- Longest run (99 min) this season this morning. Toughed it out on the treadmill due to weather.
- Great customer service from Berkeley Running Company – replaced my right VFF with loosening stitching
- Shared with David (Berkeley owner) about an idea for a race I’d seen on Twitter. Also emailed him some additional information, thoughts and ideas I had for enhancing the event. He was ecstatic & appreciative. Feels good using my creativity for fun!
- Enjoyed the change up of the MATC pool for today’s swim.
- M made dinner this evening
- Persevered through a challenging bike workout this AM. Wanted to quit halfway through, but toughed it out.
- Made it through a stressful requirements discussion that I’ve been dreading for weeks – went really well.
- Good swim session with Jess. Lot’s of positive feedback and major improvement
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- Productive swim, longest yet this season
- Great run after swimming, pretty hard and no bonk
- Significant break-through in the pre-workout nutrition. Allowed me to do two hard workouts late in the day – virtually impossible before
- Skyped with Norm
- Proud of Norm (and a group of his co-workers) that got their driver and his family a practical housewarming gift – awesome & heart-warming story!
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- Amazed at all the sounds of fauna during my early morning run
- First decent run in a couple of weeks
- Initial experiment with pre-workout fuel seems to have been a success
- Was greeted with a sample for the new Carmel Frappuccino from Starbucks as I entered Target – very yummy!
- Cashier at Target enthusiastically embraced my choice to decline a bag & launched into additional encouragement about “saving the earth”. His heavy Jamaican accent made it reasonably entertaining
- Was able to pick up some lunch for M while running errands
- Brian W asked if I’d be willing to provide feedback on a new iPhone app Reason Interactive is working on – sounds awesome!
- Got a bit more yard work done
- Sitka got to frolic off-leash while I was outside, he loved it!
- Got to hang out a bit with M for a quick dinner and a trip to the Willy Bikes Mega Sale
- Solid chunk of FTP done, more doors sanded & stained
- Trip to Caribou with M
- Good walk with Sitka
- Reasonably pleasant shopping experience at Hy-Vee
- Caribou Turtle Mocha!
- Coat of stain on 2 more doors
- Walk with a peppy Sitka
- Had fun volunteering at the Willy Bikes Mega Sale on behalf of Team SWIMfast
- M joined me for the trek to Appleton to see Dean & Deb
- Got to spend some time with an old Camp friend, Dean and his friend Deb
- Made it home safely last night driving late
- Able to directly thank the primary person in top level management that trusted me enough to put me in the position to succeed in the recent initiative
- Good longer swim over lunch
- Another chunk of Spring yard work done, enjoyed the weather, even the rain
- Watched Desperado with M
- Able to stop in and say hi to some co-workers in our St. Paul office
- Safe travels back from St. Paul
- Nice chat with a co-worker over lunch on the return trip
- President of our company as he shook my hand when we got back to the office: “It was nice to meet you Dean, thanks for all your help with this”
- Good bit of yardwork done
- Pleasant chat with M this evening
- Nephew Tommy continues to progress with his recovery
- Finally got the India care package mailed
- Got to meet the President of our organization and share a four hour car ride. Unsurprisingly, he’s pretty bright and really understands the industry and the politics that surround it.
- Celebratory dinner to cap a large initiative I worked on for the past several months with two other external organizations. I received LOT’S of kudos from folks at both organizations, especially the lender . Extremely rewarding. Made all the crap worth it.
- Was gracious receiving praise and made sure each time to acknowledge the team (from all three organizations) that really made it work.
- Had a helpful interaction with a fellow postal patron while attempting to select shipping boxes
- Decent swim
- Collected some interesting data on my blood glucose
- Ate dinner out with M
- Got India care package assembled and packed
- Turtle Blizzard
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