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Tuesday Dec 27, 2011 #
10 PM
Swimming 20:00 [3] 0.35 km (57:09 / km)
I paid more attention to the clock on the wall this session. I can't really see it without my glasses---I'm getting some corrective goggles that might help.
I did 14 lengths with recoveries of about 90-120 seconds. I need to edit my last session---no way was I doing 30 second recoveries. I did one 60 second recovery tonight and it was bad---I couldn't maintain form *at all*. My Hr was usually close to 180 after 1 length, but it dropped pretty fast down to 120 or so. I still had to wait another minute or so to let my arms recover.
I had a few laps where I was really smooth---long, streamlined, and fast---and a few more where I my form was just failing---slow, draggy (my feet would sink), and I had much more trouble breathing on my weak side.
I was trying to do 500m, but at 350 I was just done. I climbed out of the pool and was shaky and unsteady for a long time. I got on a bike for 20 minutes and felt a lot better after.
I did 14 lengths with recoveries of about 90-120 seconds. I need to edit my last session---no way was I doing 30 second recoveries. I did one 60 second recovery tonight and it was bad---I couldn't maintain form *at all*. My Hr was usually close to 180 after 1 length, but it dropped pretty fast down to 120 or so. I still had to wait another minute or so to let my arms recover.
I had a few laps where I was really smooth---long, streamlined, and fast---and a few more where I my form was just failing---slow, draggy (my feet would sink), and I had much more trouble breathing on my weak side.
I was trying to do 500m, but at 350 I was just done. I climbed out of the pool and was shaky and unsteady for a long time. I got on a bike for 20 minutes and felt a lot better after.
Cycling 20:00
ahr:137 max:146
20 minutes on the bike after swimming, watching TV.
Finished reading "The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet" (1), by Garrett Peck, Rutgers Univ Press, 2009. I got this after reading Daniel Okrent's book "Last Call" (about Prohibition). This is a book that covers a lot of ground, from Temperance Movements in the 1800s to Prohibition to explanations of the companies that make beer, wine, and spirits. It then continues on into the oddities of state alcohol laws including a recent Supreme Court victory that allows small vineyards to sell directly to customers in remote states (in some cases). I didn't know that the legal age to buy alcohol was 21 for most of America's history, but that empathy toward soldiers less than 21 going to Vietnam got a Constitutional amendment passed that dropped the voting age to 18 in 1971, and that states quickly dropped the drinking age to 18 as well. But then there was binge drinking and an increase in car crashes that led to MADD in 1980, and states soon after ratcheted the age back to 21, which is the oldest drinking age among first world countries. The final few chapters talk about so-called neo-prohibitionists who are trying to further reduce access to alcohol and about possible future directions for US alcohol laws. Having seen first hand the drinking situation at several universities recently, I'm leaning towards the side that wants to reduce the drinking age, perhaps to 18. (Canada is 19, the UK is 18. Germany is 16 for beer.) It's a tough call because if it isn't accompanied by some harsh rules regarding drinking and driving, it's going to increase drunk driving. I believe the current system where drinking is illegal but nearly everyone under 21 drinks is just the worst hypocrisy, and it encourages binge drinking in secret, so when someone does need a hospital, no one wants to take them or call an ambulance because everyone will get in trouble.
Anyway, it's a good book. The chapters are pretty quick, and they're informative. There were a handful of annoying technical detail errors, such as that Calvados is made by a religious order of monks: "Some of the most famous spirits come from European monastic orders, such as Benedictine and Calvados." He probably means Chartreuse, made by Carthusian Monks. But the errors are nitpicks. I really enjoyed it. (The last few chapters are a really good resource for high school and college students looking for a good controversial subject for a paper.)
Finished reading "The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet" (1), by Garrett Peck, Rutgers Univ Press, 2009. I got this after reading Daniel Okrent's book "Last Call" (about Prohibition). This is a book that covers a lot of ground, from Temperance Movements in the 1800s to Prohibition to explanations of the companies that make beer, wine, and spirits. It then continues on into the oddities of state alcohol laws including a recent Supreme Court victory that allows small vineyards to sell directly to customers in remote states (in some cases). I didn't know that the legal age to buy alcohol was 21 for most of America's history, but that empathy toward soldiers less than 21 going to Vietnam got a Constitutional amendment passed that dropped the voting age to 18 in 1971, and that states quickly dropped the drinking age to 18 as well. But then there was binge drinking and an increase in car crashes that led to MADD in 1980, and states soon after ratcheted the age back to 21, which is the oldest drinking age among first world countries. The final few chapters talk about so-called neo-prohibitionists who are trying to further reduce access to alcohol and about possible future directions for US alcohol laws. Having seen first hand the drinking situation at several universities recently, I'm leaning towards the side that wants to reduce the drinking age, perhaps to 18. (Canada is 19, the UK is 18. Germany is 16 for beer.) It's a tough call because if it isn't accompanied by some harsh rules regarding drinking and driving, it's going to increase drunk driving. I believe the current system where drinking is illegal but nearly everyone under 21 drinks is just the worst hypocrisy, and it encourages binge drinking in secret, so when someone does need a hospital, no one wants to take them or call an ambulance because everyone will get in trouble.
Anyway, it's a good book. The chapters are pretty quick, and they're informative. There were a handful of annoying technical detail errors, such as that Calvados is made by a religious order of monks: "Some of the most famous spirits come from European monastic orders, such as Benedictine and Calvados." He probably means Chartreuse, made by Carthusian Monks. But the errors are nitpicks. I really enjoyed it. (The last few chapters are a really good resource for high school and college students looking for a good controversial subject for a paper.)