05-22-2025 Swim/Run

Had a long, good sleep after a fairly tiring previous day (<>). I had to rush a little bit  after I got up, making coffee and packing everything into my backpack for a swim and a run from the WWC. The swim went pretty well, given that I hadn't been in the pool for a week. After I got out, I found that my camera had stopped recording since it ran out of memory. So I got the splits for the first 2 500s but only an estimate of the split for the third: 9:32. 9:46, 9:45. After I finished with the swim, I changed for a run and left from the WWC. Slow first mile, faster second mile, and still faster third mile. I was moving pretty well at the end of the run.

Avg pace = 7:46/mi

Total distance = 3.14 mi

Elapsed moving time = 24:26

Avg heartrate = 141 bpm (Coospo)

Relative Effort = 19

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When I got home, it was time to put more effort into the back yard. Ann had found additional sprinkler issues there, so I worked on those. Replaced a section of drip line by the spa that had a big hole in it. It was starting to warm up, so I switched duties to working in the garage. Swapped out the tires on my bike to the ones I save for special rides, then I worked on lubricating my rear hub. This turned out to be stressful. I had a little trouble separating my cassette from the hub body, but a light tap with a hammer did the trick. Paid close attention to the orientation of the elements in the hub while cleaning out the old dirty grease. At one point, I brought the wheel up onto my workbench and thought I had lost the spring that goes in the hub. I was frantic and upset with myself that I didn't pay more attention. It turned out that the spring was still in the hub assembly, as I discovered after 5 minutes of looking. Lubricated the pawls with the special DT Swiss grease, then put everything back together (twice, as I didn't have the elements all lined up properly the first time). Then I gave my bike a thorough cleaning and checked the disc brake pads while I had the wheels off. All looks good for the ride on Saturday, fingers crossed that I put everything back together correctly. While in the garage, I also organized the irrigation supplies, using a couple of shoe boxes to separate out the larger PVC pipe pieces from the smaller ones (including sprinkler heads). During the day, I reinstalled the one working security camera so it views the front door from the inside. Later in the afternoon and evening, I continued chopping back the growth in the upper beds, to expose the sprinklers and look for evidence of leaks. It is a chore working up there on the slippery slope. Got all the sprinkler heads exposed by clearing out the growth around them. I also laid out the soaker hose lines in the new vegetable garden bed. That went pretty smoothly. After dinner, I added an extender to one of the sprinkler heads near the corner in the upper bed, as it was really buried by the rosemary bush growing nearby. That was enough for one day.