OUCH.

Tuesday marked the first of 12-14 sessions of 1.5 hour spin. 5:45am-7:15am every Tuesday morning on a spin bike. For some reason, when the clock chimed 12:01 on the first day of 2011, I forgot how to set up my spin bike. Not good when you know you will be in the saddle the longest you ever have in your LIFE. For some reason I just could not get set right. I don't know if it was the angle of the seat, the height of the seat post or the placement of the handlebars. But after sitting on that damn thing for 90 minutes, my nether regions were begging for mercy. Hopefully I will regain my bike placement memory or get a better spin bike next go round.

The class was kick ass hard. Sprints at level 9+ intensity, jumps, sprints, sprints, jumps - egads. But it sure is one hell of a way to spend a morning.

Oh yeah, I love Tater Tots. Just thought you should know.

Another first? Spin Class

As I mentioned, I recently joined Lifetime Fitness in Easton. So far I have enjoyed the benefits of run club, and I have had one meeting with a personal trainer. One of the other reasons I was able to justify the gym cost was group fitness glasses. As hubs has "Harry Potter Day" (convocation - he and his academic cohorts get to wear their super cool wizard robes) today, he won't be home until late. This gives me the prime opportunity to finally tackle something I have wanted to do for years but have never mustered the courage to do - spin class.

Every video of a spin class I have ever seen looks scary. Every person who walks out the door is drenched in sweat. Some muscled guy or gal sits on a bike at the front of the room, time-life operator headset on, yelling at you to get your ass out of the seat and pedal harder. Eek. But if I want to get my legs and heart in better shape to run and cycle faster, I have to face this demon. Therefore, tonight I will be attending my first ever spin class. Hopefully. I am going to show up early, meek eyed and nervous, tell the instructor I have never been to a spin class before and that I have no idea what to do. Hopefully they will be kind and get me set up. We'll see. I will give you a report tomorrow...

As for the foot, no major developments since yesterday. I did a 2.7 mile hilly run when I got home, and it felt fine during and after. I also managed to keep my average pace to 9:56 per mile. Sweet.