tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70404336172896842522024-03-14T05:24:11.238-04:00Triaspirational"You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough." - William BlakeJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4003125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-61558173934569663102020-12-05T10:39:00.000-05:002020-12-05T10:39:24.349-05:00Spin!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y8E1MvphsBg/X8ui8H6AGLI/AAAAAAAAMkE/Cp9kk3iHRnoSx3ipc9qjNn2BEkwdT-rGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1607181038928377-1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This one deserves a real post, though I've mostly abandoned blogging - I log exercise in my <a href="https://swaprunning.com/" target="_blank">coach</a>'s spreadsheet (we are on day 2384 of working together, isn't that amazing?) and also in a Facebook PT accountability group, this is surplus to requirements. I've also always had qualms about it (same with Light Reading) that when I am having a hard time staying on top of work, I don't want students and colleagues to be thinking "how come she hasn't graded our papers, she had time to read two novels yesterday and have an hour run and an hour yoga!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I haven't been riding since I did the Princeton 70.3 in 2015 or so, and when my back got really bad over winter 2016-2017 it turned out that spinning was really painful - the sciatica through glute and along back of leg was acutely triggered by it. And I ended up giving up my Chelsea Piers membership because if I couldn't ride my bike comfortably down to spin/lift/do yoga there, it was too much of a pain getting there on public transit during a teaching semester. (An hour each way basically if things went smoothly, sometimes longer.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So in fall 2019 I was chugging away with very painful running with walk intervals (it wasn't till February 2020 that I realized I needed a lift in the left shoe as well as orthotics in both) and swimming a couple times a week when I could. Swim logistics for me as for many are always much much tougher than other things, and when NYC pools all shut down in March, that was it for a while.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So my back was really getting better from February or so, still problems and still needs walk intervals or tension builds up painfully, and I started doing minimum of about four yoga classes/week once I realized I could stream sessions with <a href="https://www.susannekaesbauer.yoga/group-class" target="_blank">Susanne</a> (I met Susanne during my time at Oxford in 2016, she taught at <a href="https://yogavenue.co.uk/" target="_blank">YogaVenue Oxford</a>. And yoga is a good substitute for swimming, it stretches you out rather than compressing everything. And in the summer I really did finally get the 2x week upper body lifting going - got the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VZZT8FC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1&fpw=alm" target="_blank">adjustable dumbbells</a> and am really enjoying it, sharing a Monday 7am Zoom with <a href="https://lklein.com/" target="_blank">Lauren</a> and a Thursday 8am Zoom with Brent. So I've got 5x run, 4-5x yoga (mix of flow and yin) and 2 strength.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But it's dawning on me that I really probably am not going to be able to run a lot more than I am now - I mean, I wouldn't rule out a tactical build for some event, and when the pandemic recedes I hope my Saturday long run will be longer than it is now, but for the medium and long term I need the other forms of aerobic exercise to supplement. And who knows when the Columbia pool is going to open again. (Chelsea Piers pool is calling to me again - they have 30 minute individual slots and it's also an extremely well-ventilated space, whereas the Columbia pool is in the basement of an underground gym that is probably the single worst-ventilated university building I have ever set foot in).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took the plunge on ordering the bike in September, my only pair of spin shoes are in Cayman and I had to get shoes and cleats and literally the shoes and cleats have sat there waiting for me to deal with them for 2 months.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But my old original favorite spin teacher, the person who got me to really like spin classes at Chelsea Piers c. 2010, is starting a winter training session! <a href="https://www.bodiesynergy.com/" target="_blank">Joanna</a> did the first session this morning at 9:30 as a trial to see if there's interest, I think it will be regular and I am really excited about that. And it turns out our Cayman friend <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFMLNSDrtDsidMR_Jhq0sQ" target="_blank">Jerome</a> is <a href="https://www.revolutionscayman.online/#classes" target="_blank">streaming classes at Revolutions</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BACK ON THE BIKE!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(I need to take my road bike for a tuneup and to have clipless pedals replaced with double-platform ones, flat on one side and clip on the other. I'm never going to be riding a lot as I think riding in traffic in NYC is unacceptably dangerous, I don't have the nerve for it, but it's a good option for riding down the west side path to meet up perhaps with friends outside.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2020 has been a very rough year for me as for almost everybody else, but it has been a strangely good year of exercise. I should write a yoga post soon too - I have extraordinarily enjoyed doing yoga very very consistently over a sustained period and do not intend to let that go when the pandemic is no longer affecting us in such extreme ways.</div>Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-26016002517071408062020-06-03T09:09:00.000-04:002020-06-03T09:09:12.019-04:00Wednesday update70 with 20 as 1:1 to warm up and cool down, work set at 6 x 3min faster, 2min walking recovery.<br />
