The weirdly warm weather has continued, with the temperature rising above 70 degrees Fahrenheit for five days in a row. The party's just about over, however: it's supposed to plunge into the 20s overnight and not reach 40 degrees tomorrow.
I did a little workout in the boat Thursday: eight times (1 minute on, 4 minutes off). I aimed to paddle between 80 and 85 strokes per minute in the "on" intervals. It was part of my slow, careful process of adapting my body to the sort of high-turnover efforts I'll need in South Africa a month from now.
That workout, along with Wednesday's hard dry-land routine, had me feeling tired on Friday. The balmy weather prompted me to do something I don't normally do this time of year: ride my bike. I rode the Greater Memphis Greenline out to Shelby Farms and back, and because I was really tired I let it be just a "tour" rather than a serious athletic effort.
I was still a little on the tired side yesterday, so I did a fairly easy 50-minute paddle. This morning I was ready to rev the engines a little more, and with a strong south wind generating some small waves out on the Mississippi, I went out there to see what I could do with them. The answer was not much, and since I was also underdressed for contact with the chilly water, I didn't stay out there long. Back in the harbor I zigzagged back and forth many times to practice balance and glide in beam conditions.
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