I took most of last week off simply because I did not have much time to write. I think last week was a case of the plate being at a point where it was comfortably full, and trying to squeeze in a blog every night would have been a force. I don't think I really did much of anything worth blogging about though. I guess I was still in Chicago last we spoke. The next day we got more of that amazing coffee. Then we had dim sum for lunch,. Then I flew home.
I then rode Zwift for 3 straight days @ 2 hours exactly, every day. I am motivated right now to push towards that 2 hours/day average over the summer. I am behind in June. But I am trying to maximize the time I have. Then Saturday was the race, which I will not really speak too much about here other than to say I think it was our best race yet. I ended up with a bit over 2 hours on the bike. Then Sunday it was another 2+ but at this point I forget.
Now I am in St. Louis
After thinking about this some, I decided to make this trip an all-business affair. I am trying to be on-point with the trip, and not make it an explore-and-adventure trip. So in a sense this will be a sabbatical from doing much of anything really. I am banking up the fun for this coming weekend, whatever that brings. So today:
6:45 - Woke up, showered, made oatmeal & tea for D and I to eat in bed before I take off for the next 2 days.
7:45 - Left the house to go to the airport. I read a book in the Uber because I am going to try to finish this book on this trip. Got to terminal C only to realize it was moved to terminal A. Took the tram over and found a much shorter TSA line. Grabbed a coffee and worked a bit, then read some more while they worked out a "mechanical issue." Turns out there were 2 seats stuck in the reclined position.
11:00 - wheels off the ground, a bit late. Was not able to pair my BT headphones with Zac's iPad so I read for 90 minutes then played a video game for the last 30. Somehow landed ahead of schedule.
12:15 - (now in CST) grabbed a salad at the airport and ate it in the Uber ride there. The salad is part of my being good for this trip. My intention is to eat nothing but oatmeal & salad for 8 straight meals spanning Monday morning through Wednesday lunch.
12:45 - got the the client location early. Started up and worked together for the next 3.5 hours. We literally plowed through today's agenda and 90% of tomorrow's agenda as well. I am not sure what tomorrow will bring really. Hopefully we can get out early.
4:30 - was not able to ditch the happy hour since my name was on the title of the invitation. It was abundantly clear that it wasn't really going to fly. I drank unsweetened iced tea and had a little of the appetizers they bought. By 5:30 everyone left.
5:30 - went back to the hotel to change into my gym clothes.
6:00 - get on recumbent bike, put Zwift on phone, Eureka on iPad, and ride in the hotel gym for 2:12. Like i said, all-business. Not fucking around today.
8:30 - after cleaning up I leave the room to look for food. In the end I go across the road to the mall to get a chicken Caesar salad. On the way back I duck into the CVS for some sucralose water and Haagen Dazs ice cream. I earned at least that much.
9:00 - eat dinner while watching more Eureka. The salad was better than expected. I ate half the pint of PB/Chocolate ice cream then threw the other half away. I wanted ice cream and there's no freezer here. I am not eating the whole pint as that would eradicate my day. Plus I can expense it since I am under budget for the day.
After that did a little work, watched more Eureka, surfed, wrote, etc.
11:00 - Gonna call it a night, read a little, and hit the sack shortly.
* Note 1: I think we decided to ride Jungle Habitat this Saturday. We had Mohunk plans but I think we have decided to stay home this weekend. I am not sure what precipitated D to suggest this, but as soon as she did I was happy she did, because I wasn't really in tune with going up there. Sunday is WFO. Open to suggestions that do not involve Lewis Morris.
* Note 2: D suggested I do the Granogue race in July. I think I am going to pencil that in.
I then rode Zwift for 3 straight days @ 2 hours exactly, every day. I am motivated right now to push towards that 2 hours/day average over the summer. I am behind in June. But I am trying to maximize the time I have. Then Saturday was the race, which I will not really speak too much about here other than to say I think it was our best race yet. I ended up with a bit over 2 hours on the bike. Then Sunday it was another 2+ but at this point I forget.
Now I am in St. Louis
After thinking about this some, I decided to make this trip an all-business affair. I am trying to be on-point with the trip, and not make it an explore-and-adventure trip. So in a sense this will be a sabbatical from doing much of anything really. I am banking up the fun for this coming weekend, whatever that brings. So today:
6:45 - Woke up, showered, made oatmeal & tea for D and I to eat in bed before I take off for the next 2 days.
7:45 - Left the house to go to the airport. I read a book in the Uber because I am going to try to finish this book on this trip. Got to terminal C only to realize it was moved to terminal A. Took the tram over and found a much shorter TSA line. Grabbed a coffee and worked a bit, then read some more while they worked out a "mechanical issue." Turns out there were 2 seats stuck in the reclined position.
11:00 - wheels off the ground, a bit late. Was not able to pair my BT headphones with Zac's iPad so I read for 90 minutes then played a video game for the last 30. Somehow landed ahead of schedule.
12:15 - (now in CST) grabbed a salad at the airport and ate it in the Uber ride there. The salad is part of my being good for this trip. My intention is to eat nothing but oatmeal & salad for 8 straight meals spanning Monday morning through Wednesday lunch.
12:45 - got the the client location early. Started up and worked together for the next 3.5 hours. We literally plowed through today's agenda and 90% of tomorrow's agenda as well. I am not sure what tomorrow will bring really. Hopefully we can get out early.
4:30 - was not able to ditch the happy hour since my name was on the title of the invitation. It was abundantly clear that it wasn't really going to fly. I drank unsweetened iced tea and had a little of the appetizers they bought. By 5:30 everyone left.
5:30 - went back to the hotel to change into my gym clothes.
6:00 - get on recumbent bike, put Zwift on phone, Eureka on iPad, and ride in the hotel gym for 2:12. Like i said, all-business. Not fucking around today.
8:30 - after cleaning up I leave the room to look for food. In the end I go across the road to the mall to get a chicken Caesar salad. On the way back I duck into the CVS for some sucralose water and Haagen Dazs ice cream. I earned at least that much.
9:00 - eat dinner while watching more Eureka. The salad was better than expected. I ate half the pint of PB/Chocolate ice cream then threw the other half away. I wanted ice cream and there's no freezer here. I am not eating the whole pint as that would eradicate my day. Plus I can expense it since I am under budget for the day.
After that did a little work, watched more Eureka, surfed, wrote, etc.
11:00 - Gonna call it a night, read a little, and hit the sack shortly.
* Note 1: I think we decided to ride Jungle Habitat this Saturday. We had Mohunk plans but I think we have decided to stay home this weekend. I am not sure what precipitated D to suggest this, but as soon as she did I was happy she did, because I wasn't really in tune with going up there. Sunday is WFO. Open to suggestions that do not involve Lewis Morris.
* Note 2: D suggested I do the Granogue race in July. I think I am going to pencil that in.