Mon & Tues 4th & 5th February

Monday
Much to Richard's horror, I was up at 6am, downed half a bowl of porridge, gathered my kit and was astride a Spinning bike by 7am! The instructor this morning was Smiley Simon (SS); it was a much cosier atmosphere with just 7 in the class and we followed much the same pattern as before - with ONE exception: on reaching the 'jumps' SS worked round the class nodding 'UP' to each of us in turn - so I had to try! The main trouble was that I was the first in line, so in theory had to stay 'UP' the longest - needless to say I didn't! However, I survived the 45 minutes, cooled off with a few lengths in the pool then headed back home to finish off my porridge. A bit like Goldilocks!

Tuesday
I've decided early morning gym sessions are best as they don't mess up the day! Using a different selection of apparatus from last time (apart from the rowing machine which I can tell is doing me good) the only notable achievement of my hour was on the Stepper. Having remembered to take my glasses I could read the 'Workout Summary' at the end: after 10 minutes I had climbed the equivalent of 95 floors! EXTRAORDINARY!!!