On September 14, I competed in a 2 K race in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. This was the third time I competed in a swim in Miramar. The race started at 6:30 at the Pearl Farm in Guaymas. The race directors...
We vacationed in Solana Beach the week before the La Jolla Cove Swim. I’d signed up to swim the 1-mile race more than a month earlier. The week started off sketchy with me attempting to join a group of Del...
If you’re growing bored with your daily workouts, you have options. You can start cross-training so that you work different workouts on different days. The benefit of this is that you are varying the muscle groups you use, which reduces...
Occasionally in the past, I’ve had vague disturbing thoughts of reaching such an advanced age that I’d be sent to an elder care center where swimming would no longer be available to me. What would life be like, I wondered?...
Most Masters swimmers prefer water training over land-based activity. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 crisis required many swimmers to hang up their swimsuits and find new training alternatives. Research shows that land-based activities can help maintain bone density and muscle mass and...
A feature I authored was recently published on the U.S. Masters Swimming web site. “Want to Swim? Try the Above Ground Swimming Pool Ideas.” Because of the COVID-19 crisis, photos not already on the server could not be uploaded with...