Rolling Recovery

I still have not quite 'returned' to this time zone; I gain about an hour each day.  Supposedly, exercise, especially late afternoon, helps one reset one's biological clock due to exposure to a setting sun.   Having cycled at a very high (for me) level of effort on Sunday, and having taken a long albeit easy run yesterday along the Cam, and hoping for the end-of-the-day time zone re-calibration effect, I made a very easy ride home from work late this afternoon.  Why does an easy ride get mentioned in my blog?  Because I never ride easy!  I always chase or push or climb - anything to feel the effort and sense the speed.  So I had to 'work' at keeping today's ride easy - 22 km, 55 minutes, only 2 minutes in my lowest heart rate target zone - perfect.  What the professional bicyclists call a 'rolling recovery'.  

I have a GP (General Practitioner) appointment tomorrow, to review the array of fitness tests I had a couple weeks ago.  I had complete blood analyses, of sugars, enzymes and lipids.  I had three or four different kinds of body fat / body mass measurements, an electrocardiogram, and a treadmill stress test.   Also a glucose response test.  And several others, I don't remember - a full morning's worth.  I already know the blood pressure numbers looked very good, that the electrocardiogram had the usual occasional arrhythmia, and that I passed the stress test with flying colours.  I suspect the GP will talk about weight and cholesterol tomorrow, familiar topics.  

I work on a presentation for the European Geophysical Union meeting, for a time slot on Friday.  Before I get too far into the graphics, I should remind myself what I wrote in the abstract.  I also work on text for a US Senate hearing scheduled for the first week of May.  I anticipate that they will want written text of the testimony beforehand, as soon as next week.   Written testimony without graphics! - a first for me, at least during my time with IPY.  Just to keep my graphic skills sharp, I did a nice little video for ICSU for their Executive Board meeting next week - edited down from a longer version I produced a few months ago.  Fun.