- 1 hour cycling class, heart rate 160-182
- 10 minutes row machine, heart rate 125-130
- 30 minutes elliptical, heart rate 145-157
Feeling much better about everything today! :) Dug myself out of the cloud of self-pity I have been in the last couple of days and had a good workout at the gym. I also had a complete shift in perception about cross-training today! I used to think nothing was as good as a run, but I was proven wrong! I am very motivated by numbers, so as long as something can keep my heart rate up as high as a run does, I'll do it anyday until I can start running again. I also needed a reference point to know how my time and effort translates into mileage. I know it's not the same, but I just need some kind of reference to compare, you know? So I took the calories my Garmin said I burned today and found out the average # of calories I burn on my runs using the same Garmin calculation, and it turns out based on the # of calories burned today, I would have ran about 10 miles! I am SOLD!! It took a little longer than a run would, but I will never gripe about going to the gym to get on the bike or elliptical ever again. :)
Not too shabby for only 3 hours of sleep this morning after the night shift in order to make it to the 12pm cycling class via the bus if I do say so myself!
(I haven't figured out how to add the cross-training mileage tracker to my blog yet, so for now I'm just going to put them in the easy mileage. Hopefully that's OK with everyone!) | 