Wednesday - June 5, 2013
I met my swimming buddy at the YMCA at 5am for our weekly swim. We missed last week. The Blue Ash YMCA has their outdoor 50m pool open, and it was full of master swimmers and the BAM Racing guys. It was a little chilly out, which the BAM guys love, but I'd like to get out there and try the big pool.
We ended up swimming 50 laps, doing my usually routine of 10 regular laps, 10 paddle laps, 10 regular laps, 10 flipper laps, then 10 regular laps. It was a pretty easy workout. I want to start pushing these swim sessions a little, since I'm only getting out once a week to swim. I need to make it count.
After we swam, we went to Starbucks and talked about upcoming races (and work). I asked him if he'd like to be my canoe partner for the Fall 2013 LMT. He is probably doing it with his wife, however. It turns out, I know of a few couples that might do the race. Very cool! Anyone thinking of doing it, but intimidated by it, you can take your time canoeing down the river, and you can walk instead of run, and there are lots of people going casually on non-road bikes. I encourage everyone to see what they can push themselves to do, whether with the LMT or a 5K or whatever.
At lunch, I went out for a 5K run. My quads were still slightly sore from the LMT bike, but I had a great run. Nice weather, and a nice and easy run. Below is the Strava data.
After lunch, I posted on Facebook that I was looking for a canoe partner to the 3 groups I belong to. Cincy Express, BAM Racing, and another group called Type 2. They do more CrossFit type stuff, and less endurance stuff. But I got a couple "maybe's" from people. Worst case scenario, I'll just kayak the LMT, but I think I've peaked on kayak times and having a good canoe partner is the only way I think I can get my river time down to 55 minutes or less.
Strava data:
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