What Was Your Work Out Today?

No row due to weather. I was on course to do nothing but decided that was bad for my mood as well as my body.

Stationary bike, the usual 10k + 3' (I didn't need the CD but had pushed "reride"), all under 65% HRmax/118bpm, a mere 82W average 😆🤣.

Had just just eaten a voluminous dinner, so even with my cast iron digestive system, it seemed prudent to keep it easy pace.

Even doing that, and even with the ceiling fan on, I sweat stupid-much: Soaked. Such a delicate flower of aging femininity! 🙄

30 minute Z2 ride on zwift. 20 minute run off the bike on the treadmill.

I went diving over a long weekend.

Thursday
We arrived in Cornwall after a 6 hour drive in time for a shore dive. 47 minutes, 13 meters. Very nice bimble.

Friday
3 dives in total. They were all on the Manacales reef; I've forgotten the exact sites. I think the third was Raglan; and the second was Carn Du. I can't remember the first. They were nice.
53 minutes; 25 meters.
57 minutes; 21 meters.
44 minutes; 23 meters.

Saturday
We did North Vase on the Manacles, followed by the Helford River. My drysuit flooded; I was cold. I found Vase spooky, possibly because of the flood
50 minutes; 23 meters.
55 muntes; 6 meters.

Sunday
We only did one dive (Pancra Head) near to shore as the weather became horrible. I did a 12 mile hike in the afternoon.
27 meters; 44 minutes.

Monday
We got two dives in before coming home. Darren's crack followed by South Vase, both on the Manacles.
44 minutes, 26 meters.
52 minutes, 27 meters. Lovely dive.

Tuesday
I went climbing for 2.5 hours. It was good. I got one v4, which took me many, many goes. Some of the other v4s felt close, I should try to get back to the gym to retry them.

Another day, another 3 miles on the elliptical. It felt good to move.

Gym day today. Strength session with my trainer, then 30 minutes of running on the treadmill.

I gave a reluctant "yes" to an invitation to play pickle ball tonight. I'm not too enthusiastic about the game, but I'll enjoy socializing with my endurance friends now that the racing season is over.

Back on the river, rowing stroke seat in the quad (repeating "in . . . out . . .three . . . four . . . in" in my head pretty much the whole time, as usual when I'm in stroke 😆), just under 7k. HR unusually high again.

It was 38F (3C) or so, but splash droplets were freezing on the white bulkhead in front of me, which was shaded as we headed upriver. Instant melt when we turned around and the sun hit that surface.

Today marks completion of three weeks of our gym's seven week fall challenge. Having fun with the contest. I've only missed one of the possible 42 "workouts" and I've completed all 21 of the "workout bursts" (daily choice of 15 burpees, 25 pushups, 50 bodyweight squats or 30 seconds of rope slams). My food tracking and meal prep has also been 100% (not 100% accurate via weighing, but I have identified and tracked everything consumed) . Tomorrow I'll get a check in on point standings.
According to Garmin Connect, my training load has been low lately, "helping my body recover well". Hope Garmin is right.

I did an outdoor mile walk with my Labrador (who swam, too) and then an hour bike ride this afternoon. Trying to get outside whenever possible on these last warm days of fall.

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Went down the Mexico yesterday and got the tooth that was hurting last week adjusted. Dentist confirmed it was what I thought -- just rubbing too hard in one spot with the new crown. All good now.

Did around 45 minutes of easier cardio today on the treadmill and Assault Bike. Lifted this morning.

Will be gone a couple of weeks. Going on a Western European cruise and leaving Monday. Pretty excited. Not the ideal way to see Europe but we're going to Nice, Corsica, Rome, Portofino, Toulon?, Sicily (and one or two more ports). Going out of Barcelona. I've never been there either. I've been a Construction recruiter for decades, so it's in the Gothic Quarter -- looking forward to seeing that for two days before we leave port. My son is nice enough to be coming to take care of our animals for us to help out his sister, who lives with us.

Will likely not be doing too, too much there physical. We're going with friends that are in their 70s and can't walk too much (they are in great shape for their age). See you all in a few weeks.

That trip sounds like a blast! I'd really like to get back to Italy and also see some of Spain, particularly Barcelona. Have a great time @ Mike!

Thank you. It's kind of my semi-retirement dream (I honestly don't know if I'll ever fully retire) to go to Europe and just ride the trains for a month and see all of it I can take in for a month. The only time I've been there was for my wife's Piriformis surgery years ago. We spent four days in Paris and 10 days in Bruges (and saw Brussels -- way too big for me!). I've always thought the ideal way to see things was not be hurried, but the prices were ridiculously cheap for cruises this past Spring, so I couldn't pass it up. We both got boosted around 8 days ago to try to be as safe as possible.

Improbably, it was up around 75 F (24 C) today, partly sunny, so I took a bike ride. (It would normally be a rest day, but I had weather-disrupted workouts earlier in the week.) Just over 23 miles, with a bit of a headwind (up to 19mph) in parts, 10.3mph moving average.