A while back I started a blog, long since deleted, for just my own rants and ramblings. After going back on my last couple posts, I've started to think that I've been using this as the same thing and thats not what I meant it to be. So I'm going to make an effort at a much more positive attitude and see if I can make it infectious.

First things first. I'm happy to finally say that I've started to make it through the spinning classes. So even though the instructor tried her best to make it a totally anaerobic class on Friday, I managed to keep up. I was sweatily overjoyed that try as Miss Smiling-skinny-britches did to knock me out of the race, I stuck in there.

I've also found that, although I'm not able to run any longer than before, my recovery and overall times for the run are coming down. I should explain some. Last year during training I would go all out for 4-5 miles not much caring about my heart rate or at least not keeping it in the aerobic zone. Lately I've been doing some research and listening to podcasts basically saying that training more in the aerobic zone gives you a better engine for running in the anaerobic zone. With that in mind I've been a HR zone control freak; walking whenever my HR goes above 148. When I started it took about 45 seconds for my HR to get back down to the start of my aerobic zone, and now it takes about 15 - 30. I'm hoping that will very soon translate back to me running longer in zone. Its frustrating taking 70 min for 4.5 mi when I know I can go faster. Of course this is what all the experts say to watch out for, and not to let my ego get in the way of good base training.

Well, I'm going to try to keep this one short. I have a couple comfort items on the way from Bike Nashbar, and hopefully that will help me with hand/wrist numbness on long rides. Looking forward to that.