Thanks for the input. I've been keeping my eye on ebay and craiglist. So far no stellar deals.

I'm part of a gym mainly for the use of their pool, but they do offer spin classes which would be free for me.

I have been running all winter with a 1/2 marathon base building towards a full in May.

The HIM I was looking at is on June 13th. I was looking at another that was towards the end of July. Having it later in the season would be nice, but it is in an adjoining state & I'm unsure of the travel. Will have to decide soon.