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Category: Daily Ride

  • current life

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    ChatGPT prompt of the day: “Based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like.”

  • Desert walk

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    Tomorrow Kate and I are going to do the Moab Trail Half Marathon. Kate’s gonna run it and I’m going to walk it. I figured it’d be more fun than waiting around for her to finish. My goal is to have a nice walk, finish in around 4 hours, and avoid any injury. The weather…

  • Sometimes by plane

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    I’m currently on a flight from Denver to Durango after more than a week of business travel. I’m exhausted from traveling and the intense and challenging conversations I had at a few conferences. It was a great trip and I’m more excited about open source software than ever before. The main takeaway is that I…

  • Active Rest and other oxymorons about training

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    This is week 9 of 12 in my annual Base training program, but the program has been different this time. Why? Because for the first time in four years of doing this program every year, I’m following it exactly as planned, thanks to my new Zwift Hub trainer with a power meter. Using the Zwift…

  • Happy new year

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    Twenty twenty four here we go! My goals for this year are not quite setup yet. Take this as a rough or first draft: Pretty generic at the moment but it’s 7:35am and I’m still waking up. What are your goals this year?

  • Super Zwift Brothers

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    One thing to be said for Zwift is consistency. I have ridden for 8 1/2 half hours in the last week. That’s a lot of riding. The fact that I can just come into the basement, throw on my riding clothes, fire up Zwift, and start peddling makes it so easy. The gaming aspect of…

  • Acting Intelligent

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    Back on track, up at 5:30 and on the bike a little after six, feeling good. Did a 10-minute HIIT workout just before the bike ride. It got me warmed up nicely and ready to ride for an hour. Today’s ride with Bernie went well. I’d say there were 30 or 40 people in the…

  • Take it easy

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    Slept in again this morning. It’s becoming a bit of a habit. Need to go to bed earlier. The biggest hassle with an injury is that I have to slow down and let it heal. I like to push myself, and when I’m injured, it’s hard to slow down, but it’s something that I have…

  • Virtual doping

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    Back to Zwift riding with the Bernie Robo Pacer today; not gonna say it’s easy, but it’s more manageable than the Miguel Robo Pacer. I slept in a couple of hours this morning, and it felt great. Usually, I get up at 5:30 AM, but with this hand injury, I really need to let it…

  • Spin the pedals

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    I guess I felt rowdy this morning. I upped the pace to D.Miguel who rides at a 1.8 W per kilogram pace. I forgot that little bit at the beginning and wondered why I was working so hard just to try and keep up, but that explains it. There were 100 other riders with me…