Dan Bailey 
August was the final full month before the conclusion of the 101 Things in 1001 Days, so I annticipated being eyeball deep in trying to get shit wrapped up. Thus, the plan was to get three things done: PCAP Certification This did not happen. The month was too fucking crazy to even get to this. … Read more
Summer is always crazy, particularly when you have kids. And a slew of concerts and bike events on the schedule. Coming into July, I had a pretty basic set of goals: Gravel Bike Mods The target this month was to get the gravel bike ready for the DAMN and other big-ticket events that are coming … Read more
Once again, this was a month beset by distractions, problems, and drama. In project management terms, these are referred to as “blockers” and they are the bane of one’s existence. I wish I could say that this quarter that has just ended resulted in a whole slew of accomplishments, but it really hasn’t. In fact, … Read more
Things have been pretty de-railed since we had to move my mom into memory care, and I needed desperately to get my ass back into gear. Garage Rebuild So we had to have the garage door replaced in its entirety. New door (insulated now, too), new motor, tracks, etc., which was a good impetus to … Read more
Coming into May after the hell that was April, I planned on kicking a lot of ass. It didn’t quite work out that way, unfortunately, and the end result was me not accomplishing nearly as much as I had intended. On the other hand, we did get a bunch of other stuff done around the … Read more
Okay April was going to be a big month no matter how I looked at it. I had a lot of things going — foremost among them, my training for Paris-Brest-Paris 2027, and items on my 101 Things in 1001 Days project. The downside was, some stuff we’d been worrying about came to pass, and … Read more
Okay, well I wasn’t as productive as I’d hoped to be this quarter. I’m chugging toward the finish line slowly, and the way things are going, unless I win the lottery, I am not going to finish everything on my list. The upside is that in this, my third attempt at the 101 Things, I … Read more
The early part of this year hadn’t been great for productivity — except for the on-bike training. I think that part of my struggle was to integrate my training time with my other productivity time. Now that I’ve settled into my flow, I’m getting more and more stuff done. Consistent Training After a solid February, … Read more
After a January in which I failed to be as productive as I intended, I set some lofty goals for February. The most important to-do item was going to be consistent training — with a full load of hard cycling events on the calendar right already, and a longer-term goal of riding Paris-Brest-Paris, I needed … Read more
Everyone should have a BHAG[ref]big, hairy, audacious goal[/ref]. Mine is to ride and complete Paris-Brest-Paris, a 1200-kilometer (750 freedom units) brevet spread over 80-90 hours, depending on which wave you ride in. Obviously, I’m already training for this. My goal for the event is to have my FTP[ref]functional threshold power[/ref] in the 300s, and my … Read more
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