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Lethbridge, AB, Canada 
Today
Light rain shower High 17CLow 9C
  • Temp: 15C
  • Hum: 72%
  • W: 13mph WNW
MONDAY
Light rain shower
High 17C
Low 5C
TUESDAY
Sunny
High 18C
Low 6C
WEDNESDAY
Partly Cloudy
High 19C
Low 8C
THURSDAY
Moderate rain
High 10C
Low 6C

July 21

Swim
  • 37m
  • 1700.00 meters
  • -----

Noon swim, 25m lanes.

4x100 fr: 2x swim, 1x kick, pull
2x500 fr (1st 9:05 -> disappointed -> harder -> 8:47)
3x100 fr: kick, pull, swim

Sport
  • Walking
  • 1h 00m

July 20

Run
  • 36m
  • 5.20 kms
  • 06m 55s /KM

Noon run, sort of. Comfortable pace, though I stopped to stretch a couple of times. Then, with about a km to go, something in the hip or top of the hamstring started feeling worse so I eased back to a walk. I tried a few more short jogs but mostly walked the rest.

This is becoming a real pain in the butt, ... literally!

The back tire was flat on my commute bike this morning so I drove to work.

July 18

Swim
  • 35m
  • 1400.00 meters
  • -----

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

4x100 fr swim, alt: zoomers / no fins
2x100 fr, alt: kick / swim
4x100 fr swim, alt: with paddles / without
4x100 fr swim & kick, IM, ez fr swim

I'm taking it easy on my right leg today. The calf cramp on the right side from Thursday's swimming is still tender. Then yesterday morning, riding in to work, my bike tire got caught on the edge of the sidewalk and I did a somersault off the bike. I managed to break the screen on another cell phone while I was at it. Doh! That's the 2nd one this summer. I thought I was OK but I either stretched the right hamstring further or bruised it when I landed. So my right leg is sore on both ends and, as much as I need to get the training in, it's not much use right now.

July 17

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.

Sport
  • Walking
  • 30m
Coming back to add this note: Took a tumble off my bike this morning. The hamstring seemed OK right afterward but later on and in subsequent days it was much worse. I think I must have over-stretched it during the gymnastics, and possibly strained a different part of the hamstring as well since there are several tender points now.

  • Health data: Sick: 2

July 16

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
  • 32m
  • 5.20 kms
  • 06m 09s /KM

Noon run, in the high 20s C. Easy pace and a late start so I cut a smaller loop from near the end of the run.

Swim
  • 1h 10m
  • 2750.00 meters
  • -----

Evening swim, 25m lanes.

4x100 fr: swim, kick, pull, swim
6x50 fr, alt: drill & swim (8kick & 3strokes, 1 arm, fist)
8x50 fr, variable, 2x (easy/fast, f/ez, ez/ez, f/f)
2x100 fr: kick, pull
4x100 fr @2:20, (1:34, 1:33, 1:32, 1:33)
2x100 fr: kick, pull
4x150 fr @3:15, (2:37, 2:38, 2:32, 2:30)
2x100 fr: kick, pull
50 fr swim (going for a last 100 but both calves cramped)

July 15

Run
  • 37m
  • 6.00 kms
  • 06m 10s /KM

Noon run, nice running weather but starting to get warmer. Easy pace because I'm still very much aware of the strained hamstring when trying to run.

Bike
  • 2h 55m
  • 91.20 kms
  • 31.27 KM/hr

Road bike ride after work. West on #3 to Fort Macleod and back. A bit windy but otherwise nice, with the headwind on the return trip. Pushed a bit and faded some towards the end, but my hamstring seems fine.

Sport
  • Walking
  • 30m

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