01-26-2026 Swim

Slept pretty well, although I did wake up after midnight and read for a little bit before getting back to sleep. Got up around 6:00 and continued the MP3 project, also looked at Maui rental car prices, which aren't as high as I thought they would be. I also signed up for my two introductory shifts at the San Diego Humane Society. Did the dishes and then got ready for a swim at the WWC. It was just me and Cathy in the pool, so not much chop in the water. I tried out my new swim fins on the last 500 of a 1500 yd swim, and they work great, really propel me through the water. I went from 20 strokes/length to 16. Here are the times for my 3 500s, not including the break to put my swim fins on: 9:36, 9:51, 8:35. Total elapsed time of 28:02.

Avg pace = 1:52/100 yds (Video, not counting pause)

Total distance = 1500 yds

Elapsed moving time = 28:02 (Video)

Avg heartrate = 162 bpm (Zepp, nope)

Relative Effort =  54 (nope)

SWOLF =36

Avg stroke rate = 20 bpm

Avg pull distance = 2.49 yds

https://www.strava.com/activities/17184541266

Got home and had oatmeal for breakfast, was hungry. Then I cleaned all the junk clogging Ann's sink in the bathroom, was pretty gross. Put the lawn mower back together, added some gas and car cleaner to get it to start, then cut the grass in the back yard. Drained and disconnected fuel afterwards and put it back up. I watched some TV, got a bean and cheese burrito for lunch, then adjusted my rear brake to get to stop rubbing (hope this works for a while until it's time to change brake pads). In the afternoon, I started removing gravel from the path in the front yard as part of the effort to take out the weeds. I'm going to try to apply some kind of soil binder to see if that slows down weed growth. I also finished creating a library of MP3 versions of my albums, went much quicker after I vibe-coded the file transfer program. Had a quiet evening