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I've been gradually figuring out my yoga schedule, adding more as I get acclimated (but lot of yin so that I don't overdo it with muscle work). This week's schedule looks like this:<br />
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Monday: 7am Modo flow class; walk<br />
Tuesday: 7am core strength flow with Susanne; 40 as 1:1<br />
Wednesday: 70 as noted above; 2pm Bliss flow + nidra (Rachel)<br />
Thursday: walk; 8:30 private session with Susanne (flow); 4pm Modo yin<br />
Friday: 40 as 1:1; 8:30 private session with Susanne (yin)<br />
Saturday: 80 as 3:1 with 40 as 4:1 in the middle; 3pm Bliss yin (Iliana)<br />
Sunday: 40 as 1:1: 3pm Bliss flow (Chantelle); 6pm Modo yinJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-12478320146345441522020-05-23T17:05:00.000-04:002020-05-23T17:05:38.349-04:00Streak!So I have been doing at least 3 yoga classes a week since the beginning of April, but it took 2 things (Bliss starting to livestream classes - it's just not the same doing a recorded class - and my semester coming to more or less of a close) to go to the daily mode. Now I am very excited as I think that there is NO REASON I shouldn't be able to build the longest yoga streak in my life! First day was Monday, May 11. So today is day 13. Got my week's template down. <br />
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Run is five days and I walk the other two (I have missed a couple of those walks since we started sheltering place - maybe 2 or 3? not sure exactly - but in general I have been very faithful to it.<br />
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My COFFEEWRITING group starts on Tuesday so at that point I really am in a good routine: one that recognizes the fact that currently my good hours are between 6am and noon or so, and that if I use them wisely, it doesn't matter if I flop for the rest of the day!Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-15044247666115704352020-05-19T11:36:00.004-04:002020-05-19T11:36:58.610-04:00Popping into say that my week's template is suiting me really well; I continue to do 5 run-walk and 2 walk each week, and this past week was the first week I was able to do yoga every day as well! The yoga rota is looking like this (Bliss is now streaming live classes, which was the last piece of the puzzle):<br />
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Monday: 7am grounding flow class with Susanne (in Sweden!) + brisk exercise walk immediately afterwards (30-50 mins)<br />
Tuesday: 40 as 1:1 early and Heidi's therapeutic yoga at 9am (Cayman)<br />
Wednesday: harder run intervals of some description four 75-85 mins total and Rachel's 2pm flow-restorative class (Cayman)<br />
Thursday: 30-50 mins brisk exercise walk + 9am private session with Susanne<br />
Friday: 40 as 1:1 + 8:30am private session (yin) with Susanne<br />
Saturday: 80 min longer run intervals (lots of 3:1 recently) + 3pm yin class with Iliana (Cayman)<br />
Sunday: 40 as 1:1 and 3pm flow with Chantelle (Cayman)Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-80801600735473775902020-04-16T16:14:00.001-04:002020-04-16T16:14:38.854-04:00Current week's templateClearly I don't have the vim to log here right now! I am exercising daily just as I usually do, it's going well. Here's the current week's template (I will probably add a couple more things in May once I'm done teaching for the semester).<br />
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Monday: 50 minutes exercise walk, 1hr Susanne's grounding flow yoga class<br />
Tuesday: 40 as 1:1 jog-walk<br />
Wednesday: 75 with some longer faster intervals<br />
Thursday: 50 minutes exercise walk, 1hr private session yoga<br />
Friday: 40 as 1:1 jog-walk, 1hr private yoga<br />
Saturday: 70-80 as something like 3:1 or 4:1<br />
Sunday: 1hr as 1:1<br />
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Keeping me sane and reasonably happy!Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-63801842673692109262020-04-11T10:59:00.001-04:002020-04-11T10:59:02.330-04:00Catch-up!Yeah, the other two places I log just feel like a higher priority right now....<br />
