Saturday morning: what is too much? poetry in motion

Friday night I turned up at Riders Cycles to pick up my bike. I planned to go for a swim afterwards, in place of Saturday's pool closings. However, as I met with the folks at Riders they were telling me to chill out a little- they, among a select few people, are concerned that i'm going a bit too hard at the moment- something for which I'll need to chat with Carolyn about. I'm happy with all the working out, and its tough to stay solid and confident about what i'm doing- its as if everyone has a philosophy regarding what and how to train...

Anyhow, it turned out that evening that its open swim in Victoria in the early evening- so i went to a movie and hung out with a friend instead! I got to see Borat - - wow; that's satire stretched to its fine and offensive limits... it got to be a bit much, but some of it made me laugh- i hadn't been to a movie in ages!

That makes 2 incomplete workouts: 10km tempo run and the masters swim today. ew... I don't quite know where my attitude should be there with this- I also did not complete to the full full, the spin workout on Thursday.... I'm divided: one) no need to worry at this stage of the game two) if you are going to be competitive, finish your workouts... if you can't finish them now, how will i be in spring?

I was hoping to ride in dry sunny conditions today, but it looked like the streets were to be eternally wet. I opted for a 2 hour spin at the gym with a movie.... It went well- my crotch was a bit angry and I willl stubbornly change the peddals to my SPD's next time... but I did it... I stayed at and easy high cadence and by the last hour, I stood up for 1 minute every 9. I would gradually gear up every 5 minutes...

I'm feeling a bit tight in my inner thighs and glutes from fri'morning's work out and todays. Yahoo! I always wondered what and how I could possibly stay stationary for 2 hours spinning- but it wasn't so bad.. It willl be much better when I get my trainer and my own proper bike. What was cool was seeing Dave Schmidt do his personal training with the sr. rowing teams... with all teh training I'm doing and watching them i have these threads of a poem waiting to be composed about our bodies as potentially strong machines... watching their angled elbows and knees lunge while their legs scissored and arms jump-jacked...it was awesome...

that's all.