RUN Week 4, Tuesday 11/29 - Spinning November 30, 2005
Posted by Amber D. Evans in : Cycling, Chico CA, Training Stats , add a comment"About as exciting as doing the laundry …"
Context
City, State: Chico, CA
Location: Chico Sports Club
Course: Spinning Room
Terrain: Mixed
Distance and/or Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Speed or RPE: 5 (somewhat hard)
HRR: 143-173 (Aerobic)
HR(avg.): 164 bpm
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
The Spinning Class
- High spinning, low gear
- Lots of 2's and 3's positions
- 60 minutes - Endurance ride on flats with rolling hills.
- 10 minutes - Easy flats.
Synopsis
- Upshot: Finally some cross-training!
- Downside: I've never had a boring Spinning class before this one!
- What I'm most proud of: I remembered to get a reservation and stamp!
- What I would do differently: Pray that Cheri will be there!
Overall
About as exciting as doing the laundry … that was the Spinning class I went to today. Even Sam was shocked at how long the class felt. I was bored … the room was hot and damp. It smelled dank–Ewwwww. The clock slowly ticked the minutes by. I tried to keep myself best entertained with my HRM, keeping within a 163-173 bpm range. Check. Did that w/o a problem. How long can a person ride on pretend flats and hills when left to their own imagination? Spinning sucks when you're fully aware that you're in a room with a whole bunch of other people in a room, cycling away with nothing to entertain or distract you. The instructor was not our usual cheery Cheri. Today I realized that Cheri rocks. I fully realize that now. She's so interactive. I think she's ruined me for bad spinning instructors forever!
And this will be a future topic I'll pontificate upon: Good Teachers and Good Exercise Instructors have a lot in common.