Back in Training

After 2 days of recovering from my 50K I went to the club to run. I ran 6 miles at a nice easy pace. No problems with my asthma at all so that was great. I was going to take a spinning class after my run and then swim (my own little triathlon) but my quads were still a little sore so I decided to go right to the pool. I swam for 45 minutes and then did a little pool running so it was a good workout. I thought I was doing pretty good to be working out for over 2 hours and then I saw "my hero" who is the 70+ year old who rides her bike to the club (I'm not sure how far but still, she rides there with clipless pedals no less) heading to the pool to do some laps. I had noticed her bike parked out front when I go the club at 7:30 and she was working out on the stairclimber which is one of the toughest machines there. I don't know what else she did before going to the pool but I imagine she took a class or two. When I was in the pool there was a water aerobics class going on with some elder women (probably in their 70s) and I was thinking that will be me someday but I do hope that I'm a little more active and will still be doing laps so when I saw "my hero" I felt assured that I will be still doing laps and running circles around most others my age! I'm sure I'll get to meet her one day and learn more about what she does. Until then, I'll just admire her from afar!