the first of many..

Today I had a fantastic day! First thing this morning went out on the bike for an 85km spin. Have to say there is nothing quite like getting out into the fresh country air for a cycle, the smells, sights and sounds of the country are all amplified when travelling by bicycle - is it any wonder that it is/was the choice of transport for many of the worlds literary greats - mind you I suppose some of them, the dead ones, probably had no choice.

I digress. From a fitness point of view this spin was interesting, we should be taking it easy at this time of year yet for some reason we chose a route with some big enough bumps on it, normally this would not be a problem, but today I was on my fixie - obviously in a vain attempt to appear cool to my peers ("us" and "my peers" of course been Naas Cycling Club). Anyway as a result of the fixie and the bumpy spin my heart rate was all over the shop rather than in the preferred zone 1 "fat burning" zone! So, I got home knackered and ate all the food in the fridge - another by product of exercise there - appetite, the key here is to try and reconcile your appetite against the level of energy used during your workout, otherwise you'll just get FAT!

After I got home, took a drive over to Glendalough with the Shin and Roz! Had a coffee, Roz played with her cousin Mia and then we found a haunted castle - I'll save the rest of this story for Hallowe'en!