Training Log: Nadim

Event: QOC Rosaryville
 

From Northfield Rd., to Huntington Pkwy., to Bradley Blvd., to Seven Locks Rd., to Tuckerman Rd., to the Bethesda Trolley Trail, to Beech Ave., to Old Georgetown Rd., to Huntington Pkwy., to Custer Rd., to Northfield Rd.

Today was one of those days where things start off a little wrong, then domino. I woke-up about 15 minutes late so I had to rush Samantha off to school. Back inside, I saw that my weight jumped--that happens sometimes, then drops back. Later, I found that I'd forgotten to take out the trash and it was collection day, but I realized it only as I was rushing to go to a doctor appointment. The trash had to wait. I got to the doctor's office with sufficient time, but went to the wrong door and found a "We've moved...." sign. I called-in but got the usual long recording and opted for the address to be read. That recording told me to go to a different office where I'd visited last time, but when I got there, they told me my appointment was back where I'd started, just in a different suite than I'd thought. I had to wait long to see the doc, probably since I was delayed.
My appointment went okay but I'd not gotten an earlier message from him about getting a new ultrasound done. I'll have to go back in a month, after getting the ultrasound, and then may be able to get off medication that I've been taking since November. Leaving the doctor's office later than planned with my boss, I tried to get the address of a place for something quick to eat, but for some reason, I couldn't key-in one letter; despite 2-3 attempts the app would skip over that and I'd never seen it do this. I was doing this at a traffic light and fortunately switched over to typing it out on my car display. It was taking long, and I didn't see the light change. I took off a bit fast to make-up for it. Unbeknownst to me, I'd attracted the attention of an officer who was behind me. Thinking it was my driving or using my cell phone in the car, he said that my registration hadn't been renewed. I'd thought I'd done this months ago! I'd had trouble with the MVA before since the dealer I'd gotten the van from hadn't registered it correctly. I got a warning from the officer and fortunately had an MVA office on my route home--I got the registration fixed through a kiosk there pretty quickly, and then got lunch after a long line in a drive-thru. Back at work, the same question kept coming-up in ways that I had to answer it several times. My streak of cataclysms came to an end when I left not too late to go bicycle riding. The weather was optimal, and I had a good ride! I rode about as fast as I had in June 2022, so I suppose my indoor cycling the last few months has paid-off some.

From Northfield Rd. to Norfolk Ave. for lunch, then back. I ran into more traffic. I was glad to be able to do this much today since after work I had to pickup Samantha.

From Northfield Rd., to Moorland Ln., to Glenwood Rd., to Old Georgetown Rd., to Kingswood Rd., to Hurst St., to Grosvenor Rd., to Beach Dr., to Jones Bridge Rd., to Rockville Pike, to Woodmont Ave., to Battery Ln., to Park Ln., to Custer Rd., to Northfield Rd. I think this is hillier than what I rode yesterday, but my watch says it's not. Interestingly, my time today was 3 seconds faster than in November. I did start feeling tired and a little out of breath on the climb out of the Rock Creek valley.