Its been a busy week. Apart from work which is normal to be busy the training has been pretty much constant. Always the usual swim, bike, run, repeat as per the plan. I have been taking the training easy as the coach has told me so I don't overdo it.
On Thursday Jetstar had a big birthday sale with cheap flights to different locations. I read the sale email and it mentioned cheap flights to New Zealand but not landing in Auckland so I was a bit bummed about that. I ignored it for a while until one of the guys at work was checking it out and said they had Auckland listed on the sales webpage even though it was not supposed to be part of the sale. The best part about it was the sale was for the dates of the NZ ironman. I jumped on and found a few dates that worked for our trip. I ended up getting flights for $200 return per person which I think is a nice little win. So now the flights are taken care of. It looks like we just need to find one nights accommodation in Auckland and car hire and I think our travel plans will be complete.
As part of my usual training I need to do some weight sessions so I took myself down to the gym and signed up for a membership. I have never been a gym person. I don't know what it is. Maybe because when I have been there is always a bunch of blokes trying to strut their stuff around acting like they own the place. I am not into the body building thing. Well since I don't have gym equipment at home and don't live in the forest where I can cut down a tree and carry it around rocky style I had to sign up. It looks like they have a few quiet times so I am going to hit the gym then.
Unfortunately I got a bit of a cold on Thursday night so by Sunday I didn't do my usual long ride. Instead I headed to the gym and did my first workout. It was ok. I bumbled my way through the machines reading all the instruction labels to make sure I was doing it right. It must have done something as I was feeling it afterwards. A few weeks of this and the pain will go away.
With the gym membership I get all the classes for free so knowing I need to work on my core and also get more flexibility. I decided that since I was not swimming on Monday I would do an yoga class that evening. I don't know anything about yoga apart from what I have read on the net about it being relaxing and good for flexibility. Well I headed into the room and as I suspected there was not another bloke in sight. A couple of older ladies, a couple of middle aged ladies, a young girl and then me. It seemed they all had their favorite spots on the floor so I was directed by one of the ladies as to where I can place myself. I grabbed a mat, put it in my spot and waited. Soon the instructor came and we were off. Well they say its relaxing. I don't know. For the next 50 minutes I bent and stretched and reached for the stars. Twisted myself into knots. Held poses and stood on my head. I don't know why but I looked around and I seemed to be the only one sweating. I had to towel myself off a couple of times and here these ladies are doing the same thing but obviously better and not even looking like they had warmed up. Crap I thought this is no good. But then the last 10 minutes was relax time. We got to lay there and feel the goodness of the workout. Well yeah I guess I did feel good after all. I still have to see what Pilates is like as I read that's good for you also and they have a body balance class which is a mix of yoga and Pilates. Once I have tried them all I will decide whats best for me.
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