First brick

I met up with a friend of mine today. His lady friend was also there (girlfriend? Maybe?). Very nice young lady. Anyway, I biked to the meeting, a bit over ten miles. Then we ran two 1.8 mile laps in a park (I think a state park). Very satisfying, but hillier than expected. So that was my first "brick" (two cardio exercises done in immediate succession to prepare for a triathlon, usually bike then run; b, then r, hence BRick). They also apparently have swimming areas there; I could easily make this park my own mini triathlon spot. Get there (however that happens; bike, bus, whatever), then go for a swim, bike home, and go for a run from there. With the single limit that (assuming I use that one park) the bike ride has to be at least 8.7 miles, I can make this as flexible as I want. I can swim as many or as few laps as desired, I can make the bike ride longer to just about any point, I can make the run any distance I choose.

The jigsaw puzzle I mentioned yesterday is complete. Surprisingly, my cat barely interfered. Tomorrow, I'll get the necessary envelopes and postage to package the puzzle into chunks and start sending them off. I was careful to split the puzzle up so that each chunk could be added onto the existing work even if the previous chunk had not yet arrived (except the first one). The first chunk is the upper left corner, and will get sent with the box. The next chunk is the one immediately to the right of the first, but the third chunk is immediately below the first; that way, even if chunk 3 passes chunk 2 in the mail, it can still be added directly on to chunk 1. It makes me wonder about the geometric implications of such things, but it's too late for me to think deeply on the matter. Perhaps tomorrow.