9hrs in the car yesterday, to London and back, to do a talk on the World’s First Sound Free Concert. Home at 2am. Spent today recovering, doing admin, taking care of myself. Back on the emails, and the training, tomorrow.
Just learnt that tonight’s talk will be livestreamed.
So, if you want to see me and @outcomepath colleague @adewebb introducing the World’s First Sound Free Concert we are producing, tune in to YouTube at 7:10pm GMT. (Or any time thereafter, not live)
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9kg dumbbells did the trick. 8 reps but acceptable form.
Sadly same cannot be said of Roger. Basically unchanged. 2 months late. Starting to upset me quite a lot. New dressing protocol. See where we are on Tuesday.
I have spoken to a videographer. I am hatching a plan. Maybe there will be video content on my platforms (at long last). Unsure how much the algorithm will help, as I don’t have rippling muscles, enhanced breasts, or any photoshop skills.
I am totally stealing ‘intellectual pygmies’
One more reason to leave
Thank you. I think we are, but it’s such small progress I wonder how long it will take to be fully healed
3 sessions with the 10kg dumbbells and they're just not working for me. Form is awful. 8kg a big step down. So, purchasing some 9kg. Hoping this will hit the right level of intensity.
Many comments/responses predictably take a vindictive “well you’re not getting a congestion charge out of me. I’ll just take public transport! Ha! That’ll teach you!” approach.
Same often happens with parking cost increases. “It’ll put people off driving!”.
They seem oblivious that’s the point.
Forgive me for the privileged whiney #FirstWorldIssues post, but it is exhausting and demoralising having a hope, a dream, an opportunity, and being unable to start. I just want to ride my bike and see where it goes. I can’t even start yet. That’s all I wanted to say.
Trying to balance numerous frustrations- questionable success.
But weights session this PM will round off biggest 10hr training week and highest 52 CTL in 2yrs. Get it done.
An interesting project: cycling training when you currently only have one leg. Lots of stretching, Compex, and weights.
In a nutshell
Due to a spring rush of patients, next prosthetic appt is 20 March. That’s 3 weeks for Roger to hurry TF up and heal over. Needless to say, every plan I have has been pushed back and I am in the blackest of black moods. For the foreseeable. <back to radio silence>
To be absolutely clear: this is the lowest percentage of the vote in a by-election for the Conservatives or Tories since the party was founded at the time of the Glorious Revolution in 1689.
The strongest version of this illusion I’ve seen! Absolute head-wrecker!
Rounded out my biggest training week so far with 8 reps of 10kg bicep curls - lifetime PB. That’ll do, donkey, that’ll do. Good use of delayed prosthetic leg frustrations.
The craving to have a prosthetic leg and ride a bike is especially strong today. It is sunny. Everyone is training or racing. *forlorn sigh*
Shameless
You filthy fence-sitter, you.
Does Barolo merit justification?
Last 4 weeks have been challenging - but think it’s safe to have a breather. Celebratory #fishnchips tonight. Roger making slow but steady progress. Words can’t express how much I want/need that prosthetic so I can start exploring the future.
Final RT of New Blog - I visit clothing sponsor, get a fancy kit design, get licked by an enthusiastic pup. What more could you want for a Saturday evening read?
Well the weather is miserable and my mood is distinctly weltschmerz but I did at least manage another bicep curl PB - 20 reps of 8kg. Time to attempt the 10kgs.
NEW BLOG: featuring puppy kisses and flash kit. No further encouragement needed
2026 kit. That’ll do. For this donkey, anyway.
The 2026 season has begun for some. Sadly, still waiting for Roger to heal and the arrival of my final prosthetic leg… but @teambottrill @nopinz kit is designed and looking awesome, complete with some personal additions.
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Not my first rhododendron.
Tell you to begonia, did they? Heard it allium before.
Even better: The Continuous Sidewalk.
Instead of forcing people to step down into the street, we make the cars step up into the pedestrian space. It prioritizes the person walking or rolling, keeps the path level for accessibility, and physically forces drivers to slow down.
It would be good if people started to understand AI doesn’t “know” anything. It’s been programmed to show what looks like an answer.