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good week of exercise. Just now: 70 as 3:1 easy, felt great. This week was totally as usual (on lighter side): 5 run, 2 walk (I'm making sure to get outdoor exercise every morning before my day really gets going, I know how important it is for mood and mental health). And 2 yoga! The exciting innovation as of Thursday is private Zoom yoga sessions with Susanne (my Oxford yoga teacher, now in Sweden) on Thursdays and Fridays and her class on Monday morning first thing. This is going to be really good!Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-48032649145562339512020-04-03T17:12:00.001-04:002020-04-03T17:12:16.718-04:00FridayDay started very early, I had a nice hour as 1:1 once it was light, and proceeded to have a really good and stimulating work day in which I was thoroughly immersed.Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-11085252550442927092020-04-02T11:51:00.002-04:002020-04-02T11:51:50.370-04:00Wednesday-ThursdayWednesday: a really great run (beautiful cold sunny weather too), 1:10 total with work as 6 x 3min faster, 2min walking recovery.<br />
Today: 50 mins exercise walk.Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-15205317261642710222020-03-31T15:45:00.000-04:002020-03-31T15:45:17.908-04:00Monday-TuesdayBoth seminars have now been taught online, both went well, breathing a sigh of relief!<br />
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Monday: non-run day, 50 mins brisk exercise walk.<br />
Tuesday: 30 as 1:1 (didn't get out till afternoon).Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-30520268551639061232020-03-29T10:50:00.001-04:002020-03-29T10:50:21.798-04:00Sunday run!1hr as 1:1, misty and mild, very nice.Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-52590955179495416832020-03-28T10:56:00.001-04:002020-03-28T10:56:35.910-04:00Saturday run!90 as 3:1, really very good.Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-73970861519025400192020-03-27T16:31:00.001-04:002020-03-27T16:31:26.595-04:00Friday run1hr as 1:1, really lovely. Looking forward to the longer one tomorrow.Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-30181085267181395442020-03-26T08:40:00.000-04:002020-03-26T08:40:50.812-04:00March 21-26 updateReally I have been exercising every day - no, really!....<br />
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Saturday: 40 easy as 1:1<br />
Sunday: 1hr as 1:1, 1.25hr fascial flow yoga streamed with Heidi (now have access to that class again and am hoping to get it in frequent rotation)<br />
Monday: 50 mins brisk exercise walk<br />
Tuesday: 1hr as 1:1<br />
Wednesday: Really great 1:10 with work as 4 x 5min faster, 2min walking recovery.<br />
Thursday: 50 mins brisk exercise walk<br />
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Need to get back on stretching - I am spending too much time on the computer (and actually have had a lot of work stuff to wrangle this week).Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-47222609354874013522020-03-20T14:26:00.001-04:002020-03-20T14:26:48.569-04:00Thursday-Friday updateThursday: 40 as 1:1, very nice<br />
Friday: 1hr lunchtime flow yoga with Lynsy, streamed from Bliss Cayman.Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-26393212922873907962020-03-18T08:17:00.000-04:002020-03-18T08:17:04.031-04:00Monday-Wednesday updateDon't seem to have blogged here - I've been online a lot but have two other places where I log exercise (coach spreadsheet, FB ladies' PT accountability group) and this one tends to feel lower priority these days, though I like to have it as a record.<br />
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Monday: 1hr home hot yoga on balcony<br />
Tuesday: very good run, 1:25 or so with ladder as 10/8/6/4/2 (2min walking recovery). Then a streaming yoga with Alex Auder!<br />
Wednesday: 1hr as 1:1 easy and early<br />
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Travel plans have changed and I'll be flying back to NYC later today. Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-39240713853555437522020-03-15T08:15:00.000-04:002020-03-15T08:15:04.240-04:001hras 1:1, really really nice. And I had a really good mindfu 20 mins PT+ yesterday afternoon, will do the same today. Back on it for the duration - it's much easier to stay motivated for it when my body is working somewhat better and I can actually see the possibility of real improvement.Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-24788007812818366082020-03-14T09:36:00.002-04:002020-03-14T09:36:45.275-04:00Long run!The best one I've had for a long time. Tight R posterior chain likes heat and humidity. 90 as 3:1.Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-46256866557886665382020-03-13T13:19:00.001-04:002020-03-13T13:19:17.235-04:00Wednesday-Friday updateWednesday: travel day, did go to a 1pm flow-yoga nidra at Bliss.<br />
Thursday: 40 as 1:1, very nice.<br />
Friday: realized belatedly that I really shouldn't be a vector at 6am hot yoga, downloaded a hot 26 timer app and did a really excellent hour on my own on Brent's balcony.Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-61881279958380961852020-03-10T13:10:00.001-04:002020-03-10T13:10:02.312-04:00Tuesday1:10 with work as 4 x 5min faster, 2min walking recovery. Very good - not pain-free, but the situation is remarkably better than it was two weeks ago. The happiness that comes with this is a very good counter to anxiety about the public health situation....Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-56225696739939662722020-03-09T13:46:00.003-04:002020-03-09T13:46:50.895-04:00Monday swim!Sunday: very very nice 1hr as 1:1, beautiful weather.<br />
