Nailed it, Longest Ever, Run over, Testing the tube

We had good weather once again this weekend albeit on the windy side. The wind was a factor during my Saturday morning pickleball session causing me to make more unforced errors than I normally make. After the roughly three hour session my knees were feeling terrible. The combination of doing lower body weight training for the first time in weeks combined with returning to volleyball seemed to have really done a number on them. As I was walking I would get sudden shooting pains that would make me start limping from time to time. I took some Advil to help mask the symptoms which helped a bit.

During the afternoon I headed in the backyard with my Dewalt nailer. The hurricane and persistent winds since then had knocked loose a number of my fence boards. I used the nailer to resecure them, at least for now. In certain spots I am going to have to do additional work to shore up pieces of wood the boards nail into as they are deteriorated. Regardless it is always fun using the nailer, driving in brad nails with the push of a button is satisfying for some reason.

Saturday night I grabbed dinner at Tacos and Tequila where I had a couple house margaritas along with my food. When I got home I fired up a planned live stream. I was given authorization to give away five Pidzoom mirrors so I thought a live stream was a good way to do so.

For whatever reason I was in the mood to ramble and ramble I did. The stream was the longest I ever had, covering over five and a half hours which is borderline insane. I believe I shut things down around 2AM. I didn’t actually fall asleep until after 3:30 AM as it’s tough for me to shut my brain down immediately after something like that. Despite being up so late I got out of bed before 9AM, somehow.

I drank a combo of beer and Cayman Jack on the stream but actually did not feel as awful as I would have imagined when I got up. I had a pretty normal morning right up till it was time for the Eagles game. The Eagles put a hurting on the Giants in Saquan Barkely’s return. He ran all over them piling up 170 yards plus while the Giants could do next to nothing offensively themselves. It was a good win.

After the game I put on my gear and headed out on the Master for it’s first real ride since I had the crash. The intent was to put the tubeless tire through some stress testing since this wheel is technically not suited for a tubeless configuration. I found myself feeling a bit of trepidation on the wheel since the last time I rode it what happened, happened. There also was a small vibration that kept my speed down as I think the tire needs to be centered on the rim better.

I did do a number of drops off of curbs as well as riding down stairs at Baker Park intended to see if the tubeless tire would remain air tight. I measured my pressure before the ride and after to make this determination. I actually gained a half PSI during the ride due to the tire heating up, confirming the tubeless tire seems road worthy. Now I need to see if I can get it centered so the ride is thump free.

I spent most of what remained in my evening editing the footage. As I laid in bed last night I found my mind wandering about what is next in my path and not coming up with any clear answers. What a surprise.