Keeping it fun

We worked hard this weekend, but had so much fun doing it.

Saturday we did a 40 mile ride with a neighbor friend of ours (grrrr.....my computer must be set to American, and every time I type something with a 'u' in it....like neighbour.....it auto corrects it to American english.  Yes, I can change it each time but it takes more work!!).

It was a fantastic workout, and I can't tell you how much better it is to get outside than to toil away inside on a trainer.  The change of scenery was wonderful, and our friend's knowledge of the roads/routes and about the area in general was welcome too.  We're really hoping that he's wanting to do some of our longer rides with us-it's great to have more people along, and it makes the time go faster when you can chat away......

Sunday was a snowboarding day.  We weren't sure what it would be like up there because this hasn't been the best winter for snow, but it actually was the best snow day yet.  Rather than hard packed icy conditions, we had tons of runs that had nice snow on them.  It made the day so much better!  Those legs sure are getting a workout lately!

I guess that'll be the key to this training.....keeping it fun.  That'll be the goal from here on out!  Then again, I'm not sure how much 'fun' it'll be when we need to do 100+ mile training rides.  Blech!

As an aside.....do you know how annoying it is to workout with guys and have them burn 1/2 again the number of calories that you burn in the SAME workout?  Those darn muscular frames!  Every time I work out with Den he blows me away with his calorie burn (based on our actual heart rates, not on averages).