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January 19, 2008
Building Up Tolerance
Well ice bath #2 is in the books and I have to say, it's already better. I think that first minute or so when you step in and it's a little hard to breathe will always be like that but otherwise it honestly didn't bother me that much. I'm hooked!
While my ice bath tolerance is clearly rising I learned today that my trainer tolerance has decreased since last season. Must build that back up again because I think winter is here for real now.
I really wanted to ride outside today but 22 degrees with a 14 windchill is not my cup of tea. MAYBE I might have considered it if the wind wasn't that bad or if it was really sunny and supposed to warm up throughout the day but neither was the case. So the trainer it was. My ride was 2:30 which really isn't too bad on the trainer (I've gone as long as 4 hours) but that last 30 minutes my legs were feeling it! My coach always tells me the trainer is good for muscle memory and perfecting the pedal stroke so I really tried to focus on that the last half hour as well as engaging my glutes so my quads weren't doing all the work!
The ride itself went by relatively quickly because I was watching season one of Grey's Anatomy. I started watching the show some this season but was all confused not knowing everyone's history. I must have mentioned this at some point because O's aunt and uncle got me the 1st season on DVD for Christmas! What a great gift! I watched the first 4 episodes and it was awesome with no commercials! I only have enough episodes for one more long ride though so I'm going to have to look into getting season two and three (? and four?...not sure what season they are on now). Regardless, I'm really tempted to watch the rest of the episodes tonight (O is at an indoor track meet all day in Ohio so it's just the pooch and I today) but I'm going to try to restrain so I have something to look forward to on the next trainer ride.
After the ride I went to the pool for a 3000 yd swim workout. I was excited to find a high schooler there in the lane next to me doing some sort of workout (that ended up being 6000 yds according to the coach who was with him!). Anyway, this guy was way faster than me but when he was backstroking and I was swimming freestyle I was sort of able to keep up! Of course we weren't doing anything near the same workout but I always enjoy having someone to chase around in the pool and keep my mind focused.
In other news I was just talking with my father on the phone and he asked "so what's a thumbprint cookie?"!!! What the heck people?!?! Now I know he has eaten thumbprints because I've seen it with my own eyes so I think perhaps people just don't know the name of these cookies. Or maybe I just made that name up myself? Who knows. But you people seriously have to start eating these things. That are awesome!
On that note, it's time to feed the pooch, and then myself. And I'm probably going to have a thumbprint cookie for dessert! :)
Posted by beth at January 19, 2008 3:56 PM
Comments
Okay... I don't feel so bad if Dad doesn't know what they are either. When you said "big gob of icing in the middle", I knew what you were talking about but I had never heard the name thumbprint cookie.
Also: (1) gingerbread, (2) peanut butter, and only if I'm desperate (3) chocolate chip. I agree that it's a shame to put fruit into a cookie. Why ruin a perfectly good cookie by putting raisins in it?!?
Hmmm... I could go for some peanut butter cookies right now. Off to the kitchen! 'cause we're snowed in here. (Well, technically, we're "iced" in -- there isn't really that much snow.)
Posted by: B at January 19, 2008 6:46 PM
Can you EXPLAIN what a "thumbprint" cookie is? You keep talking about your shock at no one knowing, yet you don't explain....
Posted by: K at January 19, 2008 10:08 PM
I had to ask Jen if I had ever had thumbprints since she's the baker in the family. Sorry :( I didn't know what they were either. I would have to say that my favorite cookies, if you can call them that, are buckeyes. Peanut butter, powder sugar, and butter balls dipped in rich milk chocolate! Mmmmmmm!!!
Posted by: Chad at January 20, 2008 10:51 AM