Richmond Pond

Another new lake for me. Richmond pond. Much smaller turnout than last week. I estimated 1.3 miles based on my mapping. Wifey came, along with our little guy, and joined us for the picnic after. As a note to self: air temperatures in the late afternoon are cooler than they were just a few weeks ago. I should remember to bring some warmups for before and after.

Yoga Party

Wifey and I got to do our Saturday morning yoga this week. We haven't been since before all my open water swims. This summer has been pretty busy so far. Just a few more events coming up. The studio had a new room, which was really nice, and the class was much bigger than usual. Come fall I hope we can make it routine again.

fly

On friday I did 300 yards worth of butterfly. This is 50% more than my usual workout. I found myself very sore in the lower abdominal region. Almost to the point that I thought I had hurt myself. People are always trying to figure out how to develop their lower abdominals. Now, of course, all the muscles in the midsection are connected. But everything seems to focus up at the top, just a little below the solar plexus. Except for the butterfly. I really have got to do more. This fall or winter I should really do the 100 and 200 fly in some pool meet or other. Lets mark that as a goal for this season.

Queechy

Last night's swim was at Queechy lake. Biggest turnout of the summer. People were there from nearly an hour north and an hour south.  Another fantastic lake. We swam across up one side then back across and down the other side. We stopped to regroup 4 times. This gave me a chance to play around with my pace. On the shorter legs I picked it up to swim right at the head of the group. The rest of the time I went along at a more normal pace. That put a few people ahead of me on the longer legs.
After the swim, a beer and a burger. It doesn't get much better.

Sunday Stroll

This weekend wifey and I took a run together. We haven't done for a long time. Wifey is still keeping her distance very limited so she actually walked the last mile of the loop. But it was still really nice. Back when we were planning to run the NYC marathon we would go off on long runs together. We could run and talk for miles and miles. Maybe we'll be able to do that again.

Big Pond

Wednesday was a swim in Big Pond in Otis MA. Weather was a little iffy. But it turned out just fine. We swam into the wind on the way out and then swam with the wind behind us on the way back into the beach. I usually prefer it that way. If the wind is blowing across my path it will be constantly pushing my of course.
This is now six different lakes just to the north in Massachusetts that are all new to me.

Pile it

I finally added some weight to my weight training. A little on the deadlift, a few more reps on the bicep curls, and a little bit on my wrist roller. No extra soreness. That could mean I should have added some weight earlier. But I've done it now.