Cooking Marinated and Glazed Tempeh Strips tonight. On the sauce side, I replaced tamari with liquid aminos and used green sriracha instead of the classic red. Also used a mix seitan and tempeh. The tempeh I had was a bit nuttier which contrasted the sweet glaze, but the texture of the seitan was awesome.

Actually felt a bit stronger for this week – for next I’d like to move back and biceps to be the third rather than second workout of the week. They have a bit of upper body overlap so I could use the rest time.

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Setting some cadence, here’s what I’d like to accomplish this week:

• Tasks
  • Make plan for improving insulation
  • Sew button back on padded shirt
  • Book optometry appointment
• Exercise
  • Lift every weekday
  • Play basketball with RN at UCSF
  • Get membership at Mt Madonna YMCA (Tues)
• Cooking
  • Tues: Glazed tempeh strips
  • Thurs: Beans / grilled veggies / salad

For lifting, today was shoulders. I upped the weights a bit too much and dropped reps, but if I stick with it I’ll get up to 10 reps by two weeks out. Overhead press in particular should be dropped to 95lbs next week so I can fill in the last set. Reverse flies and lateral raises are getting sloppy as I push the weight, so in particular will continue to focus on form.

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Drove from Arcata back home to Morgan Hill. Snow on the 101 pass near Willits, and stopped with the parents to nom and nab Curie.

Open wheel racing openers abound today. Watched the Bahrain F1 season opener this morning with OR and GR – not a particularly exciting race, but a rich modern nostalgia to watch with that crew. Drove home that OR and BRK are true friends. Godlonso is looking to be the one to take it to RBR, but he’s a mile off their pace. Here’s to another year of RBR’s domination – I see why people got bored with Merc’s

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Whelp, it took far longer to get up than I’d expected, into Eureka around 11p. Lodged in a Best Western for the night (the late staff were funny and threw some shade on the Best Western in Arcata).

Arcata feels to be thriving. Some of the classic restaurants turned over (Folie Deuce, etc.) On the bright side, one of the plaza bars turned over into a thrift store.

Took the drive up Fickle Hill and then back to Old Arcata Rd by Fresh Pond in the Mazda 3. I mention the car, because the pass had a few ft of snow. The road itself was [mostly] clear, incredibly beautiful / fun loop.

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Heading up to Humboldt to visit OR & fam today! Getting in likely around 10p tonight (5h30min drive, taking off after 3p), will have to send them a heads up. CO and I will stop in for dinner with my parents on the way up, they’ll likely be in Novato. Genuinely looking forward to the friends, family, drive, and redwoods.

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