Dan Bailey 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. 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 in the 300s, and my body weight down to 80 … Read more
Rolling out of the holidays and into January, I had a couple things I wanted to accomplish for the month. I went into this feeling fired-up and ready to keep going, but the previous six months of high productivity, combined with the holidays insanity, and my tank was emptier than I thought. Tack on some … Read more
Before I come up with my 2026 resolutions, it probably makes sense to revisit last year’s list, which was short: So, looking back, I didn’t do too badly. First off, I did get a job offer (and accepted it) on March 30th, and started on April 21st, which was awesome. I also got better at … Read more
After a highly productive previous quarter, this past quarter actually surpassed it. Right out of the gate, I was stomping ass in October, and things just got better and better as I went. Quarterly Metrics Completed tasks this quarter: 9 (8.9%)In-progress tasks: 25 (24.7%) Overall Metrics Days completed: 751Days remaining: 250Completed tasks (total): 47 (46.5%)In-progress … Read more
As usual, the holidays were going to be a huge crimp on my productivity, so I was pretty smart about my plans for the month. I wasn’t going to overdo it. To that end, I wanted to do three things: ✅ Burton Step-Ons Finally! I made this change because I’ve been struggling with lower back … Read more
So as part of my ongoing 101 Things in 1001 Days, I have a large amount of writing to do. That said, my writing skills have kind of gone rusty from disuse. Writing has become a Sisyphean task, to say the least. What’s good, though, is that I’m having more and more ideas as of … Read more
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