The new sleep schedule is in effect. I turned in at midnight (the girlfriend got home late and convinced me to stay up) and I managed to wake up without an alarm at 2:50.
Admittedly, I was exhausted, and my dreams of using this new free time to write and hit the gym have not yet borne fruit. Instead I spent several hours on the couch listening to podcasts, followed by a quick breakfast of yogurt and blueberries. I didn’t forget to get my twenty minutes in at 7 AM, but the office called halfway through and woke me, the bastards.
I’m happy to report that the lack of sleep did not prevent me from riding to work, but sprinting did become a challenge and I experienced a bit of leg soreness toward the end. Hopefully my poor performance is more to do with my having skipped morning coffee than it is an early sign of sleep deprivation.