What a week

 Pretty much every time I started to sit down to write (like right now) I got a monster critical distraction/obligation, or when I felt a great big old dose of inspiration, I wasn't anywhere near a computer and the thought of trying to get all these ideas out of my head with swipe on the phone or slowly in an analog way killed the urge.

It has been complicated.

Also I was tired. Obviously. 

So what do you do when you're tired? Well, you take a half day, stay in bed and work on emails and scheduling and all that until the 'hey you wanna ride in an hour?' comes in and it takes 20-30 min to ride to the start of the ride? Overdrive. Then just get totally smashed for 60 miles on the road, head home, hands getting numb (that's weird) and then wake up with a sore back (left side, not the short crank pain that happens on the right side). Saddle angle wrong, seat post had slipped. 

It was a full on no singlespeed week until Sunday on the MTB. 

Toss in a whole day at the shop on Friday, not building, just getting the new dual squish bike started, well that's a whole complicated day to go through (I did a bunch of shit in the morning then headed down and forgot the crank and bottom bracket ending any chance of actually completing the bike that day). 

Greasy Joe's Gravel Ride (3rd time on the route for me) first time with gears. Short version? we went harder and faster and I ran out of food. Didn't eat enough, didn't bring enough. Plenty of water tho this time.

Sigh.

And doing pretty good with the cutting back on coffee. Except for Friday and Sunday. Finished the last of the travel mug on Friday at about 5-5:30. Couldn't fall asleep. Sunday? Finished coffee at 1:30 and needed a bit more of a boost to get through the day. Made some more, drank a cup, then a little more and I guess old alcoholic habits die hard because I had a little more later because there was some left in the pot. And Just like Friday, spent last night not falling asleep.

These are good things, but also helpful reminders that I need to be more diligent with the coffee timing as I get more rest. Instead of being so fucking tired that I pass out no matter how much coffee, if i get close to the edge of being functional any extra or late coffee consumption now impacts sleep and well that's one fucking brutal viscous cycle.

more later, hopefully

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