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Pity party of one still made it to Ride the Zone In the hierarchy of my female friendships, Sass is my mistress but we both have pre-existing long-term relationships with our "wives." Went for a fun, gosspy lunch with my wife yesterday, only she breaks the news that she and her husband are moving back to San Francisco, and this time they are definitely not returning to New York. Heartbreak. After Yoga Vida class, go for dinner with two friends. They tell me they're moving to Indiana. I drink too much wine and stay up too late (but when have I ever drunk just enough wine and come home early when I hang out with them?). Reserve Ride the Zone bike at 1:30 am. Inappropriately update every social network status I have. In bed, throw a pity party of one. Sleep four terrible and tipsy hours. Wake up an hour and fifteen minutes before my alarm goes off. Hate life, hate life, hate life. Resolve to still go to Ride the Zone class because sometimes Kaitlyn has too much wine and she still makes it to RTZ to "honor her commitment to herself." Decide Grown-Ass Women go to the Church of Marion and pray she'll save them from themselves.
Blonde Moments in Fitness Kaitlyn said if I made it to Marion's class at Ride the Zone every Tuesday I was in town for the rest of the summer, she would give me a big prize. So of course I was there, at exactly 9am, without the aid of Kaitlyn or Sass, thank you very much. Now for today's Blonde Moment in Fitness: A few weeks ago, I bought fancy spin shoes and I was so excited to try them out this morning. The class had just started when I arrived, but I couldn't figure out the buckle release thingy to get it on my foot. Total coordination meltdown. So I threw down the $3 to rent a pair of spin shoes rather than waste 10 minutes on the shoe, or worse, walk in barefoot, waving a spin shoe around, shrieking over Beyoncé, "Excuse me! Can anyone unbuckle my shoe?"
My Goal --> To Learn to Love Spinning My SW win of a series of 30 (yup, 30!!) Ride The Zone classes is helping me achieve this goal. I always wanted to be a spin junkie. I had taken it maybe 2 or 3 times and eh. Underwhelmed.
I burned 681 calories before Sass was out of bed Who's the Grown Ass Woman who got herself out of bed this A.M. and to the UES for Ride the Zone without a subway buddy? von Hottie! I win double prizes! Seriously, I was so proud. It was kind of like the first time my mom let me go on the escalator without holding her hand - well, more like the second time my mom let me do that because the first time didn't go so well.
Hour Zone: JBJ got a big shout out from Carrie Workout: hour zone with Carrie. Summer spin season is around the corner and rumor has it JBJ will be a regular at RTZ in east hampton this summer. He is a big fan of Carrie's class and in anticipation of his seasonal return, she channeled him some love by playing cowboy by the man himself. It was hilarious and a tough climb!
I followed Marion's lead because IT was IT Workouts: 8:30-9:15: Tone Zone with Marion at RTZ on the Upper East Sidez
c'mon and dance right now..... After a great warm up, Marion blasted " c'mon and dance right now" racing out of the saddle... which lit the spin room up with fluorescent energy. We raced intensly right into "California Girls" on a building climb. From there we climbed a big hill to "Airplane". And then the upper body stuff began: switch backs(holding deep to reach into lats and obliques) then 50 arm pulses on each arm.
Early spin Workout: 7:30-8:15 Tone Zone with Carrie at Ride the Zone. Steep climbs, rolling hills, switch backs, arm pulses(50 each arm), pushups(80) what I ate today:
Holly unknowingly made my day! My friend Monica is in town from Rio; we've had a Friday evening dinner downtown on the calander for awhile now and then to be continued on Saturday morning with Holly at 9:30 RTZ/UES for just as long. I love riding next to Monica because she is so graceful in her ride. She has tons of indoor and outdoor cycling experience. It is clear that she is just not a spinner.
Awesome Friday Ride 9:30-10:20: cyko zone at RTZ with Marion:
On Fire! Cyko Zone: Marion at RTZ: 9:30-10:15: her energy is so high! We climbed a lot but we mostly raced in and out if the saddle. We took it out of our comfort zone and raced until our heart rates jumped out of our throats! Marion was on fire today. Fantastic workout!!
Carrie! Carrie taught an incredible class at Ride the Zone this morning. She taught "old school zone" at 9:30 am. It had more leg work than upper body work, but she managed to squeeze some in there. Steep long climbs, think adding resistance nine times from a generous flat and and the continuing on the top of the climb out of the saddle for an entire song and adding a little more!
Racing, scheduling, and ugh.... Spring is busy. I have a lot on my plate and it seems that I've been taking consecutive Cyko Zone classes at RTZ. They are awesome! High on speedwork which is good for me. However, I'm not just racing on the bike; my life is a race(for now). I just have to keep breathing through each interval of my professional and personal speed work. It's a good exercise on being mindful.
RTZ or gang warfare? Since Sass was the one to wake me up for Ride the Zone today, we are tied 1-1 in the Wake-Up-For-Exercise Contest (WUFEC, which sounds like an anagram of curfew, which we need, obvs).
It's the first week of my thirties and I already tried spin A few days ago, over drinks at Employees Only with Sassletic & Kaitlyn, Sass said, "We should go to Ride the Zone with Kaitlyn on Friday morning!" Part of me wanted to say no, but luckily my third cocktail spoke for me, "Yeah, TOTALLY!" von Hottie has to wake up early and travel to the Upper East Side for exercise? Oy. I was terrified.
RTZ: Marion take two I love an unexpected cancel that allows me to squeeze in an additional workout. When I bounced into Marion's 6:30 pm class totally psyched that I made it in time, she was super happy to see me "twice in one day" but appologetic because she was teaching the same class with the same playlist that I took this morning. Yeah, bring it Mare, as her 9:30 was "queen of spin worthy".
Queen of Spin! Marion was on it today in her 9:30 class! Great long climb to awesome tunes. Perfect way to begin a rainy Monday!
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