12-05-2025 Swim/Walk

Yet another good night's sleep, just a couple of coughs but nothing sustained. Head is starting to feel clearer, especially after I get up and about (<>). I got ready for a swim at the WWC, was colder on the way over than I expected. Surprisingly, nearly all of the lanes were occupied near the start, but I got my swim in with no issues. By the time I was finished, the pool was mostly empty. I did the following workout, with the reported times (by video). It was the first structured workout I had done in a month, need to include these more frequently in my weekly swims. I was consistently a little slower than the previous month. I forgot to keep my watch on during the swim, so I don't have Zepp data to go along with the times.

Warmup 250

    4:42

5 100s at 2:00 intervals

    1:40

    1:45

    1:44

    1:46

    1:44

5 50s at 1:00 intervals

    0:46

    0:48

    0:49

    0:50

    0:50

3 100s with left arm, right arm, tap-to-touch, and regular

    2:08

    2:14

    2:12

500 with pull buoy and swim pads, focusing on long strokes

    9:19

Total distance of 1800 yds in 33:17 elapsed moving time.

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Got home and made some beignets, the last of the dough, and coffee for breakfast. They were particularly good. I had some lunch later, then around 1:45 we drove down to Balboa Park for December Nights. Got there early to get a decent parking spot not requiring a shuttle trip. Ann's challenges backing into the parking space were frustrating, she would listen to my advice, offered gently. It took me a while to get over, so the walk to the event was rather quiet. I loosened up once we got there. Went to Spanish Village and watched a little glass-blowing. A possible Christmas gift for her would be lessens from a S artisan. Then we walked over to hear a bit of the Madrigal Singers from La Jolla Country Day School. They were okay as a group, but the solo performances were cringe worthy. We walked over to see Organ-ism, the Spreckels Organ Pavilion Rock Band, which was pretty entertaining, especially when they started covering Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osborne tunes. Seriously, the singers were good. They covered some good songs before they went all heavy metal. We left then and walked back to the Spanish Village to see Cobby Brezki's Vintage Girl in a Modern World Swing Band. They were also decent, she was a little over the top in promoting herself in between songs, but I guess that's the life. We walked from there over to the international houses and had dinner, saw Kamal and chatted briefly with him. Then we hit the alcohol corral and had a couple of drinks, was mildly amusing. After that we walked back to the organ pavilion and saw the tail end of a performance by Confirming, the USAF Band of the Golden West. They were very good musicians, singers, and performers, but it's a weird sight seeing rock and pop music performed by people in their camouflage fatigues. Saw a short set by the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus, who were entertaining and decent in their vocals. On the way out of the park we stopped at the Mingei to catch the tail end of a performance by Royce's Voices, who we've seen twice before at this event. They are fantastic singers, very melodic and spit-on in their timing. From there, it was the half-hour walk back to the car and the drive home, arriving around 9:20, which was nice. It was early enough that 8 stayed up to watch some TV before going to bed.