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Bikes to Books
My February Vacation reading list was dominated by some phenomenal memoirs! I'll rate the reads here:
1. Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I can't imagine my life without having read this book. An absolutely astonishing story of triumph against all odds. A ten.
2. Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Exceptional. I laughed, I cried, I loved Strayed's story and the physical and emotional journey she takes us on after her mother dies. A ten plus.
3. The Splendid Things We Planned by Blake Bailey. Excellent. I loved Bailey as a biographer before, and even more so here as he turns his attention to his own dysfunctional family. An eight.
4. Low Down: Junk, Jazz and Other Fairy Tales From Childhood by A.J. Albany. Decent read, but not high on the recommendation list. I just have a fundamental problem with someone claiming to vividly recall events - and the nuances of those events - at the age of 3. Maybe that's why the word "fairytale" is in the title - and it is as disturbing as a gruesome Grimms'. It also suffered from having been read after Glass Castle which was exquisitely written. A five.
5. One non-memoir read: The Moons of Jupiter by Alice Munro. I hadn't read any Munro before this year, but was inspired to because of her 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature win. Her short stories are beautifully thought-provoking. I'm looking forward to reading more of her work. A seven.
Thought For The Day
Even a toad has four ounces of strength. (Chinese Proverb)
Playlist
Unbelievers - Vampire Weekend (#1 BethMurphyLand)This is a Climbing Wall Progressive Profile Class:
Sirens Call - Cat on Trees (#2 France)
Come Back to Me - HollySiz (#131 France)
Zorun Ne Sevgilim - Irem Derici (#9 Turkey)
Red Lights - Tiesto (#10 Norway)
Black Pearl (He's a Pirate) - Rebel feat. Sidney Housen (#5 Belgium)
Shot Me Down - David Guetta ft. Skylar Grey (#6 Luxembourg)
Jubel - Klingadne (#3 Italy)
Alpha - Kollegah (#3 Germany)
King - Ahzee (#2 Belgium)
Black Angels - Blutengel (#10 BethMurphyLand All Time Spin Fave)
Sacala - Daddy Yanke (#15 BethMurphyLand All Time Spin Fave)
Engel - Divamee (#11 BethMurphyLand All Time Spin Fave)
Cooldown
Formidable - Stromae (#7 France)
Stolen Dance - Milky Chance (#7 Switzerland)
10-min Warm-Up
3-min Climb (Z3, 5% Gradient, RPE 7, RPM 80-90)
1-min Wall - ADD 3 Gears (:30 standing, :30 seated)
4-min Climb - 1 Gear higher than 3-min climb - (Z3+, RPE 8, RPM 80-90)
1:30 Wall - ADD 3 Gears (:45 standing, :45 seated)
5-min Climb (1 Gear higher than 4-min climb)
2-min Wall - ADD 3 Gears (1:00 standing, 1:00 seated)
Recovery
3 Sprints @ :30 each with :30 Recovery
4-min Climb (if possible, 1 Gear higher than 5-min Climb)
1:30 Wall - ADD 1, 2 or 3 Gears (:45 standing, :45 seated)
3-min Climb (highest gear can handle without dipping below 60RPMs)
1-min Wall - ADD if you can (:30 standing, :30 seated)
Recovery
2 Sprints @:30 each with :30 Recovery
Cooldown
Bikes to Books
My February Vacation reading list was dominated by some phenomenal memoirs! I'll rate the reads here:
1. Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I can't imagine my life without having read this book. An absolutely astonishing story of triumph against all odds. A ten.
2. Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Exceptional. I laughed, I cried, I loved Strayed's story and the physical and emotional journey she takes us on after her mother dies. A ten plus.
3. The Splendid Things We Planned by Blake Bailey. Excellent. I loved Bailey as a biographer before, and even more so here as he turns his attention to his own dysfunctional family. An eight.
4. Low Down: Junk, Jazz and Other Fairy Tales From Childhood by A.J. Albany. Decent read, but not high on the recommendation list. I just have a fundamental problem with someone claiming to vividly recall events - and the nuances of those events - at the age of 3. Maybe that's why the word "fairytale" is in the title - and it is as disturbing as a gruesome Grimms'. It also suffered from having been read after Glass Castle which was exquisitely written. A five.
5. One non-memoir read: The Moons of Jupiter by Alice Munro. I hadn't read any Munro before this year, but was inspired to because of her 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature win. Her short stories are beautifully thought-provoking. I'm looking forward to reading more of her work. A seven.
Thought For The Day
Even a toad has four ounces of strength. (Chinese Proverb)
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