Sweating for a cause...then just sweating

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Wild World of Cal! Its been a crazy week, one that I have been chomping at the bit to tell you about. I ran my first ever road race! In the Upset of the Century, I didn’t win. I did manage to finish in a time that was below the goal I set for myself. Also, I want to tell you about Spinning with Ayla. One word to describe the experience, AWESOME.

So I am standing in a nice crowd at the starting line of the Danny Oates Memorial 5k Road Race and I have some serious butterflies churning in my stomach. I have played in some pretty important (at least, they were important to me) hockey and football games in my day, but I think I was more nervous about running in this race. Honestly, I think that this race was such a big step in my battle with weight-loss that it brought about this nervousness that I was feeling. 

The race experience was awesome. People were standing on the side of the roads all along the course calling out words of encouragement. It was cool. The funniest part of the day came when I tried to take a drink of water from the drink station and managed to spill the whole thing all over myself. The level of my coordination is impressively low. Anyway, crossing that finish line was beyond thrilling. I beat my goal of 30 minutes and might have just found myself a new hobby.

Alright, well that’s enough about my race-day glory. Let’s move on to Spin Class with Ayla. In my life before coming to summit health + fitness, I had never taken a spin class. Let me tell you, I am more than impressed. Ayla works you to the bone. All the while, she is giving you an amazing amount of encouragement. I was new to her class but it was like she already knew what I was capable of. She would say to me, “Cal, I know you got more in you, Push it”! Now, don’t get me wrong, its not like Ayla is a drill sergeant at the front of the class yelling at everyone who is not on the verge of dropping. She gives just the right amount of encouragement to those who need it. I find this extremely motivating and is a big help when I am getting tired. I left Ayla’s class absolutely drenched with sweat. On top of that, if you look down at your bike and the end of the workout and you see that you have pedaled over twenty miles, it is extremely gratifying. It is a great work out and, maybe more importantly, a great experience. Be sure to check out Ayla’s Spin Class on Mondays and Thursdays at 9:15am and Saturdays at 8:00am.

Well, that is all I have for you this week. Be sure to check in next week as I will be talking about the importance of balance. Should be an interesting read.

Until next week...

TTYL

Cal