third time's a charm

so the past 3 weeks i've tried to get in to richard's cycle class at my gym. i've taken it before and understand why it's so popular (difficult with great music), but man. i've been wait listed the past two weeks. last week i literally went in saw there were two people ahead of my possible spot on the wait list and turned around and left to go run outside.

i don't understand where everyone came from all the sudden. i guess they're trying to get in summer shape? does everyone gain 5 lbs in the winter or just me? i call it the winter 5. i even still go to the gym everyday, but besides that in the winter my activity is very low. i don't like the cold. so i don't want to be in it. but in the spring and summer, i'll go for walks. i ride my bike. i run outside, which is harder than inside.

i've had my fair share of bike hurting in the last couple days so maybe i should have taken the day off, but inside it's so much easier. saturday as i was riding to work i got a flat. ugh. so not only did that make the rest of my trip to work and all the way home much harder, i got an unexpected extra workout and i pulled a muscle in my right butt and made my left knee sore. my knee still hurts...

but all this aside. today i got into richard's spin class! i woke up 15 minutes earlier. what can i say... i was determined!

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