Another course record

To follow up on this morning’s apex of achievement, I
eked out a new course record on my favorite seven-mile loop this
afternoon. With the wind coming out of the south, and quite mildly
too, I zipped around the loop in 21:12, which is 12 seconds short of
20 mph, or 19.8 mph. That was the second time around; the first time
was a respectable 22:14, or 18.9 mph.

 I’m so pleased with myself every time I put in a good ride like today;
I apologize for the surfeit of functionally identical posts saying the
same thing.

 Especially riding a single-speed, going faster means pedaling faster
and moving the wheel around more frequently in the same time period.
Or rather, accomplishing the same number of revolutions in a little
less time. It seems a little more elemental than it would on a bike
with a derailleur.

Truisms for Year 9, first part

Nothing makes you feel less charitable and less excited to start the New
Year off right than finishing up paperwork that should have been done
weeks ago, especially when it comes to recognizing people’s
accomplishments. Finally, my natural disinclination to write up a
crummy, damned-with-faint-praise appreciation for someone who works for
me has been drowned out by the onward march of time; I can’t go too many
days into Year 9 without taking care of this kind of recognition
paperwork, even though I don’t have any particular details on what the
person is being recognized for. “Can-do attitude” should about cover it,
I’m guessing.