Bending Like Beckham on a Sunday

I was up sometime just after 7 am this morning…ugh… I had initially thought that this would be a good opportunity to get up and knock my spin out early…but that didn’t happen. Oops! I opted to eat breakfast…send some e-mails…have some lunch…hit the grocery store… Finally somewhere around 4 pm I was ready to spin. I had an endurance ride on the schedule so I figured this would be a good opportunity to throw a DVD in for entertainment on the bike. Today’s choice? Bend It Like Beckham.

I was supposed to ride for somewhere between 1:15 and 1:30 or so. It was pretty well just spinning and every fifteen minutes I’d have a single leg set or a low cadence set to switch things up. I made it the entire way through the movie while I was on the bike and the ride felt pretty good.

I was supposed to go for a 20 minute run afterwards but by this point in time it was nearly 6 pm. That meant it was getting dark and I was also getting ready for dinner. Since I had to bail on my core and stretching yesterday in order to make it to Winefest on time I opted to take care of that this evening instead.

As for dinner? I had gumbo on the menu – with chicken and smoked turkey sausage. It turned out not too badly, but I’d probably use a different kind of canned tomatoes in the future. Probably I’d go for diced instead of crushed if I were going to make it again. But overall, not too bad!

Since I was a little “wined” out after Winefest last night it was time to crack into a beer. This is one I picked up from Tin Whistle Brewing Co in Penticton, BC. You can’t really find their stuff outside of Penticton, but if you are planning on being there for Ironman Canada, I would highly recommend checking them out for a tasting!