Simply ride the bike on Level 10 (women) and keep the RPM above 100, and do it for as long as you can.
I haven't officially entered my times. I want to see what the other women who i will be competing with, will actually achieve.
The first time i tried, i was puffed after 2 minutes, but i knew i could pedal for longer, because my legs didnt feel too fatigued to the point of exhaustion.
I told a male friend about the comp and he said that he was keen to enter too. Then we proposed our own wager. If he wins, i gotta go bike riding at a park with him. (Which i dont want to do, and thats another story that i dont want to get into now). If i win, were going to Max Brenner, on him...or somewhere of my choice.
He rides the bike on the weekend, and he thinks he could do better than me. But i pointed out to him that i tend to do interval training, while he doesnt do much cardio at the gym. So, in terms of an endurance test, i would last longer, because i usually change the level of resistance from low to high and when im at a high resistance i usually do above 100 rpm and try to do it for as long as i can. Actually, even at a low resistance my rpm is above 100.
If we were to do a long distance bike ride, he would win hands down. But i feel confident that i can whoop his ass in this endurance test.
On Monday night when i was testing myself, i passed the 3 minute mark and stopped after that. Tuesday night he got on the bike and did it for 4 minutes on Level 10, while in the actual comp he has to do it on Level 13 (for some reason thats the level for the guys - must be a body mass ratio thing). I had personally passed the 4 minute mark.
I passed the 5 minute mark on Wednesday and i watched one of my competitors do the comp and she did it for 5 minutes too. And after that her legs were like jelly, while mine felt like it could go further. So, i pushed myself again and last night i surpassed it by going over 6 minutes.
I know i can beat her cos i already outbeat her time by a minute, but the comp is on until the end of May, so if she trains she could match my time. So, i need to be diligent. We can enter as many times we want, but only once a day. There is a prize at the end, but im not really concerned about it.
I must be a glory hog. I won this other comp at the gym last year prior to breaking my ankle...i think it was to do with being the fittest or strongest...and the girl who came second thought she would win first place (she isnt the competitor that i was watching). Cos she had won it the 2004...(i just didnt bother to enter it that year...) So, when she saw someone else's name in 2005, the wind in her sails disappeared mighty fast. She went around asking who i was, but i fell sick and didnt go to the gym for a couple of weeks when it was announced.
I think i just want to beat her again in this comp, and put her in her place. She thinks she owns the gym...she walks and talk like she does...she claims machines like they belong to her...i want to smother her arrogance and make her realise that there will always be someone better than you...if i dont beat, please let someone else come first...so long as its not her!!!
So, its no longer about winning my bet with my friend...although, i know i will kick his butt. Its really about this girl and my own want of the glory.
Its not like im going to walk around and strut at the gym and say "hey! look at me...i won!!!" Although, that is something she would do. I would just smile on the inside and keep (my identity) to myself as i always do at the gym...the silent satisfaction of beating her will be reward enough...and even if im not the most humble person, im going to pretend that i am, just to annoy her even more!
I am evil. (Just a bit)
On the plus side, after all this training...im going to have a nice behind! *LoL*
I am having a shitty week at work...and so is Kat...and so is L...and so is E...
I think its the Shitty Work Week (SWW) for everyone. It must be the moon. It must be in the shitty week phase!
And you know what? I cant tolerate ignorant people who are supposed to be specialists in their field.
I also cant tolerate people who call for information, although they requested it in an email, which was sent over an hour ago...claim that its not in the email...and then after informing them it IS in the email...they go and finally read the email and see that the information that they requested is in fact in the first 2 lines of that email they didnt read, but claimed they did!!!
I also cant tolerate managers who look at a spreadsheet I send to them, which is a copy of a document that they personally wrote, and come back to me saying that they dont understand it!!! Albeit, its not cut and paste of exactly the table they produced, its formatted slightly differently and i have added columns, but its a spreadsheet - what is there NOT to get??? The columns have headings which have inserted comments to describe what should be entered into the fields under the headings...there is a "Comments" column that explains the item in each of the rows.
I'm starting to get sick of managing the managers.
I am supposed to support them, I shouldnt be managing them. I manage the other resources.
I had to talk to one manager and tell him that his request from me was ridiculous, not only was it double handling, but it would give the impression that we were unprofessional as i couldnt confirm anything. I can not set an appointment for a third party with a client when i dont know when the third party is available and there is no way of contacting them. I can not call a client and say:
"Hi, i wanted to set an appointment with you for a tech to complete your install. But i dont know when he is free. And i cant confirm with you that he can come in on Friday as you would like. Actually i cant confirm anything. I think i have just wasted your time. And this phone conversation just cost my manager $XX of my time."
I wasnt prepared to make such a phonecall. I told him I wouldnt. I had to do a similar mock phonecall to use as an example so that he could see my point of view.
I think that says it all.
I'm so over this week!!!
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