Tired Thursday...

Feeling the effects of the group ride last night in my legs.  I feel more fatigue today than after the 100K ride Sunday...Must be cumulative effects.  I went to Healthtrax to get a hot tub stretch in, and I could feel the tightness in my legs.  It helped somewhat, but am exhausted.
I also went to an AA meeting tonight as an assignment for my Class: Biology of Addiction.  We have to go to two such meetings and reflect on how we felt.  Well the meeting was canceled at Corpus Christi Church in Wethersfield.  I felt a bit uneasy going to a meeting in the first place, but walking in and asking about AA, and the lady saying it was canceled made me more uneasy.  I felt like an intruder, and wonder how others there might feel about having me in the meeting.  I will try again tomorrow night, before I go out drinking...:)

Rest Day, Class, and New Pictures

Well today was a full rest day, but I did get in a Hot Tub Stretch this morning before work.  Wanted to ride to work, but my commuter bike had a flat, and no spare tube.  I fixed that today, and am ready to ride in the AM.

Went to class tonight, late of course, but only a few minutes.  The class is very open and "Dynamic" with people sharing their life stories.  I kind of feel like I am in a 12 step program or something...weird and enlightening all at the same time...after class I told my prof that I had culture shock.

Had chilly with rice for dinner, heavy but good.

Have a couple of new pictures to share of me in bike cloths and with my Tommaso before my ride yesterday.  Nichole took the photos...Nice job!

Me in my new Team USA jersey

Me and my Tommaso in Winter Gear before my ride.

Abs, weights and Class

Tonight was a recovery day with a quick workout before class consisting of an extended ab workout, a single circuit of upper body workout on nautilus, and my fav....Hot Tub Stretching!

I then went to class...LATE, NICE!  We were asking questions of our client to develop a treatment plan for him (Ricardo).  Ricardo has HIV from sharing needle during his drug use while playing in a latin band.  The buddy he was sharing needles with recently died from AIDS, and he was just diagnosed with HIV...or he got it from unprotected sex from female fans after his gigs (less likely).

Tomorrow is an active day at Newington Cycle...cannot wait.  Am going to Cynergy this week on Thursday instead of riding for the three days.  Need to differentiation in my workout.

Ate too much today, had chinese for dinner...Chicken with veggies in a garlic sauce and wonton soup.  Only ate about 1/2 the chicken stir fry, but am feeling stuffed.  Getting home so late makes me not want to cook, not good.

Active Rest Day and Class

Tonight was an active REST day where I did a ab workout and a one set circuit of complete upper body weight machines before going to my "Anatomy of Addiction" class. Tonight we talked about Assessment and Treatment Plans for our case study. Interesting and a bit of an Affirmation. The Behavioral Treatment Model of: Goal Setting -> Objective Setting -> Steps is similar to my Fitness 1st Cycle for improving students physical fitness. Assessment >Goal setting > Physical Activity Planning > Logging and Journaling Efforts toward goals and Plan Adherence > Repeat. Knowing the parallels makes legitimizes the process even more. NICE! Originally I had based it on the cycle for effective instruction, but this works too...

Abs and Lifting followed by my first class

Tonight I tried to mimc my Cyclo-Core workout that I was going to miss because of my Health Class, "Anatomy of Addiction". The attempt proved less than successful. Apparently you cannot mimic the intensity that a group of insane cyclist offers. It was a better than normal workout due to the heat at the gym tonight and a longer than normal ab workout followed by a single weight circuit for the upper body.

After the workout, I made my way to my first class at MxCC in Middletown called "Anatomy of Addiction in order to become cross certified in Health. I need to become health certified in order to teach Health in HS because my school is becoming reconstituted this year due to our lower than normal test scores. Thanks to "No Child Left Behind" I will need to re-apply for my job this year, and want options just in case. We shall see!

The class will be interesting anyway, just wish I didn't have to miss my Cyclo-Core workouts at Cycle Concepts in Glastonbury. I really feel like it was starting to make a real difference in my posture and core strength. The sacrifices I must make...