Thursday, May 8, 2025

05-08-2025 Swim/Run/Ride/Hike

Slept a little fitfully, was thirsty in the night, and woke up fairly early to read for a bit (<!>). I made some coffee and got ready for a swim and a run at the WWC. Headed over there in cloudy weather and talked to Ken, who just bought a condo on the beach south of Rosarito Beach. It's got a lot of fixing up to be done but has a great location. Swim went reasonably well, 1500 yds, with my last 500 being the fastest one for a change. I kept my stroke count at 19-20 for the entire time and tried to put more power into the stroke. Here are the split times for the 3 500s: 9:27, 9:37, 9:23. After the swim I changed into my running gear and did a modest-paced 5k, following the normal route from the WWC. Last mile was also my fastest by a fair amount. Legs and cardio felt okay.

 Avg pace = 7:46/mi
Total distance = 3.14 mi
Elapsed moving time = 24:27
Avg heartrate = 144 bpm (Coospo)
Relative Effort = 24

Had a shower at the WWC after that and then rode over to have coffee with Brooke, Gary, and John. Good conversation, not a lot learned that I didn't already know from talking with others. I rode home and took a look at the back yard, where Ann wants to put in a second garden bed. It will be a chore to take the ice plant ground cover out. Then I got ready for a bike ride with James Kiang, the first one in a very long time. Took the normal way over to the back parking lot of the HP site and met him there. We then rode back down the hill on W Bernardo Dr and turned right onto RB Rd. Took it to Espola Rd. On the early part of this ride, he was pushing hard and keeping up, but as it got into some minor climbs and his stamina faltered, he fell back some. I slowed up and waited for him to catch up, then we continued past the high school and down to Twin Peaks Rd, turning right there. He did pretty well on the flats here until it started to go up and down around Midland Rd, then he dropped back again. We took this road, with its ups and downs, to Camino del Norte and then to the freeway, where he mentioned that his calf had cramped up a little bit. He and I slowed down here and took it easy the rest of the way back to our starting point, via Bernardo Center Dr. It was a nice short ride, he is riding better than he had in the past, as his Achilles tendon has healed and his new bike is faster than his old one. Hoping to ride on a regular basis with him until he has his planned move to Boise in the summer.

Avg speed = 14.9 mph (15.0 mph). Total mileage = 17.5 mi
Avg power = 127 W. Weighted avg power = 158 W
Total elevation gain = 1260' (1370')
Avg heartrate = 126 bpm (Coospo)
Relative Effort = 32 (32)
Training Load = 67
Intensity = 72%

Ann was gone, presumably playing Mah-Jongg somewhere. I watched a little TV, then went out in the back yard and pulled out the ice plant ground cover around where we will install our second garden bed. This stage wasn't super hard, but it was hot and dirty work, glad to be done with the first step. Then I split up a music file I had recorded into tracks, to be converted into CDs and moved to my phone. It was time after that to get ready for a hike with Paula, who isn't riding as she recovers from a recent bike crash. I met her at the gravel parking lot by the park, and we hiked from there up toward Bernardo Peak. We hiked up for about an hour and then turned around to hike back down the same way. Was a nice hike, a little warm at the start but cooling down once we were in the shade. She has visited a lot of cool places, including most of the national parks in the contiguous US. Had dinner when I got home and watched some basketball before showering and reading in the evening.

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