Mexicali Grill

My swim today was cut nearly in half, for good reason, though: My dad called and I wanted to talk to him. It was good to be back in the pool. I am on a bad schedule of swimming only once or twice a week, and since that's my weakness and what I should be training the hardest, that is not a good thing!

• 350 warm up
• 8×25 drills
• 8×100@5sec RI: 1:42.5 average, 1:38, 1:41, 1:43, 1:44, 1:44, 1:44, 1:42, 1:44
• 8×100@45sec VO₂ max
• 8×25 kick (I did 150 total)
• 350 cool down
• 1500 of the prescribed 2700
  

Bad average, good variance. I tried to do those at 6-7 RPE so that I could do the next set of 100s (8@45 sec) at VO₂ max, but I had to cut those out. We'll try next time.

The ride later felt more like a recovery ride than the warm up, 32-min tempo, cool down it was supposed to have been, but it was still a good ride.

I decided to do a few different benchmarks today than I've done in the past, and it was good because it kept me motivated and kept me from cutting the ride short. I'm glad I didn't, because it ended up being a good ride, slightly faster than last week, and pretty consistent.

• Totals: 1:32:51, 28.09 miles, 1740 cal, 18.1 avg (36.9 max), 154 HR (243? max)
  
• Hillsboro Rd and New Hwy 96: 22:09, 6.62 mi, 157 HR
  
• New Hwy 96 and Old Hillsboro Rd: 14:46, 4.91 mi, 160 HR (accrued time: 36:56)
  
• Old Hillsboro Rd and Hillsboro Rd: 18:04, 5.49 mi, 158 HR (accrued time: 55:00
  
• Hillsboro Rd and Murray Rd: 8:06, 2.02 mi, 134 HR (accrued time: 1:03:07)
• Murray Rd and Franklin Rd: 15:20, 4.86 mi, 153 HR (accrued time: 1:18:27)
  
• Franklin Rd at the church: 4:32, 1.30 mi, 161 HR (accrued time: 1:23:00)
• Franklin Rd and Moores Lane: 6:38, 2.02 mi, 153 HR (accrued time: 1:29:38)
• Home: 3:12, 0.86 mi, 139 HR (accrued time: 1:32:51)
  

After the ride, I went over to Mexicali Grill to meet some other cyclists for dinner.

I ate a little salad before heading there, so I wasn't nearly as hungry and felt like I ate better. I still consumed tons of the tortilla chips, though!