The Week I Stopped Guessing: My VO₂ Baseline, My Zones, and a Very Nervous Fitbit
A busy week… and a smarter kind of progress This week felt overwhelming—because it was. A lot of in-house work during the day, then evenings (Wednesday through Saturday) spent
Week 03 (2026-W03): Tested, Not Just Motivated
Keeping a Wellness System on a Work Trip There’s a big difference between being motivated and being tested. Motivation is easy when life is smooth. Testing happens
Week 50 (2025-W50): The Arctic Reminder
You Don’t Need Perfect Data to Keep a Promise Some trips don’t feel like travel. They feel like teleportation. One minute you’re stumbling through an airport at an hour that
2025-W32 — August Base Building
Three weeks at home in August became a quiet training block: fasted runs, steady mileage, more family time, and the kind of boring consistency that builds real race confidence.
2025-W28 — Casper, Wyoming:
In Casper, Wyoming, the pace finally slowed down—boat time with friends, real downtime with family, and a reminder that recovery is sometimes about people and place, not just tra
