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I Survived My First Spin Class

Wow, I finally did it...I survived a spin class.  I went with my wife Lori who is a spinning veteran, and I actually had a great time despite the burn.

Mind you I did keep the tension fairly low, but I did it all the same and I’m happy I did.

This was Lori’s first workout since our triathlon and she did great.  She’s always loved spinning so it would be great if I can enjoy it also so we can share that interest.  Also I could go to a class with here and my mother-in-law (Mama-D) who is awesome on the bike (when her knee gets better).  I’m hoping we’ll all be healthy and ready to do the DVP bike ride this year.  Those two have done it several times, but I’ve never been a good enough biker to pull that off.

The class was so cool, there must have been 40 bikes in the full class with a great motivating atmosphere.  The lights were dim and the extreme mountain biking movies were playing on the projection TV.  The group leader was at the front of the multi-level room on a stage and played great music and took us along a ride with two big hill climbs.

We were expecting to do an hour, but the class turned out to be 1-1/2 hours.  My parents were at our house baby sitting Alexander, so although I stayed 1hr 20min into the class we had to leave as they had to get going.  With the warm up it was 1.5 hours and just over 1100 Calories.

I would definitely like to do those more often.  It would certainly prepare me for riding with the club at Gears.

Till next time...

Yoga Class #2 of the Year

Went to the dermatologist today about an infection on my hand that resulted in a secondary infection that spread to my face, arms and legs. Over the last couple of months I went through a couple rounds of antibiotics, and both times the infection would be about 90% under control but after the drugs were done would come back with a vengeance.  Today he gave me a very strong one that should do the trick, and only requires 5 doses.  The only drawback is that he recommended that I take at least 1 week off away from the pool in case the chlorine aggravated my skin.  I guess for the remainder of the coming week I will focus on running, biking, yoga and may do some strengthening exercises.

Tonight I went to Kula in Oakville for a yoga class with Kim and purchased a pack of 10 classes which should last me about 6 weeks or so.  A good friend of mine who got me out for about 6 weeks or so last fall mostly goes to that studio.  I feel better than I have in quite a while after that class.  Although I’m far from being able to do all the poses, I definitely notice an improvement in the flexibility of my muscles even after just two classes this week and I felt better than when I started last year.

Tomorrow I am planning on doing a spin class with my wife Lori which should be fun/torture and Wednesday I’ll be back to the running room for a run.

I’ll be going on my annual boyz ski trip to Mount Tremblant this coming weekend so I think the yoga is really going to come in handy.

Till next time...

6 km Run with the Running Room

Running Room - 6 km Slow Run on a cold Sunday morning.  Really could have used a neck warmer over the face today.  Brrrr!!! 

After having joined the 10k clinic on Friday, I partook in the 2nd run with the group today.  It was a chilly 6 km.  I was making extra effort to keep my heart rate down in the 140’s so it really was a nice slow base building run which would not contribute to any injuries.

I felt great the whole time with the exception of some bone chilling wind on the face during the first 10 min of the run.

I ran with Richard again today, as well as Catherine in the yellow jacket (I need queues so I actually remember people’s names).  She is going to be doing her first event ever and has actually been running 7 days a week, let’s hope that no injuries result of not taking at least a day or two off.

I did a third test of the Polar RS800CX today, and I must say my experience was much better than the first.  The distance on the GPS was bang on, the HR remained accurate, and the pace numbers seemed reasonable the whole time.  One thing to note is that the temperature and altitude were still off.  I still have to install the software and get into the really good features of the watch.

Till next time...