Sunday 9 March 2008

Just Get On The Damn Bike!!!

I'm not sure if I'm still dealing with jetlag, or if I'm actually fighting off some sort of airborne disease. My throat is still sore (never really left me since being icky in KL), my nose is half stuffy and my lungs are achy/itchy. Oh, and to top it off my noggin hurts a bit. Sigh.

Because of all this I had quite the internal argument this morning regarding my workout. It went something like this, "Ugh, I feel like crap. Quit yer whining and get your gear on. Would it really matter if I missed one workout? Uh, YA. Dude, we have a goal to achieve at IMCDA so you better get your arse on that bike. But I feel like crap. Puhleez, it's a little sore throat and a wimpy cough. Deal with it. What if it doesn't go away?? Look, you have to work out cause if you don't, all your blog buddies will know and how is that going to look?! It's called accountibility missy! Who's idea was it to write a stupid blog anyways....GREGORY! Fine! I will get my arse on the bike. Hmpfff."

So I got my gear on, headed out my bedroom door and ran into my roomie. We hadn't seen each other in forever so I stopped to chat and catch up on his life. Oh, and yes, this was a stalling technique. haha. We chatted for about a half an hour until he said 'Don't you have to work out?'. Bastard! LOL.

So I made my way down to the dungeon and got on the bike. It was a bit slow to get going, that's for sure. I decided to have fun and see how long I could do a one legged spin before I 'klunked' over the top of the stroke. I managed to go for 3:14 minutes with the right leg and 3:29 minutes wiht the left leg. Admittedly as I was going along there I was losing my amusement for this game, haha.

After a 20 minute warmup I got into the main set. Nothing complicated. I was to do sets of 6:30min in high zone 2 and 3:30min in low zone 2. I actually didn't feel too bad throughout the workout. My legs felt strong and weren't tired - always a bonus. I have a lot on the brain these days so was trying to think my thoughts. It was funny cause I could tell when I was getting somewhat worked up about a subject because the frustration would flow through to my pedal stroke, I'd push harder and of course my heart rate would go up, haha. Oops.

Not having the tv or music on actually makes these workouts better. I focus on my cadence, my heart rate, and work out the thoughts in my brain. It's almost meditative.

The total length of my bike was 1:45. My throat, lungs and noggin still don't feel great. However, mentally I feel great because I got the job done and had a great workout. AND I can write in my blog that I did. LOL.

Stupid accountibility....

Peace out my friends.

14 comments:

  1. Hope you feel better! I know it feels TERRIBLE to miss a workout - I always feel I am going to suddenly turn into a couch potato/slob and lose all my fitness because of one silly workout.

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  2. I'm glad you recognized the inevitability of the IronGregPlan™. Those one leg times are awesome!

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  3. Damn...here it is Sunday at 6:27 and I had all but totally written off my long bike and run today because i was bagged from the sleepover and all the excitement ...PLUS I felt I had to do some major spring cleaning which ended up in me cleaning the entire garage ... dumping the crap (a van load taken down my alley one bin at a time ;) I unloaded my new BBQ with help from my son, dragged the old one to the alley and marked it with a FREE sign ... vacuumed the house...tried to put my nobbies on my mountain bike so I could ride to work but upon doing so noticed that i need some rim tape over some screws so that has to go to the bike shop now ...then I come down to read all the blogs and now I know that I HAVE TO DO THE DAMN RIDE. Shit!!

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  4. OMG.... you go tthe widget to work!!

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  5. My HR does the samething. Though I also have a tendency to talk to myself which would be fine except my hands start moving and people look at my like I'm crazy.

    WOW no movie or music. I'm very impressed.

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  6. i got the widget to work!!!! LOL. (took two tries of course...) it doesnt' quite fit..but it's close enough.

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  7. Susi, I didn't really meet you in Penticton, I saw you when I was with Jen but when we walked away I said "THAT little girl looks SUPER TOUGH!!" Way to go on getting it done!! It's what it takes. And thanks for the advice on the gloves...now it makes sense to get a pair!!

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  8. five foot f*&^ all of fury ...that's Susi

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  9. seriously kel, i'm a marshmellow, haha. but a stubborn scottish/dutch one! LOL.

    glad to be able to pass on some of the info i've learned over the last couple of years - the reason for gloves being one of them!

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  10. A marshmallow all right. Strongest, grittiest marshmallow in the bag. A predator with a marshmallow disguise. A marshmallow that can kick the Pillsbury dough boy's ass.

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  11. so why all of a sudden am i craving a marshmallow roast?

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  12. did i ever tell ya the time i was accosted by the pilsbury dough boy? at the time i was dressed up as an otter...

    seriously!

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  13. ok...what kind of online friends have i made here???

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