My wanderings and encounters with awe, Wonder, and Joy
“Solitude allows you to reflect while others are reacting. We need solitude to refocus on prospective decision-making, rather than just reacting to problems as they arise. You have some external stimulus, then you go back to your experience, your education, and you see what needs to be done.”
From retired four-star Marine Corps General James Mattis
He asked what the other piece of advice was – I said swim more often – and that looks different for each of us. He laughed and share that he is a drywall contractor and travels. Seemed like a good guy, looking to improve and seemed very willing to ask questions and receive the information.
This ride is funny because the visual and the rout have time drifts as its just virtual and not a preferred or supported Rouvy route, but this gives me some insights on the profile of the course. Having ridden this section 4 times in a 70.3 and a large section in reverse during Salt to Saint, there are a lot of different memories that occur on the course virtual or in real life. Well, here we just keep going.
I am determined to change the way I breathe while running. I am striving to be more mindful about where I am and that I am not overdoing it coming back. I need to consciously stay within myself, especially with about 50 miles of cycling on my legs in the last two days. I strive to stay present enough to appreciate the weather and the simple breeze the crisp coolness of 32° F.
Another 2 a day – Later swim, cut it off at 500 as I rode 35 ish mile all total yesterday. Apparently this was a decent swim by the numbers. BUt man, I was a bit gassed.
Honestly, I’m still trying to process it all. It was 45 minutes of interesting. At least I got in another 13 or so miles of recovery with a few efforts . What just happened.
If I was to sum up the single biggest problem of senior leadership in the Information Age, it’s a lack of reflection. “Solitude allows you to reflect while others are reacting. We need solitude to refocus on prospective decision-making, rather than just reacting to problems as they arise. You have some external stimulus, then you go back to your experience, your education, and you see what needs to be done.
Planning for things is always an adventure with 4 kiddos. I was monitoring work as I rode at first too. I was able to come back and finish this one out strong and even got to ride my physical gravel bike to go fetch my kiddo.
Glad I cut back a bit yesterday so I can not feel completely gassed. And I am feeling a bit invigorated instead of wasted. I turned on the t100 as well to catch the swim and the front part of the bike. It’s good to hear both Rinny and Jan talk around what’s going on during the race.
I don’t think I have ridden this one completely yet, just a few minutes for something a while back. This was a good solid ride, flat flat flat, and a way to maintain cadence.
