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Thursday 6 August · three days to City to Surf. Two emails and a 2km jog — that’s the whole job today.

1 · Today’s schedule (Sydney)

Prep flag: yesterday’s block was meant to produce the Sleep Co research scope and nothing landed in the brain. This is the last scheduled hour of the program. Bring the list: AU hotel market sizing by segment, Eight Sleep/Aura economics + licensing, the sleep-science evidence base, pilot + measurement protocol. Sleep DownUnder (Brisbane, 11–14 Nov) is the date to aim a point of view at.

No 8am AI Education block on the calendar today. Free before 09:00 and after 10:45 — offer Nathan those windows.

2 · Inbox triage

  1. Nathan Byrne, One Executive — Group Operations Director, Florence Guild. Unread since 4:33pm yesterday. Russell has given the green light — Nathan screens you via Teams, then your CV goes to her for final evaluation. He asked for times today for 30–45min, and tried to call. Reply first thing with two or three windows. Furthest any role has moved in weeks, and the one you wrote the real pitch for.
  2. Northern Beaches FRC — Kids in Focus online program. Must be completed by 19 Aug 2026. Block an hour, ideally after Sunday’s race, and diarise it against the date.
  3. Sarah Gilbert, EIR LIV. Reply to your inquiry — private longevity members’ club, Bondi Junction. Worth 15 minutes before the Teams screen: it’s a live local premium wellness-membership business sitting on exactly the Florence Guild adjacency you pitched.

Noted, no action: VCO have sent the full super rollover from Australian Retirement Trust into the Macquarie CMA inside the SMSF — yesterday’s item closed itself; just watch the funds land. Plus a “Malou birthday” note-to-self still sitting unread. Everything else was job alerts and newsletters.

3 · Training — today and tomorrow

Week 8 · TAPER / RACE WEEK. City to Surf 14km, Sun 9 Aug — three days out. Target ~65min (4:38/km).

Today (Thu): 2km very easy at 6:00–6:15/km, HR 120–130, nasal breathing, flat route only. Then 10 minutes of race visualisation — that’s the actual session. Cool down with dead hangs ×3 @ 30s, calf + soleus 45s/side, couch stretch, pigeon, 90/90s, legs up the wall.

Tomorrow (Fri): full REST. Hydrate, carb-aware, early night. Saturday the same.

Load rule: the block is finished. Nothing between now and Sunday adds fitness. If you finish the 2km feeling great and want more — that feeling is the taper working. Walk away. Full session detail on the WOD tab.

4 · Yesterday’s captures

Nothing new filed. Inbox empty and stayed empty; only the 5 Aug brief, _INDEX.md and the Same Group dashboard were touched — housekeeping, not thinking.

Round 9 interview (energy & focus) prepared and unrun for a fourth day. Yesterday had a clear hour and a training ban and it still didn’t happen. Either run it or swap it for a round that fits.

5 · Open threads

  1. Nathan Byrne / Florence Guild — reply with times, today. Everything else can wait a day; this can’t.
  2. Kids in Focus program — due 19 Aug. Diarise early next week.
  3. Sleep Co research scope + top 10 takeaways — both due from this morning’s hour.
  4. Delete the duplicate Sleep Co calendar entries.
  5. Six Degrees / VRTP — ask for the specific feedback.
  6. Wanda / MLB — BAS Q4-2026 and Trust Tax 2026 draft, status unknown.
  7. Doctor’s visit (3 Aug) — outcome still not in the brain. One line is enough.
  8. DayCourt pitch-readiness — now one of two live income paths alongside Florence Guild. Post-race week.

Also queued: The Same Group brand / Framer site, Bin Laden research and the three numbers, note migration into venture 00_Chats, psychologist reminder 13 Aug, and the lost “new instructions” from 1 Aug.

6 · Profile gaps

  1. Energy & focus — Round 9, day four unrun. “Think of the last time you were properly in it — work flowing, hours disappearing. Walk me through that day.”
  2. “A senior gig that doesn’t consume me” — urgent now, not theoretical. “Florence Guild aside — what would need to be true about a role for it to give you energy rather than take it?”
  3. Family & the people who matter — still thin. “Who’s in your corner right now, and what’s the dynamic with each of them?”

Thursday · Week 8 TAPER / RACE WEEK · 2km very easy + race visualisation

Today — 2km shakeout + visualisation

Warm-up (6–8min) — walk 3min flat and easy; leg swings ×10/side front-back and ×10/side lateral; ankle circles ×10/side; calf pumps ×15/side; 2 × 20m slow unloaded walking lunge.

Cool-down (10min) — dead hang ×3 @ 30s (lower-back decompression); calf + soleus wall stretch 45s/side; couch stretch 60s/side; pigeon 60s/side; 90/90 hip rotations ×8/side; legs up the wall 8min.

Off the clock, matters more: hydrate and salt with every meal — Sunday’s cramps are decided today. Early night. Lay the kit out: shoes, number, pins, socks, nutrition. Do it once and stop thinking about it.

Caution: the taper itch peaks about now. Any twinge in the back or foot — stop at 1km, nothing is gained by finishing it. And if you feel great at the end and want more, that feeling is the taper working.

Tomorrow (Friday)

Full REST — hydrate, carb-aware, early night. No gym, no “just a light one.” Saturday the same.

Weights logging coming soon.

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