{"id":573894009,"date":"2022-01-25T23:33:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T04:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573894009"},"modified":"2023-05-13T01:37:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T05:37:32","slug":"full-speed-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/01\/25\/full-speed-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Full speed once again"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a window near my office … not my office, mind you … that affords you this view. <\/p>\n

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That was this evening as I was on my way to the studio, which was after I’d recorded video for someone, which was surrounded by doing social media for others, and after I’d given a tour for someone, and that’s just how the week is going. Happy to do it; wondering when I can get my work in. Mostly worrying what important thing I’ve inadvertently neglected, or outright forgotten. <\/p>\n

But, hey, when that’s your worry, life is pretty good, right? Give yourself some grace and all that.<\/p>\n

He said, at the end of an 11-hour day.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow will be 10-or-more hours long. <\/p>\n

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I decided it was time to start adding a bit of time back into the bike ride. The route I’ve been doing lately takes 45 minutes. If I could make it take 44 minutes I’d hit my goals there, which I’ve rambled on about here recently. Only I don’t know where to pull in those last few seconds. It’s a fun mental challenge: when to do what. I’m eyeballing it, shooting from the hip and playing it by ear. It sounds anatomical, but is in no way scientific. <\/p>\n

So I found a flat route and added a 15 minute easy ride at the end of my bigger effort. Ahhh, London, where it feels like you’re going slow at 19.<\/p>\n

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On the end of that little course the Zwift designers added a little sprint segment. There’s a little green light on the ground telling you you’re entering a sprint, and there’s a banner in the distance. Just before that light a bunch of other rides sped right by me, and so I decided to chase them. And then I decided to catch them and pass them. My cool down ride ended with a 34 mph sprint. <\/p>\n

Which wasn’t the point, but in the rare moments when you can feel like a sprinter, take the moment to feel like a sprinter. <\/p>\n

(I am not a sprinter.)<\/p>\n

On subsequent rides I’ll start putting a few extra minutes here and there. Very progressive, hardly scientific.<\/p>\n

Phoebe is the appropriate amount of impressed.<\/p>\n

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And since we are a day late on the weekly check in with the kitties, we can show you our progress with Poseidon and brushes. It is a work in progress.<\/p>\n

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Note the blur. He, too, is moving fast.<\/p>\n

He also likes my toothbrush. He jumps up on the vanity, stands on his back feet and tries to grab it away from me. I recently replaced one that had an all plastic handle with a toothbrush that has a rubberized grip. He is less impressed by that. It’s the plastic, of course. He can’t get enough of the stuff, and we’re constantly on heightened alert to keep it from him. I like to imagine, though, that he’s taking a keen interest in hygiene beyond his regular self-grooming.<\/p>\n

The daily duds:<\/strong> I sometimes put this here in the hopes of somehow avoid embarrassing scheme repeats — so far so good. But, today … Auburn is the top-ranked basketball team in the country and they’re playing tonight, so we’re flying the orange and blue. <\/p>\n

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You can’t see it, but on the bottom of the tie there’s the ol’ interlocking AU. <\/p>\n

Basketball school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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