Today I headed to the gym at 1:00 P.M. to ride (well, spin) for the first time since I started training again. Unfortunately I completely forgot that it is the fifth day of the New Year, which means gyms around the world are packed with New Year Resolutionaries. You know who these people are -- they make a New Year's resolution to lose weight/get washboard abs/bulk up/work out more often, and thus, gyms around the world are packed in January (and usually part of February as well). Inevitably their newfound commitment fades, and gym attendance returns to normal. Do not get me wrong -- I truly respect these people for at least trying (and suspect every year some number of them get hooked and start exercising regularly), but it does make working out this time of the year a pain.
Anyway, tangent over -- the entire reason for it was to explain why I ended up having to ride a recumbent bike for 40 minutes instead of a spin bike or something at least faintly resembling an actual bicycle. Given the fact it was the first ride of the year, I was perfectly fine using the recumbent. I wore my heart rate monitor strap and I was generally in the 115-120 bpm range for the entire workout, which quite frankly is probably right where I should be given the fact I have not been on a bicycle since August. So I guess the New Year Resolutionaries may have actually done me a favor...
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