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Brrr!

December 14, 2008 By: Runner Leana

Snow started blowing in yesterday and we had near white-out conditions. The drive home was particularly nasty as plenty of vehicles were having a hard time making it up hills and were spinning out all over the place. The drive in to work today was not much better, but I drove like one scared…er…cautious Vancouverite/Texan and gave myself plenty of room around other cars.

A few weeks ago when I posted about my new trainer set up in my garage Wes was musing over how cold it would get in my garage. Wes, I am happy to report that even with temperatures in -20s outside I was still plenty warm in my garage! I did a 47 minute workout focusing on 8 x 2:00 hard spins while finishing off the end of 27 Dresses and starting in on Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle. Say what you will about Charlie’s Angels but it has a fantastic soundtrack to spin to while watching along!

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Comments

  1. 1

    Mel-2nd Chances says

    December 14, 2008 at 2:39 am

    awesome spin workout even with the cold and all the snow outside! stay safe out there. 🙂

  2. 2

    Bob Almighty says

    December 14, 2008 at 6:53 am

    1:15 on the stomper watching talledega nights…it was the only thing on…and if I had to listen to coach troy for an hour I would have shot myself. Dang I’m glad I live in the nice warm south

  3. 3

    teacherwoman says

    December 14, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    It’s freakin’ cold here and the wind is blowing strong. I can’t remember the last time temps were this low!

  4. 4

    Lily on the Road says

    December 14, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    Yikes, stay warm and safe out there!!

  5. 5

    Amanda - RunToTheFinish says

    December 14, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    i was considering setting up a trainer in my garage too. did you just go to a local bikeshop to buy yours?

  6. 6

    Sonia says

    December 15, 2008 at 12:33 am

    McHammer really?! LOL

    Glad you had a good spin, I’m going away right now but when I come back I am going to have to take care of my trainer, it is not as fluid as I thought it would be. I used one when I purshased my bike and it was great so I think I did smth wrong…. I’m no engineer!!

  7. 7

    Viv says

    December 15, 2008 at 1:16 am

    WOW! My son is over here all excited about your snow pic! LOL! Way to get the spin done in garage. Glad it is not getting too cold in there but I bet you are spinning you booty off too! Charlies Angel soundtrack rocks it has Kung Fu Fighting, which is a classic!

  8. 8

    Laurel says

    December 15, 2008 at 1:51 am

    The snow is beautiful, but those temps are brutal. Stay warm.

  9. 9

    rocketpants says

    December 15, 2008 at 3:13 am

    Sounds like winter is in Full force!!Nice spinning.

  10. 10

    Scott says

    December 15, 2008 at 6:30 am

    I’ve set up shop in my basement now with my bike trainer…what are you doing in terms of DVD’s? Are you just putting on stuff and watching it (ala Charlie’s Angels)??

  11. 11

    Marathon Maritza says

    December 18, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    Brrrrrr! Stay warm!

    I agree…both of the CHarlie’s Angels movies have great workout soundtracks!

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