08-07-2025 Swim/Hike

Woke up around 5:30 and looked at my phone for a while, then got up and got ready for a swim. There weren't so many people when the club opened on this Thursday. I had a lane to myself with open lanes on either side for the entire time. I swam 1500 yds, breathing every three strokes instead of every four strokes, like I did on Monday. It is curious that I appear to have more trouble keeping my strokes long when I'm breathing more frequently. I'm also a little bit slower. Here are the splits for my three 500s, from video analysis: 9:29, 9:46, 9:43. Total time = 28:58. I got somewhat similar numbers from my Zepp export to Strava: 9:37, 9:44, 9:46. The differences appear to be in the small delay upon starting and the larger delay upon finishing and stopping my watch. Not trusting the average heartrate recorded by my watch for this workout.

Avg pace = 1:55/100 yds

Total distance = 1500 yds

Elapsed moving time = 29:15 (Zepp)

Avg heartrate = 151 bpm (Amazfit)

Relative Effort = 44

SWOLF = 38

Avg stroke rate = 22 bpm

https://www.strava.com/activities/15379172748

I rode home after the swim and had some breakfast, unloaded the dishwasher, and washed my hair before heading over to HP for coffee with Brooke and Gary. Nothing major to report from their news. Then I rode home, stopping at AM-PM to get gas on the way, and took some time to check the Sportage engine oil level and top it off. Afternoon was easygoing, stayed inside because it was fairly hot outside. Watched some TV, read, had a little nap. Ann went to Mah-Jongg in the afternoon. I also talked to Ben for about an hour, he gave me the lowdown on his recent trip to a resort in San Antonio. Thought about going to Walmart and Aldi but decided to wait until I had a list of stuff to buy for the backpacking trip. After dinner, it had cooled off a little, so I went for a hike with my weighted backpack, heading through the neighborhood until the trail into the area by the waterfall, now dried up for the summer. Got the rest of my steps in on this hike. When I got home, I also switched out my old chain (with two MasterLinks) with the newer one, had put a little over 600 miles on it since it had last been rewaxed. It still has some life on it, according to my chain wear gauge. This old chain has 106 links. I then decided to install the microwave oven latch piece that arrived in the afternoon. Thought this was going to be an easy repair, but it was more challenging than I thought. I had Ann helping me by either holding a light or holding onto the oven control panel. I just couldn't figure out how to fit the plastic piece in. I ended up bending a little metal notch back so I could fit the latch in on the right side, but that still wasn't the solution. Removed all the connectors for the oven control panel, then I unscrewed the plastic substrate that had some of the failsafe circuits for keeping the oven from being powered on when the door is open. By looking at this substrate and figuring out how the repair part function in opening the door latches, I was eventually able to install it properly, reattach the plastic substrate and control panel connectors, and put it back together so it worked as intended. Success! The plastic tabs holding the control panel on to the oven itself are worn out or gone, so I tried to attach it back to the oven body using foam tape. Will see if that holds well enough. Was happy to be able to avoid the service visit for this repair, but it was trickier than I thought.