02-02-2025 Swim/Hike

Not a huge motivation for exercise when I woke up. Still, I ate some breakfast and got ready for a swim at the WWC. Headed over there in cool weather, and I had the pool to myself for a bit before other swimmers showed up. My legs felt tired from the previous day, but my stroke was marginally more stable for longer into the swim than previous times. I kept a stroke count of 19-20 strokes for the entire swim, with just a couple of lengths needing to add additional stroke. Even though I didn't feel like this was a very fast swim, it actually was, for this distance. Finished 2050 yds in a little over 38:30, which has to be close to my record for a 2000 yd distance. Here are my splits for the 500s and last 50: 9:19, 9:29, 9:32, 9:26, 0:52. I was particularly happy that my last 500 wasn't my slowest, which is what usually happens. Ann was at church when I got home, so I decided to replace the motor oil on my scooter, since it was due. It all went smoothly, although I need to buy more oil now and drop off the used oil. I debated going out for a ride in the afternoon but decided not to. Instead, I went for a walk/hike down to the park and on some of the trails before getting back to the sidewalk. I walked a little extra to make sure I would have my steps in for the day. We decided to go see a San Diego Folk Heritage Society concert at Pilgrim UCC in the afternoon, so we headed over there around 3:00. It was Four Shillings Short, a husband-wife duo who played stringed instruments, flutes, and recorders. She played the strings, including a hammer dulcimer, mandolin, mandola, banjo, sitar, and psaltery. She was proficient but not excellent, in my opinion, although I can't really comment on the sitar playing, which wasn't to my taste anyway. His voice (he is from Ireland) was pretty rough, and his flute and recorder playing was ragged. Still, it was mildly enjoyable. I hadn't eaten much during the day, so we drove down to Solana Beach (further than I figured to get there) to eat at Micheline's Pita House. The food was good, but the restaurant was really cold. Home through the fog, and I had trouble seeing when oncoming cars were present on the winding 2-lane roads we took.