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Chicago,IL 
Today
Sunny High 81FLow 63F
  • Temp: 70F
  • Hum: 73%
  • W: 14mph SSW
WEDNESDAY
Overcast
High 71F
Low 57F
THURSDAY
Light drizzle
High 57F
Low 43F
FRIDAY
Sunny
High 55F
Low 43F
SATURDAY
Sunny
High 56F
Low 50F

April 6

Swim
  • 27m
  • 1500.00 yards
  • 01m 48s /100 yards
Bike
  • 45m
  • 13.78 miles
  • 18.37 Mi/hr

Easy spin on the bike

Back at it.  So do not want to go back to work.  Quick swim this morning and an easy ride tonight.  Need to get back on eating healthy and working out again.  Can't have a bottle of wine with every meal like last week.

April 5

Flew from LA back to Chicago.  I really, really  need to get out of Chicago and Illinois.  I can't stand this city or state.  Rush hour traffic this evening in Chicago was worse than LA rush hour traffic this morning.  Not to mention that gas was $.50 a gallon cheaper in San Diego and LA than in Chicago.  How is that possible.  I am ready for a change in scenery.  

April 4

Swim
  • 09m 52s
  • 557.74 yards
  • 01m 45s /100 yards

Swam in a 51 meter outdoor pool overlooking the ocean. Swam in board shorts as that is all I had with me.

Sport
  • Massage
  • 50m

Massage at hotel.

April 3

Heading to Santa Barbara today. Really need to start the get out of Illinois plan when we get home.

April 2

Bike
  • 15m
  • 4.35 miles
  • 17.40 Mi/hr

Spin Bike in hotel

Strength
  • 15m

Foam roll and stretching

Doing a very light and easy spin on the hotel spin bike this morning and some stretching and foam rolling. Then going to meet a friend for lunch and sit by the pool and read.  

April 1

Nothing. Drove down the Coronado Island for a few day. Staying at Del Cornado. Have a perfect room with a balcony overlooking the Ocean. Going to dinner tonight with some friends that moved out her and having lunch tomorrow with another friend that moved out here. Need to figure out a way to move out here. So sick of Illinois and Chicago. Overall pretty sore. Body held up well. Mainly my hips and back are stiff.

March 31

Swim
  • 40m 12s
  • 2112.00 yards
  • 01m 54s /100 yards

Oceanside Swim. Not sure what it is, but when I swim open water I am so much slower than in a pool. Granted it was pretty choppy, but I need to work on OWS.

Bike
  • 2h 59m 01s
  • 56.00 miles
  • 18.77 Mi/hr

Rode through a marine layer the whole time. It was a mixture of drizzle and rain. My poor bike looked like I went mountain biking. Happy with the time, considering how careful I had to ride.

Run
  • 2h 01m 27s
  • 13.10 miles
  • 09m 16s /Mi

Ankle held up nicely. Just didn't have the run fitness to get under 2 hours. Tried to push it the last 3 miles, but my left hamstring was on the verge of cramping so I had to back off the pace some. Overall happy with it considering all the issues I dealt with.

5:52 and change for Oceanside today.  Happy with the results considering the conditions. Had a heavy duty marine layer for the entire ride.  My poor bike looks like I went mountain biking with it.  It is a mess.

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