This wasn’t the workout I wanted to do, and it wasn’t at the time I wanted to do it. But due to work meetings at unexpected times, and those meetings lasting longer than planned, I ended up having to go on the bike much, much later than planned.
So today was supposed to be the second workout in the Norseman series. That workout is 1h 10m, and I would have been cutting it fine around lunch time, and then later in the afternoon to sufficiently complete the workout. That sucked.
By the time my final meeting of the day finished, I’d already realised I’d have to sacrifice that workout and go for something shorter. An SST session looked comparable, and at 50 minutes meant I wouldn’t have to leave the kids for too long, once they were suitably sorted out with food and drink.
I make it sound like I leave them entirely unsupervised. Not so. They are within view, sat on their backsides watching TV most of the time. But if they need anything then they have to fetch it themselves, rather than rely on my servant-esque services. Tough life.
The hardest part of today’s ride wasn’t physical. Though I did find the third “on” block taxing enough. No, it was looking out of the window into the cold, dark night. I don’t like riding at night. Early evening, fine. But it doesn’t feel like early evening when it’s black as pitch outside. Something about the Garmin having toggled into dark-mode just makes me feel uneasy.
Happy to see the average heart rate figures have ticked down back to whatever normal(ish) levels are for me. The ride the other day was much higher. I wonder why that was?
All being well, and I can’t see why it won’t be, my plan is to start work late tomorrow – about 10am-ish, and get that second Norseman workout done and dusted. It’s only two days into the week and I’m already at 4 hours over the 16 I am payed for. Nuts. Time to claw some of that back.
