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Test sets all the way down For giggles, I’ve been giving each practice a theme. If there was a theme for this week in its entirety, it was “Test sets…

Just a good week Emblematic of my week... hard, but good How often do we fail to appreciate weeks that are simply… good? Like drops of dew sliding along a…

The Assumptions We Make Making assumptions about one another is part of being human, as is crafting a persona that attempts to control the assumptions that others make about us.…

World's Worst Open Water Jokes Joke’s up front today. I feel really good about providing this essential bad joke service to the world (or the 10 people who read my…

The Final Year of English Channel Training Begins! https://youtu.be/MAqV0p8Lf_o And, true to form, I record the video vertically. Good thing I'm better at swimming! How did it go? It feels…

Year 0 I’m initiating my final year of training for the English Channel. Now when people ask when my window is, I can finally say THIS July! Optimism My first…

The Tale of the Charlotte 10K I completed my second 10K race yesterday. What a gorgeous day! It was comical how little I worried about it (none) compared to my…

Had a really good time at Falls Lake yesterday - perfect water temp (69), weather (72), and I got to swim over the course of about 3 hours. Though not…

I did swim at Wrightsville on Saturday the 24th, but I've procrastinated writing this post so long that I've forgotten what I was going to say about it. Yet another…

What a difference 4 degrees makes Had a great day at the beach yesterday. I can't believe how warm it felt. The water was about 63 (up from 59 two…

Reflections on DIY Training Camp I miss the beach, but it is also nice to be home again (with, for instance, properly functioning faucets). I am really, really satisfied with…

WB DIY Training Camp Day 9 58-59 degree water / 49-56 degree air / Wind - yes 1. Yay - I did it!2. It was really funny to be swimming…

WB DIY Training Camp Day 8 It was so nice to have people in the water with me most of the time I swam! The wind was super cold today…

DIY Training Camp Day 7 Well, that was 2 hours I wasn't sure whether I could do. I'm so cold. I had no one to swim with today and the…

DIY Training Camp Day 6 I realized after I went to bed last night that I had forgotten to include my time and distance updates in yesterday's post. If my…

After yesterday's rest day, which also allowed time for some beach exploring and putt putt with grandparents and kids, I felt pretty good. My goal for today was 2 swims…

WB DIY Training Camp Day 3 Well, I've been here 3 days and: My iWatch is no longer functioningMy super duper sunscreen is running outMy buoy brokeMy 10-year-old Body Glide…

Over 5 hours sub-60!!!!!!!!! And it felt great. My arms are pretty sore, but considering that January and February consisted of 1500-yard practices 3x's a week trying to rehabilitate my…

Cold air, cold water, coooooold wind. My lips were non-functional almost immediately. But the rest of me held up really well. Claw hands after maybe 45-55 minutes. Apparently my hypothalamus…

Another good swim yesterday, if shorter than I was looking for. You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you…