09-19-2025 Swim/Run

As expected, sleep was not continuous. Woke up in very early in the morning, Ann was awake too (<>). I was able to get back to sleep for a bit, then got up early and started the day (watched an episode of Severance). Plenty of time to get ready for a swim and a run (including having a much needed shave), so I updated the information in my blog from the Europe trip. Then I rode over to the WWC, was pretty busy at 8:00 with Friday exercisers. But Terry and I were the only ones swimming at the start, so the pool was relatively free. I swam 1000 yds, stroke was a little less powerful, probably 21-22 strokes per pool length, and I tended to pause a little longer at the turns to catch my breath. Need to focus on swimming longer distances over the next couple of weeks to be ready for the upcoming tri three weeks from now in October. I tried to use my camera to capture the workout, but the battery ran out, so the data weren't there. Instead, the results below are totally from my watch. Swam the two 500s in 9:49 (three strokes per breath) and 10:03 (4 strokes/breath). Heartrate data are still erratic from the watch, not to be fully trusted.

Avg pace = 1:59/100 yds (Zepp)

Total distance = 1000 yds

Elapsed moving time = 19:22 (Strava from Amazfit)

Avg heartrate = 126 bpm (Zepp)

Relative Effort =  6

SWOLF = 39

Avg stroke rate = 21 bpm

Avg pull distance = 2.29 yds

https://www.strava.com/activities/15866679504

After the swim I changed into my running stuff (lot of gear to tote along just for a run) and did the 5k loop from the WWC. Felt fine in the first mile, had negative splits for all three miles, but I was really having to push hard in the last mile, breathing heavily. More work needed here to build endurance, lower my heartrate, and feel fresher at the end of the run.

Avg pace = 7:33/mi

Total distance = 3.13 mi

Elapsed moving time = 23:37

Avg heartrate = 156 bpm (Coospo)

Relative Effort = 41

https://www.strava.com/activities/15866625719

Rode back home and got ready to run some errands. Headed over to the 4S Ranch Library and got them to re-validate my library card and reset my password. It now works on my tablet, will likely need to do the same thing for the Escondido Public Library; I may wait until the next time Ann goes to Target in the mall to do that. I stopped at Sprouts on the way back and got some fruit, vegetables, and snacks, then got gas at the AM-PM before heading home. Light lunch, Ann still wasn't back from the store, and I watched the last episode of the first season of Forgotten. That was a good show, very well acted, but the last episode was a tad simplistic in wrapping up the stories of the main suspects. I called Blair and got an update from him about the details of the Indigo cuts to US R&D. Really sad, I still don't know how to process the impact to so many people I know. I think he will be okay, sounds like he'll stay in Boise, is hoping to have a job into 2026 so that he will be able to withdraw from his 401(k) without penalty. Had a nap in the afternoon, I was tired from jet lag, also read some. I'm reading Paul Murray's The Bee Sting, about an Irish family encountering family difficulties during a financial downturn. In the late afternoon, I called Mom, talked briefly to Ross about his colonoscopy results (three polyps, no info yet on biopsies). Mom was in a decent mood, she seemed to be dealing okay with recent changes in caregivers and problems with her new car. She even let me tell her a little bit about our trip, which was something of a surprise. Light dinner (I had been snacking in the afternoon) followed by a quiet evening, where I watched an episode of Dark Winds, based on the Tony Hillerman novels. It's okay so far, not super great but worth sticking to for a while to see how the story develops.