I tried a spinning class for the first time yesterday, and I loved it! It was definitely hard, but in a good way. The instructor was VERY peppy, something that usually annoys me, but I was so focused on keeping up that I didn't have time to care. My favorite thing about the class is that it is based on a perceived exertion scale—the bikes have a knob that you can turn for more or less resistance, but there are no numbers or other qualifying marks on the knob. So when the instructor says "take it up to a level 7" then you're going to what you perceive to be a 7 on your exertion scale (from 1-10). This, combined with the dark room lit only by blacklights, makes for a comfortable setting in which you're just concentrating on your workout instead of how you're doing compared to anyone else. I'm planning on going every Thursday from now on (except next week, since I'm already busy).
Today is a day of rest, and then tomorrow I have a 5 mile run planned for outside. It's been raining for a week straight, so hopefully with the sun out today, the trail around Burke Lake will dry out enough for me to run there tomorrow. (The map below says 4.3 miles, but it's a very rough outline—I didn't take the time to follow the satellite image perfectly around every curve of the trail. We'll see what my iPod says is the actual distance traveled...) It's usually crowded, but that's fine—I'd rather run through the woods with a ton of people than no one (as previously discussed)! Here is the route via MapMyRun:
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