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A slew of important emails came in Sunday evening and continue to arrive, with the situation potentially changing very rapidly. All classes are fully suspended for Monday and Tuesday preparatory to going online (via Zoom, integrated into Canvas/Courseworks) from Wednesday on. Next week is spring break so we'll await further word about how things will go after the break, but I'm imagining that I'll be teaching online thenceforward unless things get shut down in an even fuller way.<br />
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Regular big meeting and seminar were both canceled, but I had a couple shorter meetings (including one interesting one that reminds me why certain things about Columbia's organizational structure are very frustrating!) and then - which I usually don't have time for on a Monday - a SWIM! Group fitness classes are shut down, including my special lap swim time, but regular rec swim is for now still open, and was relatively unpopulated.<br />
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10 x 100 easy free<br />
150 back as kick, drill, swim by 50<br />
100 fly drill<br />
100 IM<br />
50 easy swim down<br />
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1400 yards totalJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-65233151868241636492020-03-07T14:26:00.001-05:002020-03-07T14:26:03.972-05:00Friday-Saturday updateFriday: a very wet cold 40 as 1:1 mid-afternoon<br />
Saturday: 90 with 40 as 3:1, 20 as 4:1 and 30 as 2:1. Running into wind on the homeward leg made R posterior chain very sore!Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-85497704397968671102020-03-05T12:58:00.002-05:002020-03-05T12:58:56.621-05:00Wednesday-Thursday updateChaotic morning multitasking did not prevent me having a great swim but I did realize as I wended my way from pool to my office to pick up the bottles of wine for this evening's book party that I had left my keys at home....<br />
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12 x 100. Flip turns feeling a lot more natural. First 10: odds free, evens misc. [kick on back, back (50 double-arm, 50 full), fly drill, breast (50 kick with board, 50 full stroke), kick with board]. 100 IM, 100 easy swim down (50 free, 50 back). 1200 yards total<br />
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(Yesterday was a great run too, about 1:05 with work as ladder 5-1-4-1-3-1-2-1-1-1. Feeling good about things, coronavirus issues notwithstanding!)Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-81034842050521132742020-03-03T10:46:00.002-05:002020-03-03T10:46:30.506-05:00Tuesday!In an amazingly good mood yesterday and today - great class meeting yesterday at the Avery rare book library (and similar next week for my other class at the RBML), funny evening open house event for English majors where I saw lots of current and former students and generally felt really good about the work we are all doing in the classroom.<br />
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full PT+ then 40 as 1:1.<br />
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Now need to shower and eat food, get handouts copied for class and teach at 12:10. Office hours 2:30-4 and then taking out a Fellow from the Columbia SOF for late afternoon coffee and/or drink and snacks to celebrate her having gotten an amazing academic job! Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-38701987201408100592020-03-03T10:44:00.000-05:002020-03-03T10:44:09.851-05:00Thursday updateHahaha, I didn't really fall off the face of the earth, but post-travel fatigue kicked me like a mule, I took zeros on Monday and Tuesday in spite of good intentions. <br />
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Wednesday: 1:10 with work set as 8 x 4 faster, 1 recovery. L foot/R LB/posterior chain connection is very evil right now.<br />
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Thursday: such a good swim! It feels like a victory to get there at all (it's really the only day when I can reasonably guarantee getting there, though I am going to think about Fridays and how to add that one too, it is the next most feasible). <br />
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What did I do? It was so nice..... <br />
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100 swim<br />
100 kick on back<br />
300 as 2 x 150 back as kick-drill-swim by 50<br />
2 x 100 freestyle drill-swim by 25 (thumbs and salute, finger-drag)<br />
100 something I've forgotten<br />
100 free<br />
100 fly as right-arm, left-arm, 3-3-3, full stroke<br />
100 flutter kick with board<br />
100 whip kick with board<br />
100 IM<br />
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10 flip turns - I do them very badly (and when I am actually swimming laps I mostly just do an open turn), but I will only get better if I make myself do them....<br />
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1300 yards total<br />
Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040433617289684252.post-23109678681039280472020-03-01T18:24:00.000-05:002020-03-01T18:24:31.540-05:00SundayGood work day and a nice 50 as 1:1 in the last hour of light to shake out the cobwebs. It has been very beneficial to have had three full days entirely to myself. Now it really is only two more Monday-Tuesday whammies before I fly to see Brent for spring break! Worried about coronavirus in general and more particularly it disrupting travel in as yet unimagined ways, but aware that there is little I can do other than stay calm and roll with it....Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com0