01-29-2026 Swim

Slept okay, although I got up in the night and read for a while before getting back to sleep. Got ready for a swim at the WWC when I woke up, headed over there before it opened. I swam my first 2000 in quite a while, although the third 500 was with the pull buoy and the last 500 was with swim fins. Here are the splits for the four 500s: 9:40, 9:45, 9:27, 8:43. Total elapsed swimming time of 37:35. The last 500, with the fins, was a workout for my legs and cardio, and my arms felt the effects of swimming 2000 yds, so it was a decent level of exertion and more enjoyable since I mixed things up. I averaged 17-18 strokes/length with the pull buoy and 15-16 with the fins.

Avg pace = 1:53/100 yds (Video, not counting pause)

Total distance = 2000 yds

Elapsed moving time = 37:35 (Video)

Avg heartrate = 160 bpm (Zepp, nope)

Relative Effort =  84 (nope)

SWOLF =37

Avg stroke rate = 20 bpm

Avg pull distance = 2.55 yds

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Had some cereal for breakfast (I'd eaten a banana before the swim). Watched TV in the late morning while I ate some lunch. In the afternoon, I got back on the chore of the front gravel path. Finished getting much of the gravel off the path, then I started washing the dirt off the gravel I had put in a trash bin. This is going to take some time, lots of dirt collected while I was scooping up the gravel. We went out to dinner at Best Pizza and Brew, and it was significantly worse than previous times. Will have to find a new local pizza place. Spent the evening reading and watching TV.