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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Wednesday 3500 yards

3x500 kps
1000 swim - 100 fr, 50 br, ..., 100 fr; 1:28 & 0:48; 15 sec rest per 50
500 pull - 100 fr, 50 br,... no rest
500 kick - 100 fr, 50 fl,... no rest

Start Time: 10:30:00
End Time: 11:37:00
Time Taken: 01:07:20
Laps: 70
Total Distance: 3.20 km.
Laps: 70
Burned: 900 (kcal)

Actually felt like a workout today. Pushed it hard, because I could.

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Now playing: Yes - Something's Coming (Early Version) - BONUS
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Sunday, September 28, 2008

Sunday - 3500 yards

3x500 kps
10x100 odds breast :30 rest
500 pull, 1/4 breast
500 kick 1/4 fly, 1/4 back

Start Time: 08:10:00
End Time: 09:18:00
Laps: 70
Total Distance: 3.20 km.
Laps: 70
Burned: 900 (kcal)

Starting to feel conditioning return. Still slow, but less of that uphill feeling.
No competition today, but a few people to lap because they swim continuously.

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Now playing: Rick Wright - Black Cloud

Friday, September 26, 2008

Hibiscus.










Click on the above for bigger pix of our Hibiscus. We planted it a few months back and never expected to get 3 full blossoms open on the same day this fall. There are lots more buds getting ready, so I hope frost holds off for a while.
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Now playing: Tuner - Totem

Friday - same 58 km

Date: 2008-09-26
Route: 58 km Allen-Cline-Centerville-Hick-Fuect-Evans-Ford-Kroener
Laps: 1
Pace: 00:00 / 02:06 / 00:00
Speed: 0 (km/hr) / 28.55 (km/hr) / 0 (km/hr)
Total Distance: 57.90 km.
Burned: 2,500 (kcal)

60 degrees starting at 8:30 and 80 degrees out on the road.
They are cutting corn. Good and bad: corn blocks the wind (good) and obscures intersections I could otherwise fly through (bad) (Lack of corn is of course the opposite).

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Now playing: Thin Lizzy - Warriors

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Orange Phlox

Jennie O and Otis





Thursday - 3150 yard swim

Start Time: 09:40:00
End Time: 10:40:00
Laps: 63
Total Distance: 2.88 km.
Laps: 63
Burned: 1,000 (kcal)

3x500 kps
500 pull (1/4 breast)
500 kick (1/4 fly)
10x50 :10 rest ~43-45 even hard
150 swim down

it was uphill swimming all the way.

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Now playing: Jon & Vangelis - One More Time
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Wednesday 58 km Hick's Hollow ccw

Date: 2008-09-24
Route: 58 km Allen-Cline-Centerville-Hick-Fuect-Evans-Ford-Kroener
Laps: 1
Pace: 00:00 / 02:07 / 00:00
Speed: 0 (km/hr) / 28.43 (km/hr) / 0 (km/hr)
Total Distance: 57.90 km.
Burned: 2,258 (kcal)

I have a few adjustment concerns after the 30-day checkup on the new bike. Sort of a rattle over bumps and during hard pulling. Maybe just a cable.

70 deg at the start, but up to the 80s on the road.

I feel some strength returning. I need to keep it up.

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Now playing: Miles Davis - Madness (Rehearsel Take)
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Friday, September 19, 2008

Saturday morning 58 km Hick's Hollow ccw

Start Time: 08:05:00
End Time: 10:03:00
Route: 58 km Allen-Cline-Centerville-Hick-Fuect-Evans-Ford-Kroener
Laps: 1
Pace: 00:00 / 02:06 / 00:00
Speed: 0 (km/hr) / 28.53 (km/hr) / 0 (km/hr)
Total Distance: 57.90 km.
Burned: 2,250 (kcal)
View Interactive Map on MapMyRide.com

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Now playing: Krzysztof Penderecki - Npso Katowice, Antoni Wit
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Friday 3000 yards

3x500 kps
500 pull - focus on breast
500 kick
10x50 @ 1:00

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Now playing: Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

58 km Hick's Hollow ccw

Turned out to be a hot and sunny day with road temps pushing 90. Made it to the trail crossing in 59:28 for 28.3 km; not a bad start. Ended up at 2:04:11 for 57.9 km. Great bike, but the cables keep stretching and need adjustment almost every hour.

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Now playing: Pink Floyd - Remember a Day
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Monday, September 15, 2008

Richard Wright: 28 July 1943 - 15 Sep 2008

The family of Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadness, that Richard died today after a short struggle with cancer.

Richard was 65.

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Now playing: Rick Wright - Blue Room in Venice
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

30 minutes on the trainer - Thursday

Raining so I got back on the trainer. I think I get a better workout than on the road.
30 minutes - 18.24 km:
8 min warm-up
.5/.5 min hard/easy
1/1
1.5/1.5
2/2
2/2
1.5/1.5
1/1
.5/.5
2 min spin down

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Now playing: The Sex Pistols - Problems
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Now playing: The Sex Pistols - Problems
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Back in the pool - Wednesday 3000 yards

3x500 kps
500 pull free,back,breast
10x50 @ 2:00 free ~:41
500 kick

wow, swimming is hard when conditioning is gone.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

27.7 km new short ride

17+ miles in about an hour. Hot - 80 degrees upon return, breezy, but still a good day for a ride. Once again I need to adjust the rear dérailleur because of cable stretching, but the bike performs perfectly. I need a new cyclocomputer - maybe today.