Thursday, December 25, 2014

Recap and Some Soul Cycle

My running the past week and a half since the Jingle All the Way 5k was pretty sparse.  In the days leading up to Christmas, life gets pretty stressful with four children.  Making sure I attended the Christmas parties, the Frosty the Snowman field trip, completed the shopping, and wrapped the gifts took precedence over the running.  I was even going to run another 5k this past Saturday, but overslept out of sheer exhaustion.  When I checked the results of the race online, I was bummed because I could have totally beaten the overall female winner.  I would have won my first race!  Okay, the field of women wasn't particularly fast, but I'll take what I can get!

Here's the recap:

12/16 Tuesday - 8.4 miles which was supposed to be 9.  I was surprised I fell short.

12/17 Wednesday - 6.06 miles, 47:11, 7:47 pace

12/20 Saturday - 6 miles

WEEKLY TOTAL: 20.5 miles
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12/22 Monday - 3.65 miles late int the afternoon.  Pete and I ran around the reservoir in the local park.  I kept my pace up for the duration of the run because I was feeling pretty good.  I didn't have my watch, but Pete said I hit the 3 mile mark around 23 minutes.   Later that evening a friend and I drove up to the north shore for a spin class at Soul Cycle.  I heard and read about Soul Cycle in Manhattan.  I was psyched to learn there were a couple of locations on the island.  The facility is pretty slick, clean, and state-of-the-art.  We were lucky to get into the sold out class.  There is no membership, you pay per class which is $34 a pop.  Newcomers pay $20 for their first session.  There are 52 bicycles in the room and the class is 45 minutes long.  They loan you special shoes that clip into the bike pedals.  After we were locked in, Jo, the instructor turned out the lights and turned up the music.  I felt like I was in a scary nightclub.  I  expected a hard core workout and that's exactly what I got.  Not only do you ride to the max, but you also lift dumbbells while pedaling.  The class was fun and I would definitely do it again, but it's definitely too expensive for me to be a regular in this particular life.

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Tips From Town:
New Hyde Park

12/24 Wednesday - 9.8 miles that was supposed to be 10.  Not timed.  The temperature was a balmy 48 degrees at 9:30 in the morning.  It was misting and drizzling for most of the run, but toward the end the rain started to come down hard.  I wore shorts, a long sleeve tech with a short sleeve cotton t-shirt on top.  I was soaked by the time I came home.

I hope to run through the weekend.  We'll see what happens...

11 comments:

  1. Wow, $34 a session seems like a lot of money to ride a stationary bike in a nightclub. Do they pass out GU laced with Ecstasy?

    Hope you guys are having a great Christmas and that Santa brings you good running weather all weekend.

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    1. Gu laced with ecstasy! Nice!

      I did have a nice run this morning after the sun came out. Thanks, Santa.

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  2. Eisenhower park 5k? Yeah, my first run in four weeks bc of injury and only did it to support a friend who is new to running and wanted to do his first 5k, and I got a second in age group tho I left some time out on the course by taking it fairly easy until the end. Small races are the best!

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    1. Small races have so many pros, winning an award being near the top of the list.

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    2. How did you do on your half marathon?

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    3. DNS. Too hurt. Thanks for asking.

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  3. Spin classes are great btw. But soul cycle is a ripoff. I try to do one or two classes a week at local gym for cross training as I'm an injury prone runner.

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    1. I like spinning, too, if the instructor and music are right. Soul Cycle was definitely overpriced. They made over $1700 from that one class alone!

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  4. I'd never heard of this place before reading your post but noticed yesterday that there's a Soul Cycle near me in Woodbury Commons.

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    1. Did you take a class or were you out of E?

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    2. I'm staying off my injury for a few more days and only doing upper body/strength. I don't think I'm a good candidate for Soul Cycle. I'd rather go on the elliptical and crank up the music channel on Cablevision.

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