Thursday 6 August · three days to City to Surf. Two emails and a 2km jog — that’s the whole job today.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thursday · Week 8 TAPER / RACE WEEK · 2km very easy + race 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.
Full REST — hydrate, carb-aware, early night. No gym, no “just a light one.” Saturday the same.
Weights logging coming soon.