Wednesday....

Okay, today started fairly normally, wake up, make lunches, drop kids off at school, come home, have coffee... However, I called a friend of mine who has been doing tris for a while yesterday, and he returned my call today. I told him that I was planning on doing a few this summer, and I asked his advice. Well, let's just preface this by I'm highly impressed with this person, I have much to learn from him. We've worked together before (we're in the same career field), and I always learn something from him, everytime we talk. Just an amazing person. Anyway, enough of that. He had some great advice for me for begining these, especially with sprints, and how some people are very competitive and amazingly fast, and others just want to finish. I, of course feel that I'm in the latter group. We discussed bikes, and what I should buy, and what he had, (a 6k fricken bike, well, he's been at this a while), what my training emphasis should be on, especially for sprints, positioning myself for the swim, running, and speed work. I also brought up that I don't have a bike yet, and I'm doing my cycling indoors, and asked about spinning classes. Well, apparently that's a good idea. He also said I could e-mail him any questions I have, as he's not always available by phone (see career field...). I appreciate this very much. Well, I head out to my local 24 hour fitness, and I'm in a spinning class at 0930, my first one, thank you... A little different than my cycling workout yesterday, a whole lot lower rpm, (think, not changing gears...), other than that, pretty fun, I'm going to be sore tomorrow, but hey, tomorrow is running in the morning, Mixed Martial Arts in the evening, a friend's getting ready for a fight, and I said I'd spar with him. No, I'm not a grappler, I used to fight as a kickboxer, and a full contact fighter. ;) Well, 60 minutes later, it's over, good workout, not the high rpms on the pedals that I think it should be, but definitely interval training, besides the pedals are moving for 60 minutes. Off of there, quick stretch, on to the treadmill. Start slow, speed up through a quick mile, total mile time 8.15. I'm happy today.