Only Swam today

Today i swam 2000 meters at LA Fitness in Brampton before work. -First 1000 m in 17:47..... my normal warm up if not my normal whole work out in my less is more training plan. ;) ....Then a 100 m breast cool down in 2:00.... Then 3 sets of 100 m free .... 1ST 100 m in 1:28:30..... 2ND 100 m in 1:29:28..... 3rd 100 m in 1:29:97..... Whew! that was tiring... -100 m breast to catch my breath in 2:00 -Last 500 m easy free in 9:25.... Total time in the pool 40 min give or take a few seconds.

I can't believe how lucky We've been with the snow. The streamers coming off the lake are missing Barrie but not by much. The heavy snow squalls are hitting just north of us in Bracebridge and Muskoka area's and are getting walloped with up to 3 feet of snow since yesterday in some places, and it's still coming down. I'm glad the winds aren't blowing down my way it would suck to have to use my new snow blower. ;)

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Cool weather.

We didn't get much snow, only about half a foot, but now the wind is blowing hard with gusts up to 70kph with still more weather coming with snow squalls as the temperature dips down even colder. Driving down to work was a little hectic driving through a few white outs, and I imagine the drive home won't be any different.

I hit the LA Fitness club today before work but didn't have any energy to do a full work out with back to back runs and this being my third day running in a row, so I took it easy running the treadmill at 5.5 mph for 5km then went down to the pool and did a easy 300m cool down swim and hit the sauna for a bit.


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Snow day

I took a snow day today as the weather is pretty bad with high winds and snow over night. But the worst part is yet to come as the temperature drops tonight and with the high winds, we are expecting major snow squalls which would make my drive home from work (if I went) even worse then going into work. So no swim today, I'll bike later tonight while watching TV and I'll just double up tomorrow with my run and a swim after.

The good news is I got my first chance in using my snow blower! yeah! it works great! :)



Edit; No bike ride, I went with Joanne to the running room for the Wed night run instead since I was home tonight. I don't get much chance going on runs during the week with the running club because I work evenings. It was nice to see some of my friends who I normally only see during the summer months. Our group went 6km, it was suppose to be a 5.5 k but we got lost.lol I can't say it was fun on the slushy sidewalks and roads from today's snow, I almost turned my ankle but didn't. whew! I think I'll stick with treadmill runs over the winter months. Anyways it was fun.

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Ran and Big snow coming

I ran the treadmill today doing 5km @ 6mph in 30 min. My legs were feeling tired from my Sunday's run, but loosened up after the first kilometer. After the mill run, I went down to the pool for a 500m easy cool down swim working on form. My triceps were tight from my Monday's swim sets, but that's the price you pay for a "less is more" training program. ;)


There is a big snow storm heading our way and depending when it hits?( suppose to be late tonight and all day tomorrow, Wed.) I might not make it to LA Fitness for my planned swim, or work for that matter. I will have to play it by ear I guess, and watch the weather. If it's to bad out and driving my commute being hazardous, I'll take a snow day from work. Toronto is only expecting 5 cm but up in Barrie we are expecting around 20-30 cm but could be more with snow squalls? ...and I finally get to use my snow blower!! Yeah!


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Swam hard today.

Sunday I ran my first 10 k since last May when I did the Ottawa Marathon. I ran slow and easy finishing in 1:02:37

Today I swam 2000m today.

I Swam 1000m free warm up in 17:36 then I swam 3 sprint 100's 1st 100m in 1:30 2nd 100m in 1:32 and the 3rd 100m in 1:34 then I swam 200m breast warm down, and finished off with a 500m easy free.


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Slacking off today

No workout today, I had to go in to work early. Tomorrow I work on the basement, finish framing and do some wiring.

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Todays workout.

30 min treadmill run at 6 mph, and swam a straight 1000m in 17:49 

Went easyier today

Today's workout was not as hard. 30min on the treadmill @ 5.5 mph working in some 2 min sprints at 7.5 mph in the last 10 min and a 15 min easy swim.


I just did a few sets of 25m sprints working on my stroke, and breast back catching my breath for a total of 500m


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Good workout.

I had a good 2 hour workout today. I started with a 15 min spin warm up, then went on the treadmill for 45 min at 5.5 mph, then I went to the pool and swam 10 X 100's on 1:40's with :15 sec rest in between. I felt really slow, my arms felt like lead to as they tired out easy.


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Working on the basement

I spent some time Sunday working on my basement framing up some walls to the recreation area using up most of what I have left of my lumber. I have just enough 2x4s to frame one more wall, but that will have to wait until I finish up the main area of the rec room I'm working on. I have a few sheets of drywall I can put up after I do the electrical work, but I can't do that until I buy the electrical boxes switches, plugs and wiring, so things are at a stand still for now. I also spent time re-organizing the basement to make more room for the treadmill and bikes. The place is starting to shape up.

I didn't do any training this weekend, and today was another right off because Joanne's car broke down last night. The key to the ignition wouldn't turn on. Joannes had this problem before, but it started before, this time it wouldn't start, so it was towed to the dealers service department. Joanne took my car to work and i had to wait around today until Mr Goodwrench called from the GM dealer for me to pick up the car, which i did around 1pm. It turns out they had to replace the whole ignition chamber and re key it. By the time i got back home it was to late for me to get ready to go to LA Fitness, even for a short workout. I'll just go in earlier tomorrow for a longer workout.