I was watching a movie and working out on our stationary bike. I had just completed an hour of mediocre pedaling. I knew I could do better. I didn't know what my heart rate was, since our heart rate monitors malfunction, but I could feel it in my legs. I didn't ache enough (I thrive on 'feeling' my work out to know it was a successful workout). So, I decided that since the movie was still going - I would too. I decided to do the fitness test program on the bike. That was my first mistake.
The levels increased each minute until at 16 minutes I had maxed out at level 16. I kept pedaling. I knew that the time would come that this torture would end. My thighs were burning, I was short of breath, I was sucked back into high school memories of volleyball conditioning, I knew I just had to pedal one more time. . . after 15 minutes of this the pedaling became normal at the intense level. I continued to wonder "when is this test going to end? I want my score!" Second mistake.
Then I suddenly realized, "the heart monitor. It is broken! That is the problem! Oh my goodness! I can't believe I didn't realize this before!" 34 minutes ago when the 16th level began to be exact. Third mistake.
I felt sick. I could feel the blood pumping in my head. Later, when the sweat was washed off , my red flaming face had returned to my normal skin color after an hour of cooling down, and a ton of water drinking, I only feel elation. I am elated that survived to tell the tale of burning 900 calories in a single night of bike riding.
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