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  • Gene Simmons’ birthday – a bloody tale, 40 years in the making.
  • Origin Story
  • Singapore Sensation – the jaw-dropping Marina Bay Sands
  • Welcome to the epic quest to swim 1000 metres in 1000 pools
    • 5 reasons swimming is awesome
    • FAQs
    • Ocean swim #1 – trust me, it ain’t nothing like the pool
    • Pools and wildlife
    • Progress v Target
      • The History of the Quest
    • The Maps
    • The Not Top 5 pools
    • Top 5 unconquered pools
    • USA – State by State
    • What exactly is – and is not – a pool?
    • Olympic Venues
    • The Swimming – pool by magnificent pool
    • My Top 5 pools (so far)

July 2014

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USA pools #342 – #346 (Toronto, Detroit, Toledo, South Bend, Chicago)

Swimming blogBy adminJuly 28, 2014Leave a comment

Part 1 of our Great American Roadtrip for 2014 began in Albany, New York, then swung north to Toronto, then west through Detroit to Chicago. And there were pools every step of the way. #342 – Gus Ryder, Sunnyside, Toronto, Canada My first Canadian pool and it’s a beauty. Gus Ryder is nestled between the Queen Elizabeth…

USA pools #336 – $341 (Chevy Chase Maryland, Harlem NYC, Rhode Island, Arizona, Nevada, Dodge NYC)

Swimming blogBy adminJuly 4, 2014Leave a comment

#336 – Chevy Chase YMCA, Maryland There are 50 states in America – everyone knows that. But on my previous visit to Washington, I swam a pool. Good for you, I hear you say. But this pool was in DC, i.e. the District of Columbia which really isn’t in any state. It was carved out of…

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