Skip to content

Standard Reader

Tag

Swimming

Articles and publications tagged Swimming across the Atmosphere.

16articles7publications

Articles

Publications

Henrique Dias

Henrique DiasOct 15, 2026

Getting My Last Swimming Diploma

Today was the day: I got my National Swimming Diploma C, the last of the three diplomas to reach the national swimming safety norms in The Netherlands. It's been an incredible journey, and I'm very curious about what's going to come from this.

Barry Frost - Weeknotes

Barry Frost - WeeknotesOct 12, 2026

🥅 Week 268 - Goals

I waved off my wife this weekend as she tackled the Commando Series 6K race in Kent. Before leaving, she cursed her previous willingness to sign up, but she completed the course and her team all seemed to enjoy trekking through rivers and mud. No, I will not be joining them next

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 10, 2026

#oneaday Day 825: Today is quiet

It's been a quiet day today, as we intended. Andie has been feeling a bit under the weather, so she has been taking it easy (she is napping as I type this), but I decided I'd go out and have a swim by myself earlier. It was a good time; I continuously swam (very slowly...

center parcsexercise

Henrique Dias

Henrique DiasJul 17, 2026

Completing the Zwem4daagse

A few hours ago, I completed my first edition of the Zwem4daagse, which is a yearly even here in The Netherlands where you swim a certain distance for four days. After swimming 500 meters four days, I am now a proud owner of a cute little medal!

Henrique Dias

Henrique DiasJul 9, 2026

Swimming, Second Diploma, and Summer

Today I had my last swimming lesson before the summer break. Since I haven't given any update on my swimming since the end of April, this felt like the perfect natural moment to do so. It's been so much fun!

Henrique Dias

Henrique DiasApr 21, 2026

Getting My First Swimming Diploma

My updates about swimming keep aging fast, and that's a good sign. Last month, I mentioned I was finally having lessons at the deep end of the pool, and how it was being a blast. So much happened the past three weeks though!

Henrique Dias

Henrique DiasMar 31, 2026

Swimming On The Deep End

My update about swimming late last month aged very fast. Two weeks after, I got moved up to level 5, which means that all of my lessons are now fully on the deep side of the swimming pool. It's going well and I enjoy it a lot. Once I get the Diploma A, I'll be allowed to go swimming laps at the swimming pool.

Henrique Dias

Henrique DiasFeb 24, 2026

Swimming Lessons Check-in

A few weeks ago, I wrote about finally starting swimming lessons. Almost two months in, I thought it'd be nice to write a small check-in on how it's going. If I had to summarize the past few weeks, it'd be simple: I'm loving it!

Henrique Dias

Henrique DiasJan 16, 2026

Back Into The Swimming Pool

It feels good to be back in a swimming pool. After a lot of hiccups in the process of starting the swimming lessons, I finally had my first one last week, and yesterday my second one. It's been quite a blast.

Given to Tri

Given to TriMay 28, 2025

I needed a way to track my Endless Pool workouts, so I built one

I mentioned this briefly in my race report about this year's Ironman 70.3 St. George, but for the past few weeks I've been swimming in an Endless Pool, since the Teton County Rec Center's lap pool remains, alas, closed for the foreseeable future. It's been an effective training tool, but one of the annoying things about it is that it's hard to track my workouts---there are no "laps," so all I can do is time-based sets, and even then, I have trouble keeping track in my head of how many sets I've done, at what pace, and for how long. So, I built myself a little tool to do this: I call it SwimSetter, and it's a simple web app to keep track of my sets in the Endless Pool. Using it is easy: Just bring your phone to the pool in a waterproof case, leave it on the side, open the app, set a timer or a stopwatch on your watch, and then just swim. Whenever you stop for a rest, enter how long your last set lasted and at what pace it was, and repeat until you're done with your workout. The app will add up your total time, distance, and average pace, which you can then enter into a workout log or a manual Strava activity or wherever you want. It's a very simple tool that answers a very simple question for me: "Have I swam enough today?" But it might be useful to you too, so here it is.

Henrique Dias

Henrique DiasSep 9, 2024

Fear of Deep Water

Swimming. An activity that can be very relaxing, and, at the same time, straining and very good for your body. Since I was a kid, I’ve always had a complicated relationship with swimming. I enjoy the process of swimming, and I can swim, but as soon as the body of water is deeper than my height, it’s a hard no-go.

fearsreflections

Charles HarriesJul 9, 2023

Weeknotes 2 July

A busier week than usual: a spa day, a cold, a trip to Scotland, a dip in a reservoir, a walk up Worm Hill.

PolmoodScotland

Charles HarriesMay 17, 2023

On swimming laps in a pool for the first time in like, a decade at least.

SwimmingTriathlon

really.lolOct 11, 2021

Eating and swimming

Running’s been difficult lately, but swimming in the ponds is getting better each week. It’s cold enough now that it burns your skin all over when you get in. It’s cold enough that when you feel the cold on your legs as you step down the ladder you think, “not everybody would do this”. Very self-satisfied of me. When the burning fades off, this sudden feeling of wellbeing washes over.…

really.lolOct 8, 2021

Museums of Oxford

It’s getting darker and colder, but so far I don’t mind. Like I said before, I’m [cooking a lot][1] of satisfying food. It’s still warm enough to [get into the Hampstead Heath ponds][2] every Saturday morning. The crowd there is thinning out and there’s now a pleasing corps of batty and rich ladies of a certain age who we’re starting to see on a regular basis. I’m doing more in…

anthropologycooking

really.lolAug 24, 2020

I’ve grown up with a Pavlovian connection between swimming pools and chocolate bars. When I was a kid I was often taken to the local swimming baths and would stage a successful whinging campaign afterwards to be given 50p for a chocolate bar from the vending machine in the lobby of the baths. Now when I go swimming as an adult, something about climbing out of the chlorinated water in…

You've reached the end.