Saturday 1/5/08
Bike 2 hours outside!
Yeah! Pretended to be hard core biker-chick and put on new neoprene booties, 3 layers, and kids' ski mittens. Donnie, Laurie, and I met up with the 10 other MMTC group and rode out to Western Howard County from Hollifield Station. I was able to stay in zone 2 (OK so I only managed this if we were going down a very long hill) and vacillated between feeling like "Yes, I can do this!" and "Holy shit, get me off this bike, I can't keep up!" Halfway through the ride I ditched the mittens as my hands appeared to be on fire. I put regular riding gloves on and was pleasantly surprised how, temperature-wise, I was comfortable. Being a dork, I took photos of this historic occasion, since most of the IMLP training group was there. I'm sure the MMTC group was happy to have such high-maintenance riders. I thought it was important to document it, in case I wimped out and never made it back to a group ride....now at least I have proof. I was there and rode with a group, in JANUARY!
My post-workout cool down was to ride to NYC with college friends and stay out 'til 2 am partying like rock stars. The 5 hour drive was OK, except when we got to the city and I actually had to turn the steering wheel. My arms were still in pain, pathetically, from the barbell class on Thursday!
Sunday 1/6/08
Swam 1 hour!
Yeah again! This is pretty much the longest I have ever swam continuously. I was DREADING it, exhausted from my middle-aged-women gone wild weekend. I didn't warm up, just started swimming once the "postal swim" began. It was great to be in the end lane, no pressure to look around at everyone lapping me and I could see the clock as I turned...though I closed my eyes at times to make the time seem to go by faster. I shared a lane with Abby and really enjoyed it...which was a complete shock! I honestly had low expectations, didn't think I could swim the whole thing continuously, and thought I'd incorporate some breastroke. I didn't count any laps, just thought of different songs in my head and went through all the lyrics, passing the time and taking it easy. Some popular favorites that seemed to enter my mind were anything Pat Benetar and Train, as well as some show tunes...Wicked, Hairspray and don't ask me....Annie. Before I knew it....3485 yrds! So, I shouldn't have stopped to re-adjust/clear the goggles and I could have had a 3500 even. Overall I was very pleasantly surprised and my arms were not the least bit sore today.
Monday 1/7/08
Spin 1 hour
Core Class From Hell 30 minutes
Food:
Bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios
Granola Bar
Milk
Lifetime began their new and improved class schedule. Just when I was enjoying the 45 min spin/45 min yoga...they change it! The spinning was fine, though I was being a little bit of a slacker, trying to keep my HR down. The core class was painful. What I lack in strength though, I made up for with gracefulness, as my giant stability ball went shooting out from under me and I crashed to the ground. The instructor said she was impressed that the class could maintain that exercise so well. Lucky for me, I was in the back corner and didn't ruin the class' reputation.
Bike 2 hours outside!
Yeah! Pretended to be hard core biker-chick and put on new neoprene booties, 3 layers, and kids' ski mittens. Donnie, Laurie, and I met up with the 10 other MMTC group and rode out to Western Howard County from Hollifield Station. I was able to stay in zone 2 (OK so I only managed this if we were going down a very long hill) and vacillated between feeling like "Yes, I can do this!" and "Holy shit, get me off this bike, I can't keep up!" Halfway through the ride I ditched the mittens as my hands appeared to be on fire. I put regular riding gloves on and was pleasantly surprised how, temperature-wise, I was comfortable. Being a dork, I took photos of this historic occasion, since most of the IMLP training group was there. I'm sure the MMTC group was happy to have such high-maintenance riders. I thought it was important to document it, in case I wimped out and never made it back to a group ride....now at least I have proof. I was there and rode with a group, in JANUARY!
My post-workout cool down was to ride to NYC with college friends and stay out 'til 2 am partying like rock stars. The 5 hour drive was OK, except when we got to the city and I actually had to turn the steering wheel. My arms were still in pain, pathetically, from the barbell class on Thursday!
Sunday 1/6/08
Swam 1 hour!
Yeah again! This is pretty much the longest I have ever swam continuously. I was DREADING it, exhausted from my middle-aged-women gone wild weekend. I didn't warm up, just started swimming once the "postal swim" began. It was great to be in the end lane, no pressure to look around at everyone lapping me and I could see the clock as I turned...though I closed my eyes at times to make the time seem to go by faster. I shared a lane with Abby and really enjoyed it...which was a complete shock! I honestly had low expectations, didn't think I could swim the whole thing continuously, and thought I'd incorporate some breastroke. I didn't count any laps, just thought of different songs in my head and went through all the lyrics, passing the time and taking it easy. Some popular favorites that seemed to enter my mind were anything Pat Benetar and Train, as well as some show tunes...Wicked, Hairspray and don't ask me....Annie. Before I knew it....3485 yrds! So, I shouldn't have stopped to re-adjust/clear the goggles and I could have had a 3500 even. Overall I was very pleasantly surprised and my arms were not the least bit sore today.
Monday 1/7/08
Spin 1 hour
Core Class From Hell 30 minutes
Food:
Bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios
Granola Bar
Milk
Lifetime began their new and improved class schedule. Just when I was enjoying the 45 min spin/45 min yoga...they change it! The spinning was fine, though I was being a little bit of a slacker, trying to keep my HR down. The core class was painful. What I lack in strength though, I made up for with gracefulness, as my giant stability ball went shooting out from under me and I crashed to the ground. The instructor said she was impressed that the class could maintain that exercise so well. Lucky for me, I was in the back corner and didn't ruin the class' reputation.
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