Saturday 1 August 2026 · Week 7 Sharpen closes · race Sun 9 Aug, 8 days out. One thing in the diary, one small bill, and a legs-off day before tomorrow's last long run.
Mick Lawrence — still no trace. No calendar entry Friday, today or tomorrow, and nothing in the inbox from him or Jodi Brown. Two days now on a first meeting off a warm intro: either it happened off-calendar and needs capturing, or it needs an email today.
AI Education is roughly the eleventh weekly block of its kind with no artefact filed. Thirty seconds of notes afterwards turns a habit into an asset.
46 items in 24 hours. One genuinely actionable, one worth filing.
Everything else was noise: job alerts (Indeed ×5, Seek, LinkedIn ×2, Marriott, Royal Caribbean), newsletters (Rundown AI, ByteByteGo, Daily Aus, SBS ×3, Hotel Management, Bond Exchange) and closing-tonight marketing.
Week 7 · Sharpen · race Sun 9 Aug (8 days). Load rule stands: only two running-impact days a week. Yesterday's race-pace 4km was one; tomorrow's long run is the other. Today is not a training day — it's the day tomorrow gets paid for.
Today (Sat): optional 25–30min low-impact Z2 (HR under 130) only if you're twitchy — then the real session, 20–25min mobility and prehab: foam roll, dead hangs ×3, couch stretch, pigeon, 90/90s, bird-dogs, glute bridges, legs up the wall. Hydrate, salt with dinner, kit laid out, early night.
Tomorrow (Sun): 14km steady, 5:20–5:40/km, HR 130–145. Last long run of the block. Rehearse race morning exactly — same breakfast, same shoes, same gels at the same kilometres. Finish with 2km in the tank.
If yesterday's 4km didn't happen, do it today instead and cut tomorrow to 12km. One or the other, never both.
Nothing new — seventh consecutive day. The Inbox holds the README and nothing else; the only file movement was the machinery doing its job.
The system is immaculate and it is being fed nothing. Two AI Education blocks, a Sleep Co session and a Mick meeting all passed through the calendar this week without leaving a single note behind.
Also open: The Same Group brand ("The Same" still undefined), interview rounds 2, 3 and 8 unanswered, psychologist reminder 13 Aug.
Booked vs. done — now a four-week pattern. Doctor plan, Estetika, Mick prep, AI Education: time carved out, all went quiet — while the dashboard shipped in an afternoon. What separates a block you honour from one you don't?
Also thin: decision-making, gut vs. analysis (Round 8 written and waiting), and family — still the thinnest section in the profile.
Saturday · Week 7 Sharpen (final day) · Recovery & mobility — legs stay off the road. Race Sun 9 Aug, 8 days out.
Optional aerobic (25–30min) — only if you're twitchy. Low-impact machine, different to anything used this week: bike, rower or elliptical. HR under 130, nasal-breathing pace. No incline walking, no "quick 3km", no strides.
Mobility & prehab — the actual session (20–25min):
Housekeeping for tomorrow: hydrate through the day, salt with dinner, carbs at dinner and nothing experimental. Kit out tonight, early night — sleep is the session.
If yesterday's race-pace 4km didn't happen, do it today instead (4km @ 4:38/km + 4×100m strides, 1km w/u and c/d) and cut tomorrow's long run to 12km. One or the other, never both.
14km steady @ 5:20–5:40/km, HR 130–145 — last long run of the block. Rehearse race morning exactly and finish with 2km in the tank.
Weights logging coming soon.