As you can imagine, it was hard to come by time to write much yesterday. I did wake up early and write chapter 34. Then today I woke up early and did 35, then knocked out 36 through the day on & off. I have the end all laid out now. So I can just sit down and write whenever I have some free time. The end is near, I think I have 3 chapters to do. The final crux of things has come & gone and we are wrapping up. It's pretty cool, exciting. Looking forward to making it tighter now in the weeks to come. Essentially wrapping up 2 projects in a few days.
I did also ride yesterday, went to the field at the school at the bottom of the road. It's less than a half mile from the house so it's quick to get to. I just don't want to make it a habit because I don't know how well the field will take repeated tire passes on it. I did 21 minutes of microbursts then finished it with 10 minutes of tempo at exactly 300w. This is my pro tip for those of you who want to get the most out of training. Doing tempo work after intervals is how you train your body to work at race pace while recovering. Having said that, it's hard work.
Ok so then yesterday we got married.
As many of you know, @seanrunnette and I have become even better friends this year and I was extremely happy that he agreed without even thinking about it (a decision he may have later second guessed himself on) to get himself certified or ordained in NJ to perform the ceremony. I absolutely love the pants he chose. In hindsight, it would have been outstanding had I worn the same.
Sean did a knockout job and after the ceremony someone immediately came up to me and said, "That was by far the best wedding I've ever been to." Obviously, statements like this make me super happy. And they hadn't even had any of the food yet. As the night went on, several people told me everything was great. So all the work we put into this turned out really well. I wasn't too worried about things. But since we were rolling this on our own, I had a little more pressure to get Sean something that he could work with. Luckily, he's an actor so he was able to take the script and make it come alive. Top notch job. Absolutely top notch. I think the script was the thing I was most nervous for.
We didn't do a typical wedding so we didn't have a lot of the structure, though we did have a first dance. We never really discussed a first song before about 1:00 yesterday. When someone asked about us "having a song" I said, "Well, probably playing Summertime Rolls is not a great idea." In the end we let @capedoc choose it, and he picked a great choice by Clapton. Capers did all the playlists, 3 of them. Nailed it. Totally nailed them.
Also thanks to @jmanic for delivering on the OH beer supply. I was trying to keep that as quiet as I could but I figured you guys would find out. Anyway, even though I don't drink I am not so obtuse to ask people to come to a dry wedding. How boring is that? Also thanks to @Kirt for delivering it to the patio yesterday late morning. Also want to thank Mrs. Kirt for the assist in the marriage certificate. It was actually touching how happy they both were for the 2 of us. While we're on the Mrs's, Mrs. @jmanic nailed the arrangements. Absolutely beautiful.
I had a toast speech written, and at some point I will post it here but I want to share it with some other people first. But we really didn't have a script to give @Mitch - he just did his thing on the mic, and as always, did a great job. And as always, he makes it fun.
Many thanks to many of you guys for coming out. I don't have the time nor energy to list out everyone who means something to us. We both just appreciate all the support through the years. Looking forward to many more gatherings with many of you.
I did also ride yesterday, went to the field at the school at the bottom of the road. It's less than a half mile from the house so it's quick to get to. I just don't want to make it a habit because I don't know how well the field will take repeated tire passes on it. I did 21 minutes of microbursts then finished it with 10 minutes of tempo at exactly 300w. This is my pro tip for those of you who want to get the most out of training. Doing tempo work after intervals is how you train your body to work at race pace while recovering. Having said that, it's hard work.
Ok so then yesterday we got married.
As many of you know, @seanrunnette and I have become even better friends this year and I was extremely happy that he agreed without even thinking about it (a decision he may have later second guessed himself on) to get himself certified or ordained in NJ to perform the ceremony. I absolutely love the pants he chose. In hindsight, it would have been outstanding had I worn the same.
Sean did a knockout job and after the ceremony someone immediately came up to me and said, "That was by far the best wedding I've ever been to." Obviously, statements like this make me super happy. And they hadn't even had any of the food yet. As the night went on, several people told me everything was great. So all the work we put into this turned out really well. I wasn't too worried about things. But since we were rolling this on our own, I had a little more pressure to get Sean something that he could work with. Luckily, he's an actor so he was able to take the script and make it come alive. Top notch job. Absolutely top notch. I think the script was the thing I was most nervous for.
We didn't do a typical wedding so we didn't have a lot of the structure, though we did have a first dance. We never really discussed a first song before about 1:00 yesterday. When someone asked about us "having a song" I said, "Well, probably playing Summertime Rolls is not a great idea." In the end we let @capedoc choose it, and he picked a great choice by Clapton. Capers did all the playlists, 3 of them. Nailed it. Totally nailed them.
Also thanks to @jmanic for delivering on the OH beer supply. I was trying to keep that as quiet as I could but I figured you guys would find out. Anyway, even though I don't drink I am not so obtuse to ask people to come to a dry wedding. How boring is that? Also thanks to @Kirt for delivering it to the patio yesterday late morning. Also want to thank Mrs. Kirt for the assist in the marriage certificate. It was actually touching how happy they both were for the 2 of us. While we're on the Mrs's, Mrs. @jmanic nailed the arrangements. Absolutely beautiful.
I had a toast speech written, and at some point I will post it here but I want to share it with some other people first. But we really didn't have a script to give @Mitch - he just did his thing on the mic, and as always, did a great job. And as always, he makes it fun.
Many thanks to many of you guys for coming out. I don't have the time nor energy to list out everyone who means something to us. We both just appreciate all the support through the years. Looking forward to many more gatherings with many of you.