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Thursday - October 22

Bike

1h 10m
8.00 miles
6.86 Mi/hr

rode MTB over to the lake trails, which were in great shape in spite of the recent rains. Came to the conclusion that my mtb, a Specialized Fuse, needs to lose some weight. Rode to Wheelfast afterwards and talked to Jeremy about a wheel upgrade.

Sport

Aerobics
30m

21 Day Fix Extreme - Plyo Fix
Enjoyed this workout

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Wednesday - October 21

Sport

HIIT
25m

Shaun T - Focus 25 - Beta Phase - Cardio Core
Did ok with this one, used the modifiers at times. Felt almost bored with it though.

Another busy day ahead of me with a proposal deadline. The manager I'm working with on this one is one of those nervous, chronically stressed out types and I find myself being very careful with my tone of voice when talking to him. It's going ok but i hope this guy finds ways to unwind and destress. I've been getting emails with crazy time stamps (like 2 a.m., etc.).

Going to skip the last couple days of Focus Alpha Phase and start the Beta Phase --- I think this new phase incorporates some weights.

Brunch at my mom's and then we have dinner tonight with some snowbird friends who are headed for Florida later this week.

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Tuesday - October 20

Sport

HIIT
25m

Shaun T Focus 25 - Alpha - Total Body

Busy day at work ahead of me, and it's turned cold, dark and rainy so any workouts will need to be indoors. This weather makes me want to just curl up with a blanket and nap all day.

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Monday - October 19

Bike

1h 00m
18.00 miles
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Zwift

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Sunday - October 18

Feeling a little stiff and sore this morning, especially my hip flexors. It was really windy (20 mph out of the south) and the ride on Saturday, so maybe that, coupled with spending 4 hours riding in the car, are the culprit
Today I'm pulling up all my annual flowers and then working on an exhibit for a project at work.

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Saturday - October 17

Bike

2h 37m
32.66 miles
12.48 Mi/hr

Illinois Kanza -- 4th time here but this year I chose to ride the shorter distance (non competitive). Rode with Lisa and a handful of friends. When the course split, the 46 mile group headed east and Lisa and I headed back to town and were pretty much alone.
No water in the creek this year, it was nice not to have wet feet.
There was soup and chili in the church basement afterwards. Really nice day.

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Friday - October 16

It's Friday! It's my birthday! I'm 59! How the heck did that happen???
Going out for breakfast this morning with Steve. We had talked about walking to the Chatham Cafe since it's only about a mile from the house and we're on a walking kick. But it's 32 degrees out, so we'll be driving there instead.

Tomorrow we're headed to Kansas, Illinois, for the Ill Kanza Gravel Race. Steve is doing the competitive 46 mile distance, as are some of our friends. I decided to go for the non-competitive 33 mile distance and ride with Lisa and just enjoy the day. Being a slower rider, hopefully Steve and I will finish about the same time. Weather looks typical --- cold with high winds (15-20 mph out of the south). Fortunately there's not a lot of riding into the wind on the course, but the southern sections are wide open. Ugh...