Wendy Mastripolito

Today's Pain is tomorrow's Gain. My mantra during my long run. Although life has been getting in the way of training; too much homework, too much work-work, too much of not enough good stuff.  You know the drill, I set upon myself to go out this past glorious Sunday and get a nice solid 3 hr run in.   So you think, heck the girl does this all the time, what's the difference?!  Well the difference is, just because a person is trained to withstand a 3 hr run doesn't mean their body will want to do a 3 hr run!!!  Lol!   I am not sure where the breakdown happen but I am thinking it was somewhere between the tribal dance and run happy songs.   I went from cheerful glee to wanting to throw myself down on the pavement.  I get that.  I have to get through that.... but I just couldn't figure out why my heart-rate monitor kept reminding me that I was too high... to high for what?  Surely ain't too high in happiness!!!!   JEEZ.. he...

So as you all know.. or maybe you all kind of know.   I went for my Cycling Certification last Saturday.   WELL… let me tell you when I get something in my head, I really should just get it out!!!.. LOL...   I have always loved cycling and have a bike trainer at home that I trained for triathlons on and well I kind of thought it would be a really great idea to… I don’t know.. add cycling instructor to my resume… ?! NOW before you all go laughing because of how much is already on my plate, there is a good reason I am thinking this will benefit me.   (1) I will be able to teach something I love.   (2) I can train and stay in shape while “playing”. (3) I could do it part time and make a little extra cash. SO let’s go back to Saturday the day of the certification seminar.   The morning was all lecture followed by a nice hour lunch, a 2 hour practical where we would pick a song and be tested on our ability to lead a class and then an hour to ta...