Spin in FULL effect

The molly machine and F bomb Fil joined session tonight. Other than a minor laptop technical difficulty resulting in a much longer "warm-up session" than needed....a great session. Looking forward to hooking up the projector and getting over this annual upper chest cold..may have overdone it but...morning will tell...after all, it's hockey tomorrow night!

Recruit recruited....it has begun

An introduction to sufferfest with a fellow sufferer, Shaun was had tonight. Feeling like the beginning of a chest cold.....could I be more predicatble..seems to happen every year about this time :(

Easy 40 min as Shaun had to leave early. New neighbour is also a cyclist....another recruit with potential bike storage :)

Must have been the mini-bites mini wheats?!

Awoke this a.m. and had this burning desire to get back on the bike.....I like where this is going as I was getting a tad concerned about my lack of motivation in this transitioning part of the season.

Searched the sufferfest website http://www.thesufferfest.com/ and felt that nervous/anxious building kind'a'feeling. Options were.....go for a mountain bike (on road as the trails are mucky) or rip the bike off of the trainer, put on the road tire and go for a road ride. With time being of the essence, off to visit friends, the choice to lace up was made.

BB in pocket, progressive electronic music plugged in, and endomondo tracking my moves, Lemoines point was blurring beside me. The legs felt good.....like....almost like I was a runner good....Short 2 min walk warm-up and 5.7 km later...ready for the day!

New plan....cross training to keep the fitness fresh..now to test the shoulder with some push-up pre shower...wish me luck ;)

Seriously...is this Ground Hog Day?!?!?

It doesn't seem that long ago that I had set the garage up in prep for the winter spin sessions to augment those days that aren't favourable for xc skiing. First session done!! Garage is a work of beauty with storage all over tha place!!

Downloaded one, and perhaps all, of the the Sufferlandia series. Nice change from coach troy and watching a bunch of people suffer INSIDE. Now to recruit some recruits. Garage now can accomodate up to six bikes for storage with trainers....will limit those to the hardest of hard to ensure this will be quality sessions this winter.

Sessions will formally start on monday........now to send out the emails. WTF!?!?! Just looked at last year and found sessions started early November....will have to make up for lost time ;)

Hibernation?!?!?!?

Having a hard time trying to explain to myself this low level of motivation to huff and puff heavily for any length of time....Could have something to do with the fact that work does require me to drive 4 plus hours a day, gnerally 3 to 4 times per weeek....that could be contributing, but wouldn't change this in the slightest...big things happening here!! This lack of activity is quite evident when I have to adjust my caloric intake, actually be mindful of what I'm putting IN my body so that my body doesn't start to grow OUTwards ;)

Did get a 6 k run, more like an old man shuffle, in yesterday. Weather was absolutely pristine and would have been a great Mt. ride but truth be told....I don't have Durham forest, Albion Hills, blah blah blah in my back yard and it's starting to weigh in on me.

So it's official...no more Hot August? Putting a team in for Summer Solstice next year! Looking to get some of the local boys in for a fun time :) Making next year more of a social "race" scene. I'm done with solo entries...and this is why...the courses for 8 and 24 hour events are tame. So tame that when I ride anything with actual technical attributes, it makes me second guess....in other words....I've lost my "edge"..time to recapture it!!

Plan for weekend.....firstly, monitor my next day "stiffness" of the left achilles tendon that seems to be acting up now. Get another run in on Sunday. Build some serious storage options in the garage and just chill with my girls.

Really getting excited for the snow season, both downhill AND XC!!!!!

So, posts are going to dwindle a bit......no real "fitness goals" per say in the near future. Goal for winter is purely summed up in one word.....PLAY!!!!!