Chosen By Name; Day202

1Pe 2:9  But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God’s] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. [Exod. 19:5, 6.]

MIT (Most Important Task)
1. Kaizen Event at Samsung CMP
2. 10Mile Climb Time Trial
3. 1K Swim

I spent 12 hours at the lake yesterday with my coworkers (Samsung CMP –Team C/D) (Album-20090713SamsungCMPEmmaLongPark) . Yes, I do have real friends (only a few) and yes I do go out to spend time (no…., waste time) doing nothing.  Actually, yesterday was a productive day.  I executed everything I planned and accomplished everything plus I took some rare pictures of my co-workers and captured/sealed all the fun in pictures.

I was planning to come to the park early to do my 30Miles (Monday ride) but when I scout the terrain on my way in, the hills were like Alpe D’Huez tour stage.  I don’t have any pictures of the terrain but I’ve never done such a climb like that for a long time.  I hydrated well before I started the climb, ate 1 Clif bar and started slow.  How do you start slow when the pace is already slow?  I was already at my biggest gear (24) on the first climb but it was a gradual steep hill that was easily handled.  The total loop was about 16 miles and all in rolling hills and the finale at half way mark was a 1K descent right before the road ends towards FM2222.  I was flying on my way down (bike computer says 37mph) and that was fast, what I did not know was steepness of the climb on my way back.  What comes down … must go up.  On my way back, I was still very brave to climb that mountain and legs were still there but when I reached the halfway mark, I could not pedal anymore.  The gradient of the hill was so steep that I have to walk. I swallowed my pride and walked that hill, it was a humbling experience to get off the bike and walk a climb. 

After the cycling event, I rest up for 30 minutes and then jumped in the cold water and did a 1K swim.  Water was a little cold but it was not new to me.  I raced 3 years ago upstream on the 5K swim race and that water was cold.  There is something  good in swimming at fresh water, you feel like you are swimming with nature.  With me today were a few turtles, a tiny fish that keeps biting/poking me and some strange looking debris at the bottom of the lake.  I’ve experienced some waves today also which were not surprising because back home in Merida, I did a 1K swim during a big storm (and those were huge waves).  Overall, the swimming part was great and a little different than swimming laps in the pool.

In Summary:
Cycling-16 Miles of climbing
Swimming-1k (x2)
Spent time with my co-workers and took some candid pictures

I have to come to work today to attend a Kaizen Event. (I’m supposed to be at the pool swimming my 2.4Mile)
What is Kaizen Philosophy?
A standardized problem solving procedure.

8 Steps of Kaizen
1. Select a project
2. Understand the current situation
3. Analyze data for root causes
4. Establish countermeasures
5. Implement countermeasures
6. Confirm the effect
7. Standardize
8. Review the previous steps

Day202
0000, Sleep
0100, Sleep
0200, Sleep
0300, Sleep
0400, Sleep
0500, Breakfast; journal
0600, Leave for work
0700, Dental appointment-Ortho
0800, At work, Kaizen Event
0900, At work
1000, At work
1100, At work
1200, At work
1300, At work
1400, At work
1500, At work
1600, At work
1700, At work
1800, Climb Time Trial
1900,
2000, Dinner
2100,
2200,
2300, Sleep
2400, Sleep