> On a chain gang...
At a high level we go to work to live - work to live not live to work. It is a necessary evil some would say, but I would argue that it is a necessary construct to keep mankind's mind occupied. There is an age-old adage about idle hands, and in a general sense I think there is some truth in that. We humans do poorly when not given something to do. I think as our society gets easier, we get more angsty and then angry about the world at large. I think having a purpose in life takes much of that away. For many, this is work. For many of us here, it is a combination of work and the bike community.
Many would say that I have a great setup where I am now, and I would agree with this. I really like my boss. I enjoy the work and it plays to something I do well. I have really flexible hours and I am never bored. Add it all up, and I really can't complain. And yet, here we are.
I am not going to call this a complaint about my job, because I know we all deal with this. I just hope that a small number of people who read this make up this kind of work force. I don't know what percentage of people fit into this realm. But in my experience, it's far too many.
So here is the point. I sent 4 stories to test today, they were assigned to a certain individual who is from Delaware. It would probably take this individual 2 hours max to test these. Now mind you, this is part of the job they are supposed to be doing. The response was this. I am off Thursday and Friday, so I can't do this until Monday.
Essentially, I am off for 2 days, so the next 4 days I will be doing nothing at all. To me, this redefines the expression, "Totally f'ing useless."
I don't understand anyone anymore. I cannot comprehend how lazy so many people are.
> The coffee klatch...
I have to confess that I have never liked coffee ice cream.
> Dear Poo Riggy...
@jmanic thanks for the nudge to bring back the Iggy. Am I confused here, or has this Simpson's gem never been posted before?
> Tour of Dickersons...
Met up with @UtahJoe to ride Mahlon today. He took me on a bunch of technical trails that were a good challenge both physically and in terms of bike handling/skills. Good day, good ride, solid all around. In all we rode for 2.5 hours and this was the replacement for my hard Tuesday ride. With all the technical stuff we had here, I got plenty of high end efforts in. Typically this would be a 4x5-ish day to work on that high end stuff. Or maybe if this was cross-specific there would be a bunch of 2s, 1s, and 30 second efforts. I feel at this point in my life, I would just as soon get the effort as "naturally" as I can. I find it's better for me to do it this way now.
Here is a breakdown of my HR today:
Note the 36 minutes in Z4 there, which is called Threshold but at a 194 HR that's really covering a massive spread. This is essentially the area I want to be working in so 36 minutes is really good. This ride does a good job getting me the workout I need without having to do the steady-power stuff that is far harder to get done on a road bike. What is the right method? Whatever gets you out there.
I put this out there as some on the team are asking for some training pointers. So I'll share whatever opinions I have on the matter. Am I an expert? Hell no. And I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. So take my advice for what it's worth.
> The Crystal Ball...
Tomorrow I am going to try and do a Zwift race with @seanrunnette - this will cover my L4/threshold stuff that would come on a Wednesday. Don't focus too much on the chart above. It's not entirely accurate. We're doing a 17+ mile London flat race I think. I'll try not to lose attention and get dropped in the first 4 seconds again this time. After today I will likely hurt a lot. So we'll see how this goes.
At a high level we go to work to live - work to live not live to work. It is a necessary evil some would say, but I would argue that it is a necessary construct to keep mankind's mind occupied. There is an age-old adage about idle hands, and in a general sense I think there is some truth in that. We humans do poorly when not given something to do. I think as our society gets easier, we get more angsty and then angry about the world at large. I think having a purpose in life takes much of that away. For many, this is work. For many of us here, it is a combination of work and the bike community.
Many would say that I have a great setup where I am now, and I would agree with this. I really like my boss. I enjoy the work and it plays to something I do well. I have really flexible hours and I am never bored. Add it all up, and I really can't complain. And yet, here we are.
I am not going to call this a complaint about my job, because I know we all deal with this. I just hope that a small number of people who read this make up this kind of work force. I don't know what percentage of people fit into this realm. But in my experience, it's far too many.
So here is the point. I sent 4 stories to test today, they were assigned to a certain individual who is from Delaware. It would probably take this individual 2 hours max to test these. Now mind you, this is part of the job they are supposed to be doing. The response was this. I am off Thursday and Friday, so I can't do this until Monday.
Essentially, I am off for 2 days, so the next 4 days I will be doing nothing at all. To me, this redefines the expression, "Totally f'ing useless."
I don't understand anyone anymore. I cannot comprehend how lazy so many people are.
> The coffee klatch...
I have to confess that I have never liked coffee ice cream.
> Dear Poo Riggy...
@jmanic thanks for the nudge to bring back the Iggy. Am I confused here, or has this Simpson's gem never been posted before?
> Tour of Dickersons...
Met up with @UtahJoe to ride Mahlon today. He took me on a bunch of technical trails that were a good challenge both physically and in terms of bike handling/skills. Good day, good ride, solid all around. In all we rode for 2.5 hours and this was the replacement for my hard Tuesday ride. With all the technical stuff we had here, I got plenty of high end efforts in. Typically this would be a 4x5-ish day to work on that high end stuff. Or maybe if this was cross-specific there would be a bunch of 2s, 1s, and 30 second efforts. I feel at this point in my life, I would just as soon get the effort as "naturally" as I can. I find it's better for me to do it this way now.
Here is a breakdown of my HR today:
Note the 36 minutes in Z4 there, which is called Threshold but at a 194 HR that's really covering a massive spread. This is essentially the area I want to be working in so 36 minutes is really good. This ride does a good job getting me the workout I need without having to do the steady-power stuff that is far harder to get done on a road bike. What is the right method? Whatever gets you out there.
I put this out there as some on the team are asking for some training pointers. So I'll share whatever opinions I have on the matter. Am I an expert? Hell no. And I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. So take my advice for what it's worth.
> The Crystal Ball...
Tomorrow I am going to try and do a Zwift race with @seanrunnette - this will cover my L4/threshold stuff that would come on a Wednesday. Don't focus too much on the chart above. It's not entirely accurate. We're doing a 17+ mile London flat race I think. I'll try not to lose attention and get dropped in the first 4 seconds again this time. After today I will likely hurt a lot. So we'll see how this goes.
