Dinner tonight: Eggs, sourdough, and @Brady_H talking carbs with @ThePapaLinks and @jtcougars8 Right where I belong

Google Fitbit Air arrived today. Current lineup: Garmin Fenix 8 WHOOP MG Oura Ring 5 Google Fitbit Air Do I need four wearables? No. Am I keeping all four forever? Also no. My WHOOP subscription is up in November, and unless it really changes my mind, that is probably the first one gone. But I train a lot, I like digging into the data, and I’m curious how each device handles the stuff I actually care about: Sleep HRV/resting HR trends Workout HR Recovery/readiness Training load Comfort Battery App experience Useful metrics vs. just more numbers to stare at The more I read, the less I think there is one “best” wearable. Seems like every device is really good at some things and pretty questionable at others. So I’m going to wear them, compare the data, compare the experience, and share what I learn.

Monday morning 10 Week 2 of the planned deload Trying to absorb the last few months of work before we really get rolling toward Chicago Unfortunately this is called being smart

Hard to beat riding outside in the summer

Lunch.

Just turned 30 and I’m choosing to believe I have not even entered my prime yet

Sunday morning run A few miles with Cate to start Then settled in and got the rest done Good way to start the day

SpaceX IPO week and the shareholder merch already arrived

The fire alarm in my house went off 3 times last night. Annoying, but also a pretty good accidental sleep tracker test because I woke up all 3 times. Awake time: - Garmin: 26 min - Whoop: 29 min - Oura: 72 min Oura was definitely the closest to what actually happened. One night does not settle the whole debate, but for awake time, this was not close.

The freezer at the ice cream place was broken so every waffle cone came with an emergency side cup Had to eat the ice cream extremely fast Adversity comes in many forms

Funny you ask

Summer weekends remain undefeated

Saturday morning ride After last week, the goal was simple: Ride bikes Stay upright Make it home No plot twists Successful morning

NEW SHARE AURA UPDATE IS SICK The 16 new templates are all sick But adding videos into collages is HUGE Being able to mix up to 6 photos/videos in one clean run post is exactly what I wanted I already posted my morning run today Posting it again because the update is that good

My VO2 max dropped a point as soon as it got hot and humid. Good summer reminder: Same pace can be a very different effort. Same effort can be a very different pace. You probably did not lose fitness overnight. The conditions changed. And yes, wearable VO2 max is an estimate, not a lab test. Useful as a trend. Not a reason to spiral.

Before anyone asks… No I would not do this with the Strava IPO. I love my future wife too much.

Considering putting 100% of my engagement ring fund into SpaceX today so I can buy her a much nicer engagement ring later. Is this irresponsible or thoughtful?

Friday morning easy run (allegedly) Spent the first 10 minutes convincing myself it wasn’t that bad out Immediately wrong

People are very bad at easy running. Went for a walk after work with my girlfriend and my sister. Beautiful night. Every runner who passed looked like they were 400m from the finish line of a 5K. Relax. You are allowed to run slower than your ego wants.

This assumes I was choosing. I was not.