So, I finally got myself out of bed to get to a 6:30am class at the gym. I know that sounds sad to those of you who knew me as the get up at the crack ‘o dawn girl, making it to the gym for a 5:30am class, if not earlier to do my pre-workout workout. No, here in Seattle, I’ve become a slacker. I still work out regularly, but the time in the morning varies. There have been times I’ve done work in the morning, then worked out at home before getting into work in the afternoon. That’s what a flexible work schedule will do!

Anyhow – I made it to the spin class at the gym. I had tried one in the evening before, and I wasn’t impressed. It seemed very low-key, low-intensity. The instructor wasn’t wearing cycling shoes or cycling gear, which threw me off – at the Tri-Cities, the spin class I took, the teachers I liked always wore their cycling clothes and shoes. In fact, one of them is the reason I got the cycling shoes I have. Anyway – the instructor this morning was the same as I had experienced before – no cycling gear or shoes, so I wasn’t expecting much. Combine that with the fact the instructor never turned the lights on, was kind of quiet, and nobody spoke in that class…and I wasn’t sure I was ever going to come back. I was pleasantly surprised. It was 55 minutes of interval training. Granted, you can always do your own intensity, but those of you who know me know I’ll go all out when I can. It was a killer class. The teacher said next week would be endurance training – I cringed inside. She said last week had been climbing. I’m glad she changes things up, and it sounds like it’s always a pretty intense class. I decided to pay for the 10-class punch card. If I’m going to get my groove on for cycling, I need to have something that helps challenge me and push me along.

So, I’m getting back in gear and looking forward to the next steps on my road to getting back on my bike and out cycling!