11-25-2025 Run/Ride

It was in the mid-40s when I woke up, decided to go for an easy 5k run down by the park, around twice, and back, partway up the hill. Running around 9:30 pace to see how it will be with Laura on the Turkey Trot. Legs felt fine, not much stress on my cardio, but it was okay.

Avg pace = 9:21/mi

Total distance = 3.13 mi

Elapsed moving time = 29:16

Avg heartrate = 110 bpm (Coospo)

Relative Effort = 5

https://www.strava.com/activities/16563141134

Got home and had some breakfast, including French press coffee, while chatting with the others. Watched some TV. Later in the morning I went out with Ann in the backyard and cleared up the leaves by the side patio. Emptied the bins into green waste, but I didn't get the bin out to the street in time. I also used Ann's hoe to turn the soil in the bed next to the house. That works really well on damp ground. Finally, I cleaned off the back patio, which was a chore that needed a break in between while I ate some lunch. In the middle of the afternoon I went for an easy bike ride, down by the park and up Pomerado Rd to RB Rd, turning left and going up Espola Rd until I cut through the Bridlewood neighborhood. Used Summer Sage Rd to get back to Espola Rd, taking it down to Twin Peaks Rd and turning there. To Community Rd, using it to get over to Poway Rd, where I turned right and rode back to Pomerado Rd. Right turn there and home the normal way via Bernardo Center Dr. I was mostly in Zone 2 on this ride, just taking it nice and easy.

Avg speed = 15.3 mpt. Total mileage =20.4 mi

Avg power = 114 W. Weighted avg power = 137 W

Total elevation gain = 1020'

Avg heartrate = 104 bpm (Coospo)

Relative Effort = 14

Training Load = 56

Intensity = 62%

https://www.strava.com/activities/16567491201

Got home, took a shower, then helped Ann make the enchiladas for dinner. I had made the sauce earlier in the day. They turned out pretty well, although some of them had too many diced olives and were too salty as a result. Everybody enjoyed them. Laura, Joe, and I watched Uncut Gems after dinner, starring Adam Sandler. It was, to put it mildly, intense, and sad but well done and frenetic in its pace.

I'm currently in the middle of two Joe Scalzi books from the Old Man's War series. I started the latest one, The Shattering Peace, and there seemed to be elements of the timeline that I needed to refresh on, so I went back to the second novel, The Ghost Brigade.