{"id":573896574,"date":"2024-02-05T17:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T22:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573896574"},"modified":"2024-02-10T14:54:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T19:54:30","slug":"for-a-brief-moment-i-was-ahead-and-now-im-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2024\/02\/05\/for-a-brief-moment-i-was-ahead-and-now-im-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"For a brief moment, I was ahead, and now I&#8217;m behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, a finer day was never made, I tried the Cascadian Farms blueberry granola with a box of store brand raisins. Once again, the raisins were undefeated in augmenting the flavor profile of what I put in the blue breakfast bowl. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/feb24\/feb14.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This morning, I tried mixing the first two varieties, Bob&#8217;s Red Mill Honey Oat and Bob&#8217;s Maple Sea Salt. I added raisins, of course. And, so far, the mix of these two have been my favorite. But I have also learned something uninteresting today. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/feb24\/feb15.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Basically, photos of granola in a bowl all look the same. So my breakfast experiment will continue &#8212; this week I have to try other mixes and then soon I&#8217;ll perhaps go pick up some other brands and flavors to try. <\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re broken up by this decision, I know, but the kennysmith.org visual editor has sent out memos. Memos. <\/p>\n<p>Another memo has just come down, in fact, reminding me to get on with the most popular weekly feature on the site. So let&#8217;s check in with the kitties. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so cute when Phoebe covers up her eyes to go to sleep. She&#8217;s very serious about her relaxation.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/feb24\/feb16.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Poseidon does it, too. Though, lately, he&#8217;s been interested in balancing on legs and feet. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/feb24\/feb17.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We have a joke about the two of them, siblings. My lovely bride notes when they&#8217;re doing the same thing.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/feb24\/feb18.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Come play with us. Come play with us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Then I say, &#8220;You&#8217;re freaking me out!&#8221; Because it&#8217;s weird when they do the same things together. And she laughs. The cats are unimpressed, because they&#8217;re cats. <\/p>\n<p>But, as you can see, they&#8217;re doing just fine. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannerscuba.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d all be doing better if we were diving, I&#8217;m sure. Today&#8217;s feature from our recent trip to Cozumel is a video. There&#8217;s some great footage here, including a closeup of a turtle.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;overflow:hidden\" frameborder=\"0\" type=\"text\/html\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x8sgff0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" allowfullscreen title=\"Dailymotion Video Player\" > <\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, we&#8217;ve many more photos and videos to enjoy in the days to come. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannerzwift.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m now on a nice little streak of consecutive days in a row on the bike. This weekend I set a personal best in that regard. Today, unrelated to that entirely useless notation, I received the monthly email from Strava. I always love this part. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/feb24\/graphic02.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s about right. <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday I had a big ride. A long climb from virtual sea level up beyond the virtual snow line. This, Zwift calls the Epic KOM. It&#8217;s 5.9 virtual miles up hill. None of it is particularly steep, but it does not relent. About five miles in, you get above the virtual hot air balloons.  <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/feb24\/graphic03.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And then you reach the top of the climb. After that, there&#8217;s a bonus climb, a .68 mile ascent averaging 13.6 degrees. If i am not mistaken, that&#8217;s still the steepest climb on Zwift. Strava tells me I&#8217;ve done it seven times now, and regret each visit. Saturday was my second time up that climb in a week, and perhaps my third best effort up the thing. (In January of 2021 I was minutes faster, according to my ride notes.) Also, the view at the top is pretty nice. If you can still see straight when you get there.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/feb24\/graphic04.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So that was 30 miles Saturday. I got in 28 miles late last night. And I did 22 miles this afternoon. Somehow, this is how the day got away from me. So, now, I must return to campus. <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ll excuse me &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, a finer day was never made, I tried the Cascadian Farms blueberry granola with a box of store brand raisins. Once again, the raisins were undefeated in augmenting the flavor profile of what I put in the blue breakfast bowl. 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