Lethbridge, AB, Canada 
Today
Partly Cloudy High 17CLow 5C
  • Temp: 11C
  • Hum: 94%
  • W: 12mph S
FRIDAY
Partly Cloudy
High 17C
Low 6C
SATURDAY
Sunny
High 17C
Low 9C
SUNDAY
Sunny
High 17C
Low 11C
MONDAY
Partly Cloudy
High 17C
Low 11C

October 11

Bike
  • 15m
  • 6.00 kms
  • 24.00 KM/hr

- Afternoon bike commute only. 2x3k=6km, 15min.

Run
  • 1h 05m
  • 9.60 kms
  • 06m 46s /KM

- Finally got my butt out the door again, for a run after work today. My HR averaged a bit higher for several reasons. For one thing, the wind was blowing some, more at the start and less towards the end when it would have helped. It was sunny out and it turned out to be warmer than I expected so I was a little overdressed. Then there was the snack I had when I got home from work before I decided to run. And to top it off, I was trying some different stride variations, running drills, and an occasional little pick up or sprint. So the pace is a bit better than usual but I also did a bunch of other work on the way too. Even with all that, I was never out of breath or felt like I was pushing hard.

- Intended to swim this morning but the party next door starting at 1:30am left me really tired at 5am. I finally went over and asked them, nicely, if they would turn the music down. They did, but it took a while to get back to sleep.

October 10

Bike
  • 30m
  • 12.00 kms
  • 24.00 KM/hr

- Bike commute, home and back for lunch too. 4x3k=12km, 30min.

Sport
  • Yoga
  • 1h 25m

- Yoga class after work.

October 9

Bike
  • 30m
  • 12.00 kms
  • 24.00 KM/hr

- Bike commute, home and back for lunch too. 4x3k=12km, 30min.

October 7

Swim
  • 10m
  • 500.00 meters
  • -----

- Short swim just to say I did it. Spending the weekend at my brother's place on a little lake in north-western Montana. Snow on the mountain tops. The fishing thermometer off the end of the dock said the water was 50F early in the morning. By noon it was reading 49F, which makes sense I suppose since the air temp was low 40's. It wasn't going to get any warmer so I pulled on my wetsuit, two swim caps, even the zoomer fins, and dived in. It was a bit breathtaking for the first few seconds. Then the exposed skin was getting numb as I was starting to make heat from the inside, working at swimming, and it really didn't seem too bad. I swam around for 10 to 15 minutes, probably 5 or 6 hundred meters, even starting to play around with some short sprints, before I climbed out again.

October 5

- Snowing this morning so I left the bike at home. I didn't think it looked too bad but my wife said it is supposed to get worse today. - PM: I keep reading that it's too early to start building already for IM next year. It's also a holiday weekend and my birthday happens to fall on this Sunday too. Sounds like some good excuses to slack off for a few days. :) Back at it next week though.

Micawber's Training Log


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