[Sportsandrec] Burn baby burn!

[Carly Mihalakis]

My New Year's Eve

Today I got to spin with my favorite instructor, ever, for 2, count 
them, 2 whole hours!
And by the way, I mouth words to the songs with which I am familiar, 
which isn't many at spin class.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Carly At 03:27 PM 12/31/2008, you wrote:
>Joe,
>Thought I was the only one who sang to the music in class.  Well I'm 
>not. I'd like to participate in a spinathon.  Maybe next year.  My 
>gym has one for an hour and a half too with several instructors; I 
>was out of town and missed the last one.  Sounds fun and something 
>to be proud of.
>
>Ashley
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Shaw" <jrs3147 at comcast.net>
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>Subject: [Sportsandrec] Burn baby burn!
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>>Well Saturday I had one of the toughest days I have had in a while. 
>>My buddy and I had a nice upper body lift for over an hour. We got 
>>very manly in that we worked chest and biceps reaching our max in 
>>both muscle groups pushing until we could no longer push. I decided 
>>a couple things during this lift that I previously thought but are 
>>now cemented. I like curls with dumbells better than on the machine 
>>and I hate, no really I hate it, the butterfly machine.
>>After this lift, we go stretch/ chill out in the sana for about 
>>twenty minutes getting a better sweat going.
>>After saying goodbye to Ryan and peeling off the sweatshirt as my 
>>concession to the unknown, I walk into the spin room. The most I 
>>have ever spun before in one class is sixty five minutes in a class 
>>a couple weeks ago. Normal for us is 45-50. The spinathon is one 
>>hundred straight minutes. We are informed during warm-up that last 
>>year a lady did the class without water. The gauntlet has been 
>>thrown down I see. Done. The first and last twenty minutes were a 
>>lot of warm-up and cool-down so we were looking at sixty solid 
>>minutes of hills and sprints square in the face. We had five 
>>different instructors, one per twenty minute segment. They were 
>>fresh and worked in on one bike.
>>I am proud to say that I finished the class with my water bottle 
>>still sealled. I was awarded race m.v.p. as they said I worked 
>>really hard and provided encouragement to the rest of the group. I 
>>joked to my friends that it was because I was "the blind one" and 
>>remarked to my classmates that  I have never been rewarded for 
>>being the loudest before. I am the dude who bops and sings to the 
>>music most of the way through and shouts "KICK,  KICK, KICK" to my 
>>fellow spinners as the hills get tougher and the sprints more 
>>plentiful. Great after class treets were  the bananna, wheat 
>>bagel,  orange slice, and trail mix I devoured  at the end. We also 
>>got a plastic coffee mug with lid for participation, I am a  total 
>>sucker for those things.
>>The entire workout was through by noon. I showered and felt 
>>energized the rest of the day. Sleep came early and easy before 
>>ten. This is highly unusual. The word to be used for Sunday is 
>>probably fatigued. From hip to feet, I was toast the whole day. It 
>>was manageable but noticeable.
>>Monday arrives and I am fine. To quote Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, 
>>"I'm back in the saddle again"
>>When your gyms do events like these, do  them! I have already asked 
>>that this become a much more regular event.
>>Be well and sorry so long, I wanted to share with my group. You 
>>guys are my heros.
>>Joe Shaw
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