Saturday 22 August 2026 · The Same Group — one conversation away from a decision.
Weekend otherwise clear. Tomorrow (Sun): clear.
Prep flag: nothing needs prep, but the email to Phil is a ten-minute job that shouldn’t slide to Monday. Do it inside the 08:00 block if the AI reading can wait an hour.
You are one conversation away. Kathrin wrote at 22:53 last night — “Before we make a final decision, we’d also like you to meet our Deputy CEO, Phil.” Not a further round. Final decision. Phil Zrihen is cc’d directly, he is in New York, and the scheduling is yours: “I’ll leave it to the two of you to find a time.”
Everything else was Indeed/Seek alerts, newsletters and streaming promos. Mild irony: the job boards are still pushing Bell Team Leader roles while a group Deputy CEO waits on your email.
⚠ Still no plan running. City to Surf — Recalibrated Plan ended at Week 8 with the race on Sun 9 Aug — thirteen days ago. Below is sensible post-race maintenance, not read off a sheet.
Today (Sat) — long run, easy. You ran quality yesterday, so this is impact day two of two. 12–14km at 5:30–5:50/km, HR under 140, conversational. Full session on the WOD tab.
Tomorrow (Sun) — off legs. Low-impact Z2 40–50min (rower, bike, elliptical) or a genuine rest day.
Load rule. Two running-impact days a week, no more. ~94kg, back-safe, no heavy squats or deadlifts.
Decide the next 8–12 week block this weekend — the plan’s own note said “build to a consistent 21km AFTER City to Surf.” Clear diary, no excuse.
A good filing day. Six consulting engagements filed whole under 10 Consulting Engagements; INDEX.md rebuilt after running ~40 files behind. The headline: Avalon closes the missing denominator in the benchmark library — same F&B trade but with $285k of fixed rent inside it (15–18% of revenue, 7% EBITDA), so the library can now answer standalone economics, not just hotel departmental economics.
Plus the add-back exhibit: vendor claimed $235,542, your own note cut it to ~$64k — a 70% haircut, and you were right.
Profile and Context Pack both refreshed. 00_Inbox/ empty — the sweep had nothing to do.
The gap, again: still no debrief from Thursday’s Louis call or yesterday’s Gaurav call. Two of the most consequential hours of the job hunt and the brain has nothing on either. Ten minutes of voice notes.
Parked, deliberately: Sleep Co deep research · The Same Group brand and web presence. Right call while the job process is live — just named as parked, not forgotten.
1. The Ennismore decision criteria — now urgent, not theoretical. The profile has the price ($350k ask, $270k floor) but not the terms. Phil is the last gate. If an offer comes next week, what makes you say yes beyond the number — scope, autonomy, travel load, base location?
2. The June open question, still unanswered: “a senior gig that doesn’t consume me.” Five operating hotels, two 2027 openings, a team to build. Is that the one that doesn’t consume you, or exactly the one that does? One honest crack at this before the offer — and it is this weekend.
3. Post-setback pattern. The profile records the Sydney role falling through but not how you worked through it. Relevant precisely because this process is now binary and fast.
One email. Three slots. Then go run.
Saturday · post-race maintenance (Day +13) · Long run — easy
Warm-up (10 min) — 5 min brisk walk, HR under 110 · glute bridges 2×12 · leg swings 10 each way · hip flexor stretch 2×30s per side · 3×20s easy strides, walk back.
Cool-down (10 min) — 5 min walk to HR under 110 · calves 45s/side · hamstrings 45s/side · hip flexors 45s/side · piriformis 45s/side · foam roll IT band + glutes if the back’s been niggly.
⚠ Bail-out: if the lower back talks or the legs are flat from yesterday’s threshold work, cut to 8km easy or move it to the ski erg/bike for 60min Z2. No debate, no ego. This is impact day two of two — nothing on legs tomorrow. ~94kg, back-safe, no heavy squats or deadlifts.
Off legs — low-impact Z2 40–50min (rower, bike, elliptical) or a genuine rest day.
Weights logging coming soon.