Almost Christmas!

This morning Nancy gave me a sweet Christmas present: An issue of inside Triathlon! That will definitely be a fun read. Amusingly, it was to Kealen from Exercise Buddies :-) The picture on the front is of Chrissie Wellington, arguably the best female Ironman triathlete. Interestingly, she is not wearing an aero helmet but rather a regular Bell or Giro helmet that the rest of us AGers wear. Maybe the article about her will discuss why; I sure thought it strange, and it was the first thing I noticed regarding bike fit/setup/gear.

Here's what we did this morning:

• Bent-over lateral row with rebound reps: 1.5-lb dumbbell in each hand; 10 deep breaths, 1 rep, 10 deep breaths, repeat for 10 total reps
• Front delt raise: 1.5-lb dumbbell in each hand; 10 deep breaths, 1 rep, 10 deep breaths, repeat for 10 total reps
• Glute ham from top: 10 deep breaths, 1 rep, 10 deep breaths, repeat for 10 total reps
• Wall squat from top: 10 deep breaths, 1 rep, 10 deep breaths, repeat for 10 total reps

Tonight will likely be swim only (or not—we ended up spending a couple hours at Opryland and Opry Mills and I opted for dinner over swimming) so I can have some time to spend at the Opryland Hotel admiring the nativity scene in the front and the myriad lights throughout the common area.

Rockabilly Christmas Concert

Nativity Scene on the front lawn, complete with the reading of the Bible

This light tree was huge!