I spent Sunday at an all day cycling class.  Yep, learning to ride in traffic on the crazy streets of NYC!  If someone would have told me that for 3 hours I would be inches away from cars, trucks, buses and taxis on some of the busiest streets in NYC, I would have told them they were absolutely CRAZY!  But, it happened!  We met at the Youth Hostel about 40 blocks north of the Gotham Den.  A group of 14, we spent the first couple of hours in a classroom and then a couple in the basket ball court of the hostel practicing quick stops, rock dodges, avoidance weaves, you name it.  Around 3 in the afternoon we went out into the crazy world of Harlem and the Upper West Side right when the Puerto Rican parade was nearing an end.  Now I have a little bit of New York attitude!

With the recession comes much more reasonable rates for the best fitness centers in the city.  So to my benefit, I’m now a member of the Reebok Sports Club a block from my apartment!  And what could get better than that?  Why a Starbucks right across the street!  Oh, and did I mention the 60 bike spin class six times a day?