Spin and swim..

Decided couldn't face biking to lake for club swim - too much stuff to carry, and couldn't face the ride back being freezing....thought about driving down early and biking from there...but by time I'd got home it was 5ish and I decided there wasn't that much to be gained from being out on bike for just an hour - I've already done that this week...needed a gentle (ish) but longer ride. So I did spin session with Graeme online instead - it was one to boost metabolic rate - (number 9?) - so thought it would fit in well with trying to lose weight, even if it was a bit intensive having done pretty high intensity the last 2 nights..only did 3 out of the 4 sections, due to wanting to get to the lake.

Thursday 6th May 2010
Cycloclub Spin bike session 9 - boosting metabolic rate - 45 mins of it - involved starting on (my) middle cog, and increasing cadence from 85ish rpm upwards every 20 seconds for a minute, then slowing cadence and going down a cog on the back (ie harder), recover for couple mins, then repeating the increasing cadence every 20 secs over a min - the last 20 secs of each min being as fast as possible whilst still in control. This all repeated 6 times, then recover for 3 mins, then all repeated again on big one at front.

2nd set was 7 mins solid of going up cogs and increasing cadence each minute - stay samebut stand on 4th min (really hard - i struggle with standing - can't do a minute), then go one easier cog each min but keep increasing cadence - so ending up very high cadence.

Lake Swim - Druridge, went up to top end, rather than Birdshit island, so as to do 800m plus in lead up to Keswick...pleased, though hard to keep going continuously as so cold get breathless - was trying to do 100 stroke chunks.