This week

(An occasional missive from Mike about what he’s doing at the moment.)

Life

Family life has been pretty much “business as usual”, with Jo returning to more or less normal capacity. Eldest child has mastered the clutch and had his first drive in traffic, which apparently went well.

I am trying a new thing in my ongoing attempt to shed a couple of kilos in time for Three Peaks: eggs for breakfast. For the longest time my breakfast staple has been muesli, berries and yoghurt, which is great but the carbiness leaves me hungry by mid-morning. So I am experimenting with a couple of eggs, spinach, yoghurt and cheese (zapping the microwave for two minutes) as an alternative. To make sure I’m not missing out on the fruit, I can have the berries and yoghurt (sans muesli) for dessert in the evening. It’s going ok so far, but I haven’t done any big morning rides on two eggs yet…

Training

This is meant to be another “base” week with a moderate target for “time on the bike”: 12 hours. It’s off to a pretty shaky start so far, I still seem to have a fair bit of accumulated fatigue from my big block of 400km a couple of weeks ago. Or maybe a mild bug of some sort? Anyway, listening to my body and taking it easy for now. Hopefully I can eek out the remaining 10 hours later in the week.

Work

My transition to a Delivery Lead role is gaining momentum. I have let my team know it’s happening, and started conversations with some of the senior DLs at REA about mentorship/support.

On the architecture front, planning for my trip to KL is continuing, as is the transition of the Tech Arch Group to a tech lead guild (and new facilitator).

Exciting times!