My morning so far.

Up at 4:25, quick change and go for a ½ hour jog with the pooch. Back to house, have a bowl of cereal, change into riding gear and head out the door by 5:30. Ride 20 miles to an outdoor charity breakfast that I’m helping at starting at 6:30. Change into clothes I had stuffed into Ergon pack. Set up tables, chairs and flip pancakes for 2 hours. Quick change and head to bike. See that I have a flat from the morning’s wet, gritty roads. Fix flat. Ride to work (almost all uphill) shower at office and plant my ass in my seat a few minutes after 9.

After work it’ll be a short-ish ride to do today’s prescribed intervals. Get home, shower and decided whether to drag family to an insulation seminar a mile from our house.