Tri Dreaming

I can't believe it's Friday already! This week flew by!

It's official, I have caught the cold... or maybe it caught me... I'm not sure but either way, I'm paying for it! I have a headache which is walking the line bordering a migraine, but I'm pretty sure it's due to sinus issues so I'm not sure if my trusty meds will take care of it. Time should tell me shortly. Anyway, there's too much going on for me to give into the sickness so I'm just going to pretend like its' not there.

Yesterday was pretty interesting. I had to teach a cycling class for a bunch of kids who attend an alternative school and go to Harbor as a gym class. I felt so bad for them because I showed up a 20 minutes early so I could get in 45 min. ride and it was FREEZING! Quite honestly, it was 45 degrees. It took me 20 minutes of riding in my warmup pants, sweatshirt and gloves for me to warm up enough to warrant stripping down to my cycling clothes. I think the kids went into shock when they entered the room, but surprisingly didn't complain too much about it. It actually worked as more of a motivation to get going so that was cool. I did work up a sweat while I was cycling, but then found my way into the gym for the step class at 9:30. Like I said, it was a weird day, there were only 2 participants (myself being one) and the instructor, but we held the class anyway. The gym was also freezing and it was weird cause I was working hard enough that my heartrate was up and I was sweating, but it was so cold that it would immediately become a cold sweat and my joints and muscles were tight and cold the entire time. I mentioned something on my way out the door to meet my sister.

My sister wasn't home like she we had planned so I ended up taking a 45 min nap in my running car, as it was way too cold to shut it off for even a second. Finally she called and I picked her up from class and drove her back to her apartment so we could pick out clothes for the pictures we were having taken today as a present for my parents. We decided on black collar shirts with jeans...

Then I went back to Harbor to attend the noon body pump class and was pleased to find the gym much warmer. I also had the great idea to bump up my chest, tricep and back/hamstring weights so I really cashed myself during class. It actually felt great. Not even too sore today... my triceps are somewhat tender.

Not sure what I did later that day, but we went to the Harbor Xmas party around 6 which turned out to be pretty fun. It's amazing how many members come out of the woodwork for events such as these. (It was an all member party) We found ourselves to be the minority to the older members. All in all, a good time though. Hit bed pretty early in lue of teaching the 5:30 cycling class this morning, which I might add came way too early.

Class went fairly well considering how I felt. After that I got ready for the big photo shoot (which we got the proofs back and I'm not overly pleased... we found one that will do the job though, not great.) and killed some time, having lunch with my sister. It was good to catch up with her, I haven't seen her a lot lately as finals are beginning this weekend. Now I'm just hanging around trying to battle off this headache and waiting to go meet the dog I am "dogsitting" this weekend. Heard he's a great dog, very sweet and a real people lover, but has been described to me as a 65 lb. lap dog. Should be fun.

Big Dave is finally keeping his word and heading into town tonight. He's been announcing his plans to come visit for weeks on end but has bailed up until now. I'm actually pretty excited to see him. He's a good guy- very funny... I think he's even being forced to attend my one of my cycling classes tomorrow. Revenge is mine :) He bailed on my birthday... there's a big hill climb with is name on it!

Well, I guess that's it for now. I'll be sure to let you know how the run goes tomorrow, given that my fingers thaw out enough to let me type. Have a good one!