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  • Welcome to the epic quest to swim 1000 metres in 1000 pools
    • 5 reasons swimming is awesome
    • FAQs
    • Pools and wildlife
    • Progress v Target
      • The History of the Quest
    • The Not Top 5 pools
    • The Pool Maps
      • USA – State by State
    • Top 5 unconquered pools
    • What exactly is – and is not – a pool?
    • The Swimming Blog – pool by magnificent pool
    • My Top 5 pools (so far)

July 2017

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2016 – The Year in Review (albeit quite late)

Swimming blogBy adminJuly 28, 2017Leave a comment

2016 was the best pool-conquering year since this Great Challenge began over 20 years ago. 37 new pool scalps hanging from my Speedos, 13 ahead of target. Indeed, so quickly did they fall that at one point the dizzying, tantalising thought entered my head: could I possibly reach 48 pools in one year, ie double…

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