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On Travel Swimming | 10 mile swim
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It isn't far to swim when you have friends waiting at the end. January 5, 2015. I love my pool. It’s not perfect. It’s not even close to perfect. But it’s my pool, and, you should be true to your pool, just like you would to your girl or guy. Nonetheless, sometimes a person needs to go somewhere, and that means travel swimming. I mean, you could take a break from swimming when you travel. But you don’t stop eating just because you leave town, right? The Hitchhiker’s Guide. With some preparation, you can ...
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How to Swim Ten Miles Again: Swim the Suck 2015 Race Report | 10 mile swim
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It isn't far to swim when you have friends waiting at the end. How to Swim Ten Miles Again: Swim the Suck 2015 Race Report. October 14, 2015. Here are my two main thoughts about Swim the Suck. 8221; I came in at 3:35:35, ten minutes ahead of the average time that day and much faster than I expected. Me in the foreground, beautiful mountains behind. Swim the Suck, October 2015. Photo by M the kayaker. I loved all ten miles of Swim the Suck, and I loved all ten miles of the Lake Minnetonka swim. This is Ba...
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On Hunger | 10 mile swim
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It isn't far to swim when you have friends waiting at the end. April 9, 2016. I’m hungry. Not in a metaphorical, Beowulfian,. Sense — I’m not eager for fame. I am eager for food. I’m hungry. It’s the swimming that does it. Hunger is an established side effect of swimming. Discussions of the phenomenon tend to focus on how to deal with the hunger (a typical example: Why Am I Always Hungry after Swimming? But I know how to deal with hunger. I eat. Of such an article.) I’m all in favor of drinking...I’...
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Race Report: Swim the Suck 2016 | 10 mile swim
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It isn't far to swim when you have friends waiting at the end. Race Report: Swim the Suck 2016. December 26, 2016. In October 2015, I swam Swim the Suck. A ten-mile race down the Tennessee River, in about three and a half hours. In October 2016, I swam the same race, same course, in about four and a half hours. There are two ways to think about the difference:. Option 1: Swim the Suck 2016 was hard. Conditions were rough. I had to swim almost an hour longer! Second, I had my intrepid kayaker M with me...
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How to Swim When Your Pool Is Closed | 10 mile swim
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It isn't far to swim when you have friends waiting at the end. How to Swim When Your Pool Is Closed. October 30, 2015. This Monday, however, after I walked across campus to the pool, I encountered this sign. This is a bad sign. My photo. Oct 2015. But swimming is not an optional activity. Every day I heat up leftovers in the office microwave and eat them for lunch; if the microwave broke, would I stop eating lunch? Of course not. I’d figure out another way. And I’m not going to mess around. I c...But you...
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MJM | 10 mile swim
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It isn't far to swim when you have friends waiting at the end. December 31, 2016. How to Swim 500 Miles a Year. On the other hand, my life is not simple. I have a full-time job, two kids, a dog, and regular volunteer commitments. I have things going on. I’m sure you do too. So how do you get to 500 miles a year? 1) Put swimming on the schedule, and make it mandatory. Put swimming on the schedule, and make it mandatory. 2) Make alternative plans. Sometimes (heaven help me) I have to go to a lunch meeting&...
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Race Report: 2016 Lowcountry Splash | 10 mile swim
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It isn't far to swim when you have friends waiting at the end. Race Report: 2016 Lowcountry Splash. June 11, 2016. Halfway into the 2016 Lowcountry Splash. I was already done. I was being tossed around like an old teddy bear in a front-load washer. I wanted out. This is why you can’t spend too much time worrying about your PR. 2016 was slow.). So what do you do when you’re getting the stuffing knocked out of you and you still have two and a half miles to go? After the swim, I found my friend K, who looke...
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Where I’ve Been: Kitsilano Beach Pool, Vancouver | 10 mile swim
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It isn't far to swim when you have friends waiting at the end. Where I’ve Been: Kitsilano Beach Pool, Vancouver. August 10, 2015. I don’t believe in bucket lists, those lists of things to do and places to go before you die. I don’t want to live my life like a trip to the grocery store, crossing off items as I throw them in the cart: milk. But I do look around for beautiful places to swim and think about how I could get to them, and this summer I swam at one of those places: Kitsilano Beach Pool. It’...
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How to Swim 500 Miles a Year | 10 mile swim
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It isn't far to swim when you have friends waiting at the end. How to Swim 500 Miles a Year. December 31, 2016. On the other hand, my life is not simple. I have a full-time job, two kids, a dog, and regular volunteer commitments. I have things going on. I’m sure you do too. So how do you get to 500 miles a year? 1) Put swimming on the schedule, and make it mandatory. Put swimming on the schedule, and make it mandatory. 2) Make alternative plans. Sometimes (heaven help me) I have to go to a lunch meeting&...
