Covert Affairs, AAA Insurance, Peloton

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Covert Affairs

We finished the last episode of season 5.  Ellen was actually in tears a few times.  This is a fun DC based spy thriller romp.  It is escapism at its finest.  This series starts out very campy with a cartoon like intro after a few minutes intro to the episode.   The dialog was ok the first season and grew more compelling with each subsequent season.  We often found ourselves thinking or often saying, “no, don’t do that” or “disguise yourself” or “watch out!”.  Funny, we really were sucked in. What do we squander our time on next?

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AAA Insurance

Today I received a letter from AAA Insurance, the company paying for repairs on my Boxster.  As I opened it, I recognized it was a check. We had agreed that the check would go directly to O’Gara for the repair.  “This is strange” I thought.  Still stranger was the amount of the check, $450.00.  What?  That’s a far cry from the amount we had settled on for the repairs.  I quickly scanned the text to find that AAA had issued a check for the six days of non-use of the Boxster!  This was totally unexpected and a credit to AAA.  I guess I never made it clear to them that she is a garage queen.  She spends most of her time hidden away.

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Peloton

Today I took one of Matt’s 60 minute Power Zone Endurance rides “on demand”.  There were 11 other riders.  I quickly passed the few slower and found myself gaining on a <20 female.  She had started thirty minutes ahead of me and though I gained steadily, I never did catch up.  I gave her a high five as she neared finishing with no high five back.  I’m not sure about the etiquette of a >60 yr old guy congratulating a teenager on her accomplishment.  I’d think no big deal, but that’s me.

At the 20 minute mark, I noticed two >40 yr males behind and closing.  I had two choices: stay in my lane and follow the class queues or “blast away” and try to stay ahead.  I kept to the class program and maintained my zones without approaching lactic threshold.  The first of the two guys passed me about 20 minutes later. He slowly and methodically chipped away at my lead.  The other guy never caught up.

A power zone endurance ride is not designed to produce high output. It is meant to condition the body to holding a moderate output for extended periods of time.  It builds a base for extended power output later.  Even so, my output was above the trend line and an overall good workout.  Add another 18.5 miles to my Trans-America challenge.

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