08-29-2025 Walk/Swim/Basketball

Had a somewhat restless night, got up in the middle and ate some cereal. (<!>) I was late to get out of bed, so I decided to walk to the WWC, play some basketball, then take a short swim if lanes were open. Was warm when I walked over, hot when I walked back home. Borrowed a kinda flat, worn-out basketball while I was there and shot in the gym for around 30 minutes. After that, I changed into my trisuit and swam just 1000 yds, taking breaths every four strokes. That feels more natural to me, don't know why, and I was a little faster on my first 500 than previous times. Camera analysis indicates the following times for the two 500s: 9:42, 10:00. Total time of 19:42.

Avg pace = 1:58/100 yds (Zepp)

Total distance = 1000 yds

Elapsed moving time = 19:42 (Video)

Avg heartrate = 156 bpm (Amazfit)

Relative Effort =  36

SWOLF = 38

Avg stroke rate = 21 bpm

Avg pull distance = 2.30 yds

https://www.strava.com/activities/15628710552

I was glad to get home, it was 95 out by that time. I took it easy for the rest of the morning and early afternoon, doing some reading, having a light lunch, watching a little of the Vuelta, and taking a nap. Later, I went into the garage and swapped my tires back on the Canyon, patched another inner tube as well. Then I reorganized the corner by my bike stand, moving the boxes of floor tile planks away from the stand to give me a little more maneuvering room. I also de-cluttered the shelf where the tent is stored, so those items aren't in the way either. Boxes were heavy, but I didn't have to move them far. We had talked about going to the last in the summer concert series at Carmel Mountain Town Center, but I looked at my blog from when we saw the band, Just Press Play, last year, and Ann decided they weren't good enough. So, she found an alternative, a Songwriter Sanctuary concert featuring three female singers: Hailey Wetzel, Lexi Pulido, and Julia Sage. We drove down to Normal Heights United Church and got there in plenty of time. The police had the main lanes of I-15 closed at the 163 interchange due to a major accident, but I had gotten onto the carpool lanes, which surprisingly weren't backed up at all. We zoomed right by onto a nearly empty freeway, one of the few times that a traffic break worked to our advantage. The sanctuary was arranged for the performers in the round, but I didn't pick great seats for us. We were partially blocked from seeing two of the singers. Wetzel, who was accompanied by guitarist Jeremy Charlton, was easily the most accessible in her music. Would probably go see her again in a soli performance. Sage was decent, had a beautiful voice but her music was not consistently good. Pulido was more angst-filled and experimental/jazzy. At times she was screechy and hard to listen to. But overall the concert was enjoyable, was glad it wasn't too long. Drove home after that and went to bed.