Lethbridge, AB, Canada 
Today
Light rain shower High 17CLow 10C
  • Temp: 13C
  • Hum: 77%
  • W: 16mph WNW
MONDAY
Light rain shower
High 17C
Low 4C
TUESDAY
Sunny
High 18C
Low 5C
WEDNESDAY
Partly Cloudy
High 17C
Low 7C
THURSDAY
Patchy rain nearby
High 17C
Low 10C

June 21

Bike
  • 5h 30m
  • 140.10 kms
  • 25.47 KM/hr

Easy paced ride to stretch the time and distance out a bit. West on #3, past Fort Macleod, almost to Brocket, and back. Cloudy, windy, and threatening to storm all day but I didn't feel a drop, though I'm sure I saw some rain a ways off from time to time. The wind shifted direction a lot, tending from the NW, and the trip out took exactly the same time as it did to return.

June 20

Swim
  • 40m
  • 1500.00 meters
  • -----

Mid-day swim while my wife took an aqua-fit class in the other half of the pool. 25m lanes.

200 fr swim
4x100 as: kick, IM, pull, swim
8x50 fr with ankle-lock, alt 2x no paddles & 2x with
100 fr drill: 8 kicks on side and switch
4x50 fr variable: easy/fast, f/ez, ez/ez, f/f
100 flutter kick with board
2x50 breaststroke & backstroke

June 19

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

Bike commute, both ways added here. 2x3k=6km, 15min.
Distance & time are estimated averages, totaled for the trips.

Run
  • 37m
  • 6.00 kms
  • 06m 07s /KM

Noon run, easy pace.

June 18

Swim
  • 1h 00m
  • 2500.00 meters
  • -----

Early morning swim, 50m lanes. I saw lots of people I know in the pool so there was a bit of chat time included.

2x200 fr swim, 1st w/zoomers, 2nd no fins
12x50 fr @1:05, variable: 3x (easy/fast, f/ez, ez/ez, f/f)
100 fr kick with board
200 fr pull with buoy
4x300 fr swim, focus: catch/pull, balance, & straight core

Bike #1
  • 30m
  • 12.00 kms
  • 24.00 KM/hr

Bike commute, home and back for lunch too. 4x3k=12km, 30min.
Distance & time are estimated averages, totaled for the trips.
Home at noon so no mid-day run today.

Bike #2
  • 1h 11m
  • 40.30 kms
  • 34.06 KM/hr

Evening bike/run brick workout. West on #3 & #23 to the Monarch exit, then back. Warm sunshine and even the occasional breezes weren't too bad.

Run
  • 1h 03m
  • 10.90 kms
  • 05m 46s /KM

Evening bike/run brick workout. A better transition but still slow. I took time to drink extra since I wasn't going to carry water. Fooling around with resetting the Garmin took a bit of time too.

This was my usual westside loop with an extra turn around the bigger half of Nicholas-Sheran Lake.

I've been weighing myself early in the mornings, before swimming, with the balance beam scale in the pool change room. I think the higher weight earlier this week was because the longer ride the night before pushed dinner quite late and I was hungry then too. I've been hoping to trim a few pounds before my races this summer so today's reading was a pleasant, and reassuring, surprise. :)

June 17

Run
  • 2h 59m
  • 26.20 kms
  • 06m 49s /KM

Early evening run. Warm and sunny but several isolated storm cells blew through so it was also cloudy and very windy at times too. I crossed through the river valley twice for some hills. Stopped to refill my water and use the public restrooms down in the river bottom park, so there's a few minutes down time in there as well.

June 16

Swim
  • 1h 00m
  • 3000.00 meters
  • -----

Early morning swim, 50m lanes. Workout made up on the fly. Second 500 was interrupted and became 200, so then I thought I'd alternate 500 steady pace with 200 pushing harder.

200 fr swim with zoomers
500 fr swim
200 fr swim
500 fr swim
200 fr swim, pushing the pace a bit more
500 fr swim
200 fr swim, pushing the pace a bit more
500 fr swim
2x100 fr: kick w/board, easy pull w/buoy

Bike #1
  • 15m
  • 6.00 kms
  • 24.00 KM/hr

Bike commute, both ways added here. 2x3k=6km, 15min.
Distance & time are estimated averages, totaled for the trips.

Run #1
  • 31m
  • 5.10 kms
  • 06m 04s /KM

Noon run. Overcast but still warm and a little muggy. I even felt a few drops once or twice. I got a later start than usual and then hit every possible crossing light red, so I cut the small university lake loop off the end of my usual lunchtime route.

Bike #2
  • 54m
  • 29.10 kms
  • 32.33 KM/hr

Bike/run brick session after work. Rode west on #3 to the dog kennels out past Kipp and back. It was nice out with a mostly clear sky and sunshine, but windy.

Run #2
  • 31m
  • 5.40 kms
  • 05m 44s /KM

Bike/run brick session after work. Used the Vibram fivefingers shoes. They took quite a bit longer to get on so the transition was slow. I started at an easier pace with slightly heavy legs and the feet took a bit to settle into running in the vff. Towards the end I was running a lot better and my feet seemed much more comfortable but still not really used to the light shoes.

June 15

Bike #1
  • 15m
  • 6.00 kms
  • 24.00 KM/hr

Bike commute, both ways added here. 2x3k=6km, 15min.
Distance & time are estimated averages, totaled for the trips.

Run
  • 33m
  • 6.00 kms
  • 05m 30s /KM

Noon run. The sun is getting warmer out there and, very strangely for this area, it seemed a bit muggy today too at times.

Bike #2
  • 2h 17m
  • 69.40 kms
  • 30.39 KM/hr

Evening ride, west on highway #3, out and back. I started in the sunshine but a couple of little storm cells formed behind me as I was headed out and I got wet coming home. Saw half a dozen lightning strikes too but they were all a few miles off.

Micawber's Training Log


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