07-11-2024 Swim/Ride

Got up early (<>) and headed over to the WWC for a swim, this time solo. It was far less crowded than the previous time, I had my own lane and everything. I used the normal protocol and I think I had a very fast first 500 yds before slowing down some and probably losing track of the number of pool lengths I had swum. I made my best guess to get out to 2050 yds (an extra lap thrown in there somewhere), then I swam another 250 yds with my swim snorkel and the new push buoy I had gotten. It's a big help in allowing me to focus on keeping my strokes extended, but even still I am shortening my strokes as I get more tired. Lots of work still to do there. Once I got home, I pulled out the sawhorses and set them up to paint the downstairs bathroom door. It went a lot more quickly than I thought, I was able to find a short paint roller with a deep fluff that did a good job getting into the nooks and crannies of the patterns on the door. Because it went so smoothly, I pulled the door by the den off and painted one side of it as well. Had some lunch, then afterward I turned the two doors over and painted the other sides. I had leaned the second door against the push broom in the garage, and that turned out to be a mistake for the second coat, since the paint on the first side came off. Still, the painting went pretty quickly, as did the cleanup. Ann and I went in the afternoon to 7-Eleven for 7-11 day and a free Slurpee. Later in the afternoon, I got ready for a bike ride with Blair. Headed through the neighborhood to RB Rd, then over to Via del Campo to the front parking lot by B65. The wind seemed to be quite breezy and coming from the southwest. We decided to ride into Escondido. On the way down W Bernardo Dr, past RB Rd, I hit something in the bike lane and got a front tire flat. We fixed it and I decided to ride back home to pump the front tire up properly. Around this time, I noticed that my rear disk brake was rubbing against the rotor, and that was bothersome. Home the normal way, pumped the front tire up, then rode back to W Bernardo Dr to get over to the pedestrian bridge, which we took over Lake Hodges. Then we stayed on BVP up to Sunset Dr and took it up to Juniper St, where we turned right and took it all the way to Washington Ave. A little trouble getting across this road to head over to Centre City Pkwy, where we turned and started heading back. Since it was 7-11, we stopped again at a 7-Eleven on 9th Ave and had Slurpees, the first one for Blair in over 20 years. It hit the spot, since it was a hot day (hotter in Escondido) and cooling down while we took our break. We rode back to Citracado Pkwy and used it to get to Escondido Blvd and the route down to the path through Kit Carson Park. We took the longer path and eventually got onto Beethoven Dr to take it to BVP and then back to the road to the path to the pedestrian bridge. Because my disc brake was grabbing even more, especially when I got out of the saddle, I took it really slowly on each of the climbing sections from the lake all the way back to HP. We rode by Bldg 8, and Blair showed me the space where the new HP Tech Center is likely going to be located. My brake was really rubbing by this time, but it wasn't too bad on the way home, which was mostly downhill. Home the normal way from there.

Avg speed = 13.2 mph. Total mileage = 26.1 mi

Avg power = 101 W. Weighted avg power = 133 W

Total elevation gain = 1430'

Avg heartrate = 107 bpm (Coospo)

https://www.strava.com/activities/11866938257

It was a quiet evening after that.