The last few weeks have been a real return to regular workouts for me. When I was off from running I found I was unmotivated to do anything else. It was too dark for weekday rides, I was unmotivated to swim and I couldn't run. I wavered from cross training on the elliptical because I was afraid it would aggravate my foot and I some days I was just lazy.
But, the past two weeks have been great. In addition to running, my new commitment to training was motivated by a little transformation. Remember when I joked about
converting our 2nd bedroom into a training room? Well, it turns out I wasn't really joking after all.
Our 2nd bedroom went from this:
To this (the Pain Cave):
We rarely have guests over and we decided to capitalized on this real estate and do some redecorating. We got rid of the bed and set up our new
Kurt Kinetic trainers. Don't mind the bed frame in the back - it was the only pace we could store it :)
Now you can find us spinning away every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday! On a side note, riding the trainer is much more difficult than I anticipated and I actually think it is harder than biking outside. There is
no down time because you never get to coast! And everyone who told me that you need to have a TV - you were so right! It is really mind numbing. We don't have a TV but we do have our computer in this room so we can stream shows off Hulu or Netflix. But, because the trainers make a fair amount of noise we have to turn the volume way up so we can only do this on Saturday when we are riding during normal hours. I don't think the neighbors would appreciate us cranking up the volume at 6am on a Tuesday. I've been listening to NPR to pass the time but I think that I'm going to try an audio book. I love reading but I've never had any success with audio books. I get distracted and then I don't know what's going on. However, I think it is worth another shot since there is
nothing to distract me on the trainer... Any recommendations?
