A big moment!

Lorraine:
The big moment I'm referring to is actually taking my bike out of the basement. More on that later, first a quick recap on exercise activities over the past few days.

Wed - typical weights workout, mostly arms but some legs and abs. Why must it be so cold in the mornings?

Thur - Nothing! Gasp!

Fri - This was a public holiday in the US, so I went with the kids to the gym in the midmorning. I was excited to have a bit more time than usual, and I planned to do a bit on the bike and then a bit of a run. As I was settling my stuff onto an exercise bike, I heard a distinct squawking sound and realized that a spinning class was going. Although I was 10 minutes late, I managed to skulk my way into the back of the class. See, I know that I'll get a more intense cycling workout in a spinning class than by myself on a bike with a magazine! Anyway, it was an instructor I'd never had before and she was doing a full-class hills workout. It was a great workout. I did the cool down leg stretches with the class, dripping with sweat, then headed over to the treadmill and ran for 2 miles. I was pretty proud of myself! The most impressive part to me was that I felt really quite comfortable running the entire time - not out of breath at all, not tired. I wanted to go 3 miles so it would be more like a 5k, but keeping an eye on the clock I knew I was running up against the gym daycare time limit. I was wondering if the workout feeling so good was mostly about just increasing fitness, or also partly because I usually work out at the crack of dawn and the 10am hour is much nicer!

Sat - The spinning instructor was doing the companion flats/sprinting class on Saturday, so again I hauled the children to the gym and did the full class this time - it was about 50 minutes. It was actually harder for me than the hills workout, since I typically really like hills and hate sprinting. Another thing I need an instructor to make me do. After that I only had time to run for 1 mile due to the gym daycare time limit, but still a pretty good showing for two days.

Sun - I had to take Amelia down to Oregon to meet halfway with my mom - she's spending a week at my mom's house. This is a 3-hour drive each way to the meeting spot, and a 6-hour drive in total for each of us. This left me with no time for a workout, but in the afternoon after Oliver's nap I strapped him on my back in the Ergo (which I continue to love), grabbed my very flat bike, and headed off for a 45-minute walk to the bike store to drop it off for a much-needed tune-up and new tires. Shockingly it won't be ready until July 22 (!!) due to a local huge bike race that's happening - all the other local bike stores are the same. So I really won't be able to get on my bike until a couple of weeks before the triathlon! I'll keep up with the indoor stuff, but I know it's not ideal. Probably should have done this errand earlier! Anyway, no official workout but it was a long walk there and back in the sun with my 32-lb toddler on my back.

Mon - today is swimming day, not to be boring or monotonous or anything. I did the same 30 minute workout as always. I have noticed it's getting a bit faster, so I'm left with 2 extra minutes of kickboarding at the end. Which I need - my kicking isn't the best!