Gorgeous day, sunny and dry for a change. Less humid and low 80º at noon at the lake. Just some light exercise today. After 2 days of bike sprints, today I did upper body, core and band work. Swam across the lake and back then did a short set of water runs.
Lake swim - 2 x 200yds w/ 7 min rest in between
water running - 4 x 120 strides (70-80 sec) w/ 1 min rest
Nothing hard, max HR was 145 on the swim, 160 on the water running, I really pushed the last one. Did feel a little soreness on the knees because I was on my feet last 2 days for several hours working around my house. Also, lower back has been hurting when I wake up, but after coffee, hot tub, and some mobility exercises, feel fine. Will probably return to doing something on the bike tomorrow and/or some lifting.
144.5 after swim. Last week as a non-senior citizen.
Gorgeous, shady, and water is 86º
I’ve had a few months of a good run, with the last weeks two 20 mile road rides a week and a mountain bike ride up Hardguy weekly (6 mile 2400’ climb) and two interval sessions a week. Took a couple of days off and was going to drive to McCall to ride some great trails but woke up with a slightly sore back but by the time I was to leave I could barely get out of a chair. It’s been 3 days now of total downtime- rolling over in bed is very painful- but starting to resolve. I’ve some bulging disks in the lower back that sometimes flare up. Sucks. The cute phase lasts 3 to 5 days then there will be lingering symptoms that are somewhat limiting but if I ease into it I can recover to baseline and resume full activities in a month or so. Sucks to get old. Riding uphill is known to be bad for the back. I’ve done a lot of that.
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