[S]he Conquers Who Endures

I started measuring my resting hr every morning when I wakeup. I thought it would be a good leaf to turnover after I got my stress fracture to figure out if I'm pushing too hard. It seems 42-43 bmp is my average "low" and I typically have closer to 45-47 bmp for a more "normal" resting hr. This morning my resting hr was 40. Holy cow! I had a pretty hard workout week last week and would expect to need a recovery this week. 

AM: Criss-cross speed bike 1.25 h. I found out my glutes are pretty sore probably from running and hiking yesterday. My calves and hamstrings are still tight but not as bad as I expected, so I'm happy about that. It turns out, my glute weakness somewhat limited my workout since it's harder to get your hr up on the bike with weak muscles. 15 min wu @ 61% max hr, then 6x4 mins at 80-89% max hr (ideally would be more like 85-93%), then cd staying above 60% max hr. It's called criss-cross because you are supposed to build your hr for the first 2 mins, then slowly lower it for the remainder 2 mins. I am fairly surprised to find out that although the bike workout seems to drop a hair on tired running legs, you can really do a lot on the bike fairly comfortably when your legs are so sore you can hardly walk. You use the opposite muscles biking so I think this will be a really great exercise to maintain once I'm back to 100% in my running life. :) 

PM: 40 mins easy waterjogging. Felt good on my legs!