July 20 to 26

 

A nice week overall. Some new experiences for me with the swimming to post about first.

Went to a public swim with people who obviously train. It was an outdoor pool, which was cool. It was a public pool run by the city, which made it flat and slope-y and all kinds of kids around, which was nice compared to my usual private club's pool. And the three levels of swimming - I went in for the slow, slow lane and was not overwhelmed. 

I even had kids try to walk through the lane I was in and the guard yelled at them for me, which is also a nice switch from the private pool I usually swim in. 

Anyway, swimming workouts got a little longer this week, the last workout was 30 minutes of constant movement and trying not to drown. Same workout as years ago, just with me trying to get back to it:

100 m breast stroke

250 m arms only freestyle

50 m breaststroke

350 m freestyle

125 m breast stroke

Not a bad workout- the second set of free got my heart rate up into Zone 2 for about five minutes, which is good. I'm happy that I can get and keep myself at that pace. Do the work first, the pretty comes later.

Earlier on in the week, I did an outdoor sprint session, just to see what would happen. Did a short 15 minute walk and like a set of 6 sprints of about 20 m, Nothing, really. Just wanted to see what would happen. Got my HR up to about 135, which is ok. Nothing special. Total time was 15 minutes.

Even earlier in the week I got out on a 5k bike ride around my neighbourhood. That was pretty cool. Nice and mellow, just to see about legs and rear end afterwards. My rear end was sore, but my legs were asking for more. 

Morning sessions continued every day. Mostly bright and early before coffee. Tried the BJJ long bands around my hips, but I don't have it quite right yet. Will keep trying.