Heat...but in the pool. And a bike workout I didn't want to do

The swimming pool I swim in is keeping the water at 87 degrees! 15ooyds in that water is like a 10k in 100degrees. Whoo! It really drains me. I'm upping my swimming yardage a bit because I've noticed a reduction endurance in the water. The local outdoor pool is $5.00 to get in because it has a water park, too, so I'm not paying $5 for a 1500m swim (25 minutes) when I can do it for free at ISU. Now, if I could only get out of bed in the morning, I could do some Open Water Swim.

But I've had really big problems getting to sleep at night. I usually don't sleep til about midnight, after tossing and turning for 90 minutes. It's either too hot or the fan is too loud, or I'm just not tired. I've taken my wife's suggestion of turning off the computer by 9:30pm to let my mind "turn off" and it works a little. Melatonin makes me really groggy in the morning, but I sleep like a king...when I finally get to sleep, which it doesn't help me get to sleep much better.

Did my Portland Tri bike simulation route after work. This was one of those workouts that I "just do" even though I don't want to because "good, consistent workouts" are the key to improvement. Was nearly hit by two cars tonight within a 3 minute timespan, and I nearly turned around at that point, but I stuck it out. This route usually has very few cars on it, but there is a somewhat blind turn with a stop-sign that I am always extra cautious about, and tonight it paid off. Very tired legs today, not sure why, but probably from the long yardwork on Sunday in the heat....bending, standing, leaning to put in about 100 ft of new dog-eared fencing because my dog likes to tear up the old fence and break out of the back yard (but that's another story....a long one at that).

I'm biking to work every day now....again...finally.

I did the brick as planned on Saturday morning. Nice cool morning with no wind. Biked in 1:12 and ran in 54. Both routes have big hills, so I'm expecting the times to drop on flat routes. And, in Portland, I expect a 5-10% drop in time because of the elevation difference. I'm satisfied with those times. The thing I'm not satisfied about is how long it took to get in a groove on the run after the bike....that was a 10 minute adventure instead of the usual 5 minutes. That first ten minutes on the route I ran is all uphill, so I hope that has something to do with it.

Sunday was yardwork in 100 degrees (actually 94, but it felt like 100!). Pulling ivy (I hate ivy!), and replacing some fence that the dog broke up while escaping for whatever reason (I expect a cat!). Also trimmed some trees that have been bothering me lately. I was tired after this adventure in landscaping.

I saw two comments. Somebody other than family reads this! I am hope that you are getting something useful out of reading....either groans at my misfortunes with the pool or some smiles from the cutest little 9 month old in the world. Thanks!