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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…
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Chilly Tuesday | 5/100
It got down to 36F last night so we brought the plants inside to prevent a freeze on them. We should have done the same with the water hose. Not a fun thing to wake up to. Nothing burst but there was no running water to start the morning with. Rather than sulk I hopped…
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Manic Monday | 4/100
So far the writing in the morning habit is falling off the face of a cliff pretty well here. I am thinking about writing all day though so that counts for something, right? 😎 Watching: Listening to: Reading: What the Happiest Countries in the World Have in Common – Among – “While rankings are based…
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Seeing old friends 3/100
Happy Sunday! I got some yard watering done and a big ride. Gonna sleep well tonight. I hope you enjoy the post. Watching: Listening to: Workout details: Today’s prescribed ride was for 2.5 hours. I ended up at just over 5 and it was great. Let me tell you more… As I mentioned in yesterday’s…
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Late post Saturday 2/100
Bike maintenance: If there are two things you need to maintain on your bike they are the tires and the chain: Tires need air. Most pumps have gauges and generally your tires will tell you what pressure they should be inflated to. You should check this before every ride. Proper tire inflation will ensure a…