{"id":7239,"date":"2017-09-01T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2017-check-in-31-august"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:46:49","slug":"2017-check-in-31-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2017\/09\/01\/2017-check-in-31-august\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 \u2013 Check-In \u2013 31 August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Checkin\u2019 IN!!!<\/h3>\n

Finally got to break in my new ROKA drag shorts.  Man those things are \u2018sexy\u2019.  Unfortunately no pix yet.  My laps are below, and given my lungs, I am happy with the individual laps.  Time to re-build overall fitness.  I have been concentrating on engaging my lats, staying square and not letting my hands sink under me while pushing books.  I have modified my hand entry to anchor more and be an early pulling machine.  Muscle memory isn\u2019t there yet and when I get unfocused, a bit lazy or tired I can sense the difference.  I tried to pair up back to back on my laps to get a sense of \u2018feel\u2019 and perceived effort.  Not perfect but good swims.  I like anything under 1:45 seconds per 100 yards right now.  I\u2019d like to get it to 1:30 min per 100 yards.  It will take a bit of time, but I will get there by May of next year.  Then the work of translating that from the pool to OWS is the bigger chore.  As a point of reference \u2013 OWS has seen this change :<\/p>\n

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  1. 2015 \u2013 1.2 mile swim \u2013 1 hour 13 minutes<\/li>\n
  2. 2016 \u2013 1.2 mile swim \u2013 1 hour 02 minutes<\/li>\n
  3. 2017 \u2013 1.2 mile swim \u2013 51-52 minutes  1100 yd1:411:41 \/100yd  3100 yd1:411:41 \/100yd  5100 yd1:391:39 \/100yd  750 yd47s1:34 \/100yd  950 yd47s1:34 \/100yd 1150 yd50s1:40 \/100yd 1350 yd48s1:36 \/100yd 15100 yd1:471:46 \/100yd 19100 yd1:411:41 \/100yd 21100 yd1:421:41 \/100yd 23100 yd1:451:45 \/100yd 25100 yd1:451:45 \/100yd 29100 yd1:511:51 \/100yd 31100 yd1:501:50 \/100yd 3350 yd51s1:41 \/100yd<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I keep seeing a lot of single sport focused friends willing to make bad decisions.  mostly in running and cycling.  It\u2019s like they cannot see the forest through the trees.  What happened to me.  I know I was always the sensible type, but competition fueled me too.  I guess I am just a different person as I age.  Growing up is such a treat, I tell you what.  My right glute is on fire, and I tried some stretches yesterday before swimming and it\u2019s helping.  What\u2019s up with this need to stretch?  I don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n

    made a tasty lunch salad.  Was enjoying it until Dennis our boy calls, asking where we were b\/c school got out at 1 pm today.  Oops, Liz fell asleep with Juniper.  So I hustled over and picked him up.<\/p>\n

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    I hope to get out on Crimson again early morning.  The plan is to fetch Rufus at approx 5:45 AM and head up to the trail head.  It should be a good cool morning adventure.  I think it will be one that invigorates him a bit further into his quest of being more active.<\/p>\n

    Anyway, life is good and I thought I\u2019d check in.  No races or events on the horizon, just baby 3 making progress.  Liz is dilated to a 1, which is a change from last week which was a (-)2.  We moved some rooms around the house and have more chores to complete tomorrow I hope post activities.  It is a 3 day weekend and I am looking forward to that.  Maybe I can surprise Dennis with a tent night Saturday into Sunday or Sunday into Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

    Activities \u2013 Strava Logs (Shane\u2019s Strava link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

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    Juniper keeping me honest.<\/a> A good slow run.  With many pleasant Juniper distractions.
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    Checkin\u2019 IN!!! Finally got to break in my new ROKA drag shorts.  Man those things are \u2018sexy\u2019.  Unfortunately no pix yet.  My laps are below, and given my lungs, I am happy with the individual laps.  Time to re-build overall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[817,452],"tags":[828,835,836,838],"class_list":["post-7239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prnci","category-2017-check-in","tag-tag-reflections","tag-tag-triathlon","tag-tag-endurance","tag-tag-tn"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24504,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7239\/revisions\/24504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}