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Examination : 15/100
15 days in and the challenge to find out what to write about is for real. Compared to what is happening in the news, my everyday life seems simple and unremarkable. Is that because it is simple, or because I haven’t spent enough time examining it? The unexamined life is not worth living Socrates Should…
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Maintenance : 14/100
What do I want to write about today? So many options and yet so little determination to make a decision. I have to work in just over 30 minutes so I need to make this quick. Its Thursday which means we are close to the weekend. Close enough that I am already making plans: Mow…
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Technology and Exercise : 13/100
Do I need to have an Apple Watch? Absolutely not. Does it help me stay organized and motivated to stay active? Totally. Completing the circles is a daily habit so I put them in the center spot. To the right is Workouts so I can click into there and start a workout. Back to the…
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Turn and do not burn : 12/100
I had a lot to say but none of it sounded great today. So now I have 3 drafts going for future posts. Workout Details: This week is a rest week in my training. It is the 6th week of a 12 week program focused on getting my base fitness to a solid foundation. I…
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Rest Day! 11/100
The existential dilemma of blogging. My colleague, Jon, talks about the difficulty of writing about your life’s personal details and publishing them for the world to read: I have this mental block when it comes to sharing the mundane details of my life in public on the internet. The mental block has nothing to do…
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Chicken Transfer : 10/100
Happy mothers day to all you mothers out there! Kate and I spent some time with my mom at their home in Durango. We brought some homemade chocolate treats that Kate made: buckeyes, peppermint patties, and orange truffles. Too maintain social distancing we sat outside and wore masks. Bike talk: The free-hub on my bike…
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Saddle Saturday : 9/100
Font that blocks swear words as you type. I have tested and it works pretty well. 😉 – Scunthorpe Sans Sometimes they quarrelled, but whenever that happened they solved it by imposing a time-out. The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months | Books | The Guardian…
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Avoiding Fatigue : 8/100
Well this post ended up feeling a little like a lecture. Maybe I am grumpy today. 😂 Happy Friday yall! Fatigue and Training: Fatigue can be described as a lack of energy or motivation, both physically or mentally. It can be caused by a lack of activity, and also by an excess of activity. Stress…
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Watch that screen time : 7/100
So close to the weekend! What are your plans? I am gonna get a couple of bike rides in, naturally. Hopefully I will have all the equipment gathered to wax my bike chain for the first time. I hope to have a report on that shortly. I don’t know about you but I have an…
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Keeping fit : 6/100
When we hit the road 6 years ago Kate and I had just completed our second of two half Ironman triathlons. We had trained with a coach for about 8 months. As a result we were in possibly the best shape of our lives. Once we hit the road our workout volume dropped significantly. I…