And Other Days...

And then there are days when I have my training workout to do and it’s all I can do to get through it, let alone perform well. Today was long bike day. The weather is still too cold to ride outside, so it’s another indoor spin workout. Riding on the trainer, in the living room, for anything more than about an hour bores the heck out of me. Today’s boredom distraction included watching part of a movie, using a small glass for water so I could get off the bike and refill it 5 times, reading my Toastmaster’s magazine, putting in a load of laundry, oops – forgot my sweat towel and had to get off and fetch that…, and finally crank up the ipod and blast the music into my head to get me pumped up to finish the ride. By combining actual riding with distraction techniques, I was able to actually ride 90 minutes.