You nourish your soul by fulfilling your destiny. - Author Not Sure

So, I got caught up in the Golf tourny on Sunday, looked at the weather forecast, and decided to swap my rest day. So rested on Sunday and moved my Long ride to yesterday as the weather called for 55 degrees and a sunny day. One the few days so far in the mid-fifties.

I ended up getting in 3 hours of riding. Wanted to go a little further, but was spent. A couple tough sections straight into the wind wasted me. I was pushing maybe 12 mph, yuck. That’d make for a long Ironman . But the positive is training in the wind and rolling hills should help increase my power output. Legs a little sore today, so just an easy run this afternoon.

It’s nice having a flexible schedule were I can just switch days if the weather calls for it and not have to worry about a boss.

I feel I’m really close to realizing one of my main goals in moving here to Bend. That being living a free’r/unbound/independent lifestyle. I’m getting pretty close to paying off all my credit card and car payments and bringing in just enough from my own projects to make ends meet. Do I miss some of the things the corporate life brought? Sure, on occasion I do miss the weekend golf trips with friends, the nice restaurants, being able to afford new gear. But then I remember the mounting debt, the long hours sitting in my car commuting, the 20lbs gained while sitting there swearing at the cars in front of me And I’m 100% certain I made the correct decision to pick up and leave. Knock on wood, I still have to continue growing and maintaining my current projects (e.g. Trifuel) and keeping my expenses low so affording a home and living a little more comfortably is possible. But, like I’ve mentioned before, it’s like the sport of Triathlon… It takes patience and persistence and 5-10 years down the road I’ll have built up a strong enough Base that doing an Ironman will be second nature. Ya right