Where's the Beach?

Spin Again Today was another insanely warm day for February. The only thing that made running less tempting were the 33 mph gusting winds. Spin class, indoors, sans gusting winds was the way to go. I almost went with a leg workout, but weights just didn't sound appealing to me. Of course, anyone who has done spin knows that's a leg workout in and of itself. Since I don't have spin class options on the weekend, I decided to take advantage of the class today and do weights over the weekend. Of course, since it is so unseasonably warm out and the air isn't on in the building AND my gym is on the 29th floors and all windows...it was like a freaking sauna in there. So to say "sweatfest" is a mild understatement. Let's just say there should be no toxins left in this body! Thankful Thursday Source: happythings.tumblr.com via Brooke on Pinterest I sort of debated on doing this. I don't want this to seem like a Debbie Downer post at all. I just thin...

Bad Weather = Dreadmill  (warning, bitching and moaning ahead) This morning was a tough one in regards to getting out of bed. Normally I am up before the alarm ever goes off. This morning I woke up just before 6 am and thought I'd just doze for a few minutes. I apparently fell right on back to sleep and was startled awake 20 minutes later by the alarm. I was so confused and disoriented. Apparently I was in desperate need of sleep. I should mention that I was in be on my way to dreamland by 8:45 last night and only woke up once around 3am. It was a super nasty, dark, pouring down rain morning. Even with rain boots and rain coat, my legs were soaked when I got into the office. Luckily (or maybe not as we didn't get out of work for it) we missed the major snow/ice the north part of the state was pummeled with. But the temps steadily dropped and the winds steadily grew stronger. Um hello 35 mph gusts. So even though the rain cleared out around noon-ish, a run outside just wasn...