Took the old upper cabinets down yesterday, putting up the new ones (well, all but one) today. Jezuz H - there are enough waves in the walls, of this old house, to hang ten.

:p

In my years of club riding there have been some riders who will not come out unless they feel they are at full speed. Like if they have an injury or forced time off they will train to get back to speed before they come to the club.

I have done my best to encourage this behavior by taunting faster riders when they are forced to ride the climbs with me.

covid?

I tried a TT on Zwift Tuesday night, but what that highlighted was that I shouldn't choose a race on a whim, waiting till I'm on the trainer. I had done no investigation of the course, so I didn't know what bike to choose, so I figured TT bike with Zipp 808s. I should have done a more focused warmup, and I should have managed my power better, and I should have H'd TFU, but as it turns out, right after I dropped out, the route entered a 2.1km 6% gradient, where I'd have been dragging an anchor uphill.

Lessons learned:
1. A recovery ride on Mondays is probably a good idea.
2. A focused warmup, rather than just dicking around on the bike, is probably a good idea.
3. LOOK UP THE COURSE before I'm on it.
4. Stop stopping. Even dragging my ass across the line last is probably better than a DNF.

One thing I'm curious about is whether it would have been better to reduce or even eliminate Trainer Difficulty. I don't have too much difficulty putting out consistent subthreshold power on AdZ for over an hour, but I struggled here on a much shorter course. Ah, well. Must experiment!

Yep. There have been days where I didn't feel like riding/running/walking/mowing, but I HTFU and did it anyway.

Winners play. Losers make excuses. 😜

A shining example to us all. :love:

Indeed. In fact it's time to mow right now. Physically, I'm pretty good, but there's a chilly quasi-winter breeze. Gonna have to HTFU once again.

Noted.

Why are my ears burning?

I get to mow tomorrow too. Dangit. I guess that means I need to consider firing up the sprinklers.

lplo

Unlikely. More likely I am allergic to work.

Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

I doubt if it has 1000 miles on it. I have this underlying resentment towards it because of it weight. It's a great bike but it's heavy. I ride the other bike more because it's lighter. 3 lbs. Lighter. There's just something about that bike that is unsatisfying. I'm really excited about the cable actuated bike I just upgraded. Maybe I finally stripped my gears, I dunno :foo:

not if you have to force him.

Ok Dad

yes. It happened here a few years ago. But I can't remember exactly how. People walking get hit too.

Heterochromatic bar tape is the Next Big Thing.

Mojo, trek bikes north arlington just sent me an email, apparently if you go in the store you can spin to win free prizes. I would fly down if I wasn’t sick.

As I understand it, people often misjudge the closing speed of trains. That, and they take a mile to stop from 60 mph.

Years ago when The Older Boy was really into trains, especially steam engines, CalTrain (the local commuter line) ran a Christmas excursion with a newly restored steam engine. As we waited for it at the station, one guy who I guess wanted to get a different angle, was standing on the opposite side of the track. I was videotaping the arrival, and in the video you can see him look up and walk quickly back to the 'boarding' side of the track, and in less than a second, the train goes by. He literally missed being killed, in front of a bunch of kids, by less than one second. You can hear me on the tape, saying, "JFC!"

Mowed last night. Even chopped off a sprinkler head. Didn't quit though or make excuses - got right back out there, dug it up, and changed the head. Felt good to cross that finish line.

Is the spinner a converted rear wheel? I hope you can spin it by turning the crank on a bike.

details weren’t provided. Maybe Mojo can win for us all.