Hutt at 9.30

Today I went to RPM at the Hutt LM at 9.30.  I was surprised that it was quite a full class.  About 20 people or so.

The instructor played "old school" tracks, so none of the dance/trance stuff which I do like.  Still, it made a change. 

Like the Terrace Hutt girl she talked, and talked and talked. Man, she was instructing RPM followed by Core, followed by pump and a run ?? That's hard core.  But what I liked most was when she did that Hutt girl thing of asking a rhetorical question with a bit of a black humour. She had been explaining her netball games and how they were likely to be in the final next week.  Then she explained she had an opponent who had been giving her some stick.  So she says "like is it really wrong to go up to her and tell her I'll bodyslam her if she does it again?"  I loved that because that bodyslam line used to be one of my lines.  I'd almost forgotten it!  even though in "real life" I'd never actually do it.

Spent half an hour or so on the speedball.  I love the speedball.  Its like a trance thing for me.  I'm not as good as I once with because its a practice thing, but if I did half an hour a day I would be.

I tried following the speedball with some skipping. That was less successful, and something I always struggle with, because you can't hide your weight in skipping like you can swimming or when the bike takes your weight.  Its a good measurement of where my fitness is at though to pick up the skipping rope - lots of room for improvement.

I went for a swim at Huia - and then I froze for 45 minutes while the train was delayed and late, and froze standing on the train to Featherston.  Grrrrrrrrr, it is freezing - and I don't feel the cold.  Icebreaker clothing helps, but it is still freezing.  The snow though has been a.m.a.z.i.n.g

I soooooooooooooo picked the wrong week to hibernate - when I had the sleeping week a few weeks ago.  I should have picked this week.

The bad news of the day is my day cycles will be limited for the next few weeks.  The good news of the day is I'll be working at No 1 The Terrace for a few weeks, so that will get me into town and close to the gym - and I can work on being Game Fit.

It's a very short term work gig - but like riding its about taking the opportunities when they come.