I'm an ultra-endurance athlete that has focused on 200-mile single day bicycle races since 2011.

With only 24 hours in a day and a vast majority of them being spent resting, eating, and relaxing, wouldn't it be nice to figure out a way to squeeze out a little extra productivity from ourselves?

Fun cat and mouse with the Livermore Cycletrons around the Wente Bumps after my morning warm-up ride.

Fun cat and mouse with the Livermore Cycletrons up and over Patterson Pass after my morning intervals.

Fast riding with the Livermore Cycletrons around the Reverse Carneal Loop course today.

I rode up and over Patterson Pass (PP) today to meet the Livermore Cycletrons for the usual Thursday ride down Old Altamont, up and over Carroll-Flynn and then two laps of the Wente Bumps.

The process to use Slime Green in road bicycle tubes with Presta valves is not as straightforward as other non-road bikes so my dad took the time to show me how to get the secret sauce into my tubes.

Today was just one of those days. Actually, more like two of those days in one – two flat tires and one crash all in the span of about an hour on the same day.