tamagawa

The week started off with a marvelous Monday morning metric half century, where I set a personal record for the upstream segment. Today I continued that trend, riding another 50k but in much milder conditions compared to yesterday.

Despite getting my first COVID-10 Pfizer jab yesterday and being told not to do any overly strenuous exercise, I woke up at 4am feeling exceptionally motivated. I jumped out of bed, ready to pounce on Red Chameleon and get some much needed vigorous work on the tarmac.

The last two days I was unable to ride for various reason, but this morning I was determined to get out on the tarmac for some exercise. I could feel my body yearning to sweat and burn some calories while taking in the fresh morning air along the Tamagawa.

Not being able to cycle the previous two days due to rain has been rather annoying. This has been a brutal work week thus far, and we are not even halfway through it yet. When I awoke this morning I was eager to get on Red Chameleon and hit the pavement, pedaling towards 50k meditative ecstasy.

Even though I only needed a mere 11k to hit my weekly goal, I almost did not get out of bed this morning. I was sleeping comfortably, deep in some dream-like world I have never before visited. The first alarm ostensibly rang at 4am and I unconsciously turned it off,

Today was a really fun day of riding. It started off with a 40k-ish up-and-back along the Tamagawa, followed by a ride into downtown Tokyo to prowl for a CrowdStrike advertising campaign ostensibly running at Tokyo Station, Shinagawa Station, and Roppongi Hills.

Last night I was pretty exhausted after two days of non-stop meetings. I laid down on the couch after my final meeting and passed out. I was determined to ride this morning, and had already prepped the necessities. Despite the torrid Thursday heat, today turned out to be a really fun ride.

It was easy to wake-up and get out of bed this morning because the heat indoors was uncomfortable. I felt fine and was psyched to get out and ride. Even at this early hour it is usually bright outside, but today there was so much overcast it looked like hell