paris