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But seriously, how do people spend 10+ minutes flicking their hair and standing just so? This took maybe a minute and I was done about 30 seconds in.

I got to do my 10 miles outside today. I saw Thorn just as I left the house, which is always an excellent start, and my vest continues to be an excellent purchase.

Smoke season is here; I’m astounded by the number of people on my strava exercising outdoors in this.

9 mile run today. Been a while since I ran this far. I decided to run to the lakeshore and timed my run to get there as Dan finished his open water swim session. Thorn came by to wish me a good run. I saw lots of tree damage (we had a big storm a couple of days ago) but this was the most dramatic.

Tested out the new running vest today - I’m pretty pleased with it. My back got super sweaty but it was also 95% humidity so I’m not sure the running vest is entirely to blame.

Current weather. I missed the early morning run window so am aiming for the sunset window to get in my 4 miles. The gym is closed for Canada Day or I’d be doing it there.

I’ve been escaping into the trails (and the shade) when I can but today’s route had lots of little rollers so my legs felt pretty brutalised by the end!

Also, I know parkrun isn’t a race but I can’t help but try and reel people in. 🤷🏽‍♀️

The raccoon on the crossing was one I spotted from the gym window! Sadly by the time I finished my workout it had been hit by a car in the parking lot.

We had some great food in Barbados (the fish cutters at Caboose were SO GOOD that we all went back to a second round) and I discovered that I am rather partial to a rum punch.

Enjoying some warmer weather for a few days.

The swim club I joined programs all four strokes into the practices, the only one of which I’m remotely competent at is freestyle. The last few weeks we’ve been having technique sessions for all the strokes and this is what my fly looks like at the moment. Plenty to work on but pleased that I’ve reached the stage where I have enough propulsion to get across the pool.

Anyway, both the physio and my massage guy seem to think it’s a nerve being irritated by something so we’ll keep trucking away and hopefully I’ll be niggle free soon.

Our swim club hosted a meet this weekend. We both volunteered (as timers) and Dan also swam two events. We both came back home exhausted and were in bed by 8.30pm 😂

At the gym today an older man came up to me to ask me for advice because “you look like you know what you’re doing”. And it was such a non-typical gym interaction that I had to tell everyone about it.