Big Spin, Swim, and Off to See Carla Marie!!

I had my first of 11 Big Spin classes last night.  The Big Spin classes are sponsored by TriKC, a local triathlon group that I joined last year as part of my effort to find an exercise community to which I can belong.  The class was good, hard but good.  Or perhaps good because it was hard.  We spent the first hour on our own bikes on our own trainers, which we had to haul from home, carry through the loading doc of the JCC, down the stairs, up the hall and then set up.  That was a workout in and of itself!!  It was good to spend an hour on my trainer with a group leader because I learned more about how to use the my bike on the trainer to get a really good workout.  We maintained a "race cadence" of approximately 80 rpms for most of the hour, moving between easy and difficult-to-maintain gear ratios.  The last 15 minutes or so of the cycling was spent in harder gears maintaining a cadence of 50 - 60 rpms.

We then spent 20 minutes running on an indoor track with a few drills thrown in on the straightaways, finishing up with 10 minutes of light yoga stretching.

This morning I spent about 40 minutes in the pool doing a variety of easy and fast laps, with some kicking laps thrown in for good measure.

All in all, I feel like I am starting to really train again, and that feels good.  Like I knew that it would!!

How about the rest of you?  Are you getting out there?  What are you training for?  Talk to me, people!!  Thad sounds like he is doing great!  Dad and Kay logged their exercise.  But from the rest of you what do we have?  Radio Silence!!  To quote George, "Hello??  Are you out there?"

This weekend I am off to see Carla.  For Christmas this year I am taking her on a shopping spree for clothes in Denver.  There is no place to shop in Vail, unless you are a rich ski bum, of course.  I can't wait to see her!!

Love, Hugs, and Kisses from someone who loves you!!!!