Swam alone, worked alone

SWIM 2600y in exactly 1 hour!
COMMUTE 6 miles

Things I keep forgetting to mention! I've remeasured my commute with an app and it's really 3.2-3.3 miles. So the 500 bike commuting miles benchmark I hit this past Monday was really more than 500. But I'm not changing it. 500 commuting miles! Divide that by 6 (the usual round trip distance I log) and you get 83 commutes there and back again.

RM was going to join for the swim, but he slept in. He "missed" the 87F pool water. That's what Dan said it was anyway. I liked it, not sure anyone else did. I did a 400-50K-4x100-50K-300- etc down to 200, making each of the 100 sets 5 seconds faster than the previous. The 4x100's came in around 1:55-1:57, the 3x100's around 1:50-1:54, and the 2x100's just under 1:50. Not as fast as last weekends swim, but still good.

Some time ago, probably January 2013 I did the 1 hour postal swim and did 2500 yards. Today I did 2600 yards and that was with breaks and rest intervals. I should do another postal challenge and set a new benchmark!

My commutes in the cold are getting better. My clothing choices and finally nailed down, I have a great lighting system, and I'm pretty adapted to the 6 (or whatever) miles. I wonder what would happen if I added a half mile, would my body say "hey what?!". LOL.

I also keep forgetting to mention all the doggie walking I've been doing. You know you're ready for your off season to be over when you do something like that. First I download an app and use the app to log dog walks (and bike commutes). Second I'm surprised at how far we walk -- 25 miles at least since I don't log all of them -- sometimes doing 3 miles a day! Third I'm wondering now if I'll start tracking that like I do my running?

Long day, worked alone in lab and for awhile even wondered if it was really Saturday. The floor was pretty empty. I had an emotional crash following a phone call in the morning, I reeled a few hours before I got back together entirely. Up down. Up down. That sums it up some days. But both experiments worked for me, so I ended on an up.