06-07-2024 Ride/Swim

Got up early and went for a short bike ride, following the time trial route at the beginning but turning right at Ted Williams Pkwy. I rode up that little climb and then down to Rancho Carmel Dr, turning right there and continuing on the time trial route until Camino del Norte, when I kept going past Bernardo Center Dr up to Dove Canyon Rd. Right there and over to RB Rd, turning right and heading back down the hill to W Bernardo Dr. I wanted to stretch it out a little, so I kept on going until the park, turning left there and riding down to the cul de sac and back. Home the normal way from there.

Avg speed = 16.8 mph. Total mileage = 18.4 mi

Avg power = 150 W. Weighted avg power = 179 W

Total elevation gain = 1125'

Avg heartrate = 119 bpm (Coospo), 133 bpm (Fitbit, still reading high)

https://www.strava.com/activities/11595945749

https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/63928763120

That made me rush to get ready for heading over to swim at the WWC when it opened, but I made it. This time, I only swam 1500 yds but didn't use the snorkel. Middle 20 lengths were done using swim pads. I felt like I was laboring with them on, seemed a little better without them. Finished in under 30 minutes. Then I headed home and noodled around for a bit before riding over to the Staples in Carmel Mountain Ranch for my TSA Pre Check interview. It went smoothly, had to wait a little bit but not so bad. Then I rode back home and did some stuff around the house until heading over to meet Blair and other HP colleagues to celebrate his 30th work anniversary (it was on June 6). We were going to eat at Ponce's, but they were really short-staffed, so we went to Board & Brew instead. At the lunch were: Kyle, Blair, Anna, Qin, Rima, Rachel, Josep-Maria Serra, Justin Albert, and Thanh. Got to catch up some with Kyle, James, Qin, Thanh, and Rima. Thanh is planning on stopping work when she gets laid off from HP, so she can spend more time at home with the kids. James enjoyed his cruise to Alaska but would have liked to spend more time in the ports of call. He and Kyle are in charge of planning out the LEP lab layout in the new Tech Center, where they will have about 2000'. Rima enjoyed having her parents from Iran stay with her for an extended period, but she was also glad when they returned in November. I stopped at Ace Hardware and picked up a battery for the cheap digital micrometer I bought a while ago.  It now works. In the afternoon, I gave my bike a good cleaning and installed the crank arm bolt that I received by FedEx on this day, along with the installation tool. It screws in via reverse threads, so once I figured that out it was pretty easy. I watched a little TV, then in the late afternoon I planted two of the four little plants that we got at The Home Depot the previous day, including running new drip sprinkler lines to them.