It's been another decent week as I continue working as hard as I can while keeping the stress on my upper right arm to a minimum.
After an hour of steady paddling on Tuesday, I was back in the boat Thursday for a varied-pace workout. I paddled at a little over 60 strokes per minute for three minutes, then did 90 seconds around 72 spm, and finally 30 seconds at about 84 spm. I did eight of these five-minute pieces in between a 15-minute warmup and a 5-minute cooldown. My arm felt pretty good most of the time: 84 strokes per minute is low enough for me to have good control, and as long as I have control I can keep my ailing muscle out of the act of paddling. It's when I get up over 100 spm that I start to feel the pain in my arm, and I may have to do that from time to time while chasing runs in South Africa.
Thursday was a rainy day, but I got my workout in that morning before the foul weather moved in. It's always satisfying when I manage to do that.
By Friday morning the rain had moved out and chillier weather had moved in. I went down to the Greenbelt Park and did my dry-land routine under sunny skies and a temperature around 41 degrees Fahrenheit.
It quickly warmed up to a high in the mid 60s Saturday. I was back in the boat, paddling a strong tempo for 40 minutes in between a 10-minute warmup and a 10-minute cooldown.
Yesterday was not so balmy, and I had to paddle in a chilly north wind with the temperature below 50 degrees. I paddled steady and focused on taking good strokes.
My departure for the southern hemisphere is now less than five weeks away. I hope my body will cooperate with my desire to so some higher intensity work in the weeks to come.
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