Oct 9: Morning swim (as forecast was for rain in the afternoon/evening). 6 laps front, 4 laps left and 4 laps right side. Discovered that my chocolate side is my left. (I like chocolate). Swimming on the left side was easier. Could even do the sweet spot drill as recommended in the TI video. However, I couldn't do the same on the right side (vanilla side). In fact, I suspect I have a slight negative buoyancy, especially on the right. Kept going below the water surface, and had to consciously keep close to surface. Hhhmmm... wonder what I could do to rectify this fault?
Evening gym workout. Getting better at air cycling. Other exercises were ok. Found a substitute for the leg adductor and abductor exercises using the cable machine, thanks to the gym instructors!
Oct 10: 15 km tempo run. Same as two weeks ago. No problem except coming back. Struggled with the slopes at 13 and 14 km. The same stretch going out towards Changi Village was good as I gathered good speed going down. But the return leg was the "killer" and my pace suffered. Managed about 7:00 instead of 6:30 on that upslope stretch. A prolonged cooldown about 3 km. Weather was sunny and hot. But bearable.
Here's the HR for record:
Tempo run on Sept 28 for comparison:
Km/Oct 10/Sept 28
1/8.03/7.26
2/7.52/7.30
3/6.00/5.58
4/6.31/6.36
5/7.08/6.36
6/6.24/6.28
7/6,22/6.37
8/6.45/6.40
9/8.14/7.08
10/6.28/6.26
11/6.35/6.06
12/6.25/7.02
13/6.57/6.22
14/7.02/6.34
15/9.11/6.22
16/11.20/10.40
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