Winning Isn’t for Everyone

Am I a bad person?

Wow, steak & eggs with coffee in the morning really feels like a powerup!

- Elon Musk

Reflecting

Nike’s (NKE) new Olympics ad is glorious.  This seems to be a rather stark return to meritocracy, competitiveness, and greatness.  It looks like a sign that the woke fever is breaking:

Am I a bad person?  Tell me: am I?  I’m single-minded.  I’m deceptive.  I’m obsessive.  I’m selfish.  Does that make me a bad person?  Am I a bad person?  Am I?  I have no empathy.  I don’t respect you.  I’m never satisfied.  I have an obsession with power.  I’m irrational.  I have zero remorse.  I have no sense of compassion.  I’m delusional.  I’m maniacal.  You think I’m a bad person?  Tell me.  Tell me.  Tell me.  Tell me.  Am I?  I think I’m better than everyone else.  I want to take what’s yours and never give it back.  What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine.  Am I a bad person?  Tell me: am I?  Does that make me a bad person?  Tell me: does it?                

- William Dafoe                                   

Training

This morning’s partner workout:

• 150 Cal Ski

• 120 Cal Echo Bike

• 90 Cal Ski

• 60 Cal Echo Bike

5 Burpees Every Transition

Next run:

Fueling

Sweetness is relative.  I’ve added to my meal routine drinking some Natalie's Orchid Island pure lemon juice before meals.  It makes everything else taste sweeter without actually consuming more sugar. 

Supplementing

Started taking gaba (gamma-aminobutyric acid) to help with sleep.  Seems to help.  Pretty harmless regardless. 

Measuring

Dumped/donated blood this week.  Easy way to track blood pressure and hemoglobin.

Recovering

A lot of lower back pain and tightness comes from a tight psoas muscle.  I’ve been using this tool to release the psoas between workouts and it has massively relieved lower back pain.  In fact, it seems to do more for me than tools that narrowly focus on the lower back, even when that is where the pain manifests. 

Closing

I don’t drink anymore.  I’m not tempted to ever go back.  But I like having a decent wine cellar for guests and gifts.  Since I don’t drink and am just buying it for others, I just go with the best ratio I can find of points to dollars.  Here is a good example: Carravalseca Rioja.  A ½ case retails for $444.  Wine Access has it available for $150.  But you can get it for $100 with this link.  That nets out at 23% of retail or $0.17 per Wine Enthusiast point on a 94 point wine.  If that isn’t a record, it is close to it.