I started my new schedule/training regimen today. The idea is that I'm going to free up more time by getting up at 5AM instead of 6AM, and also that I will be doing about 50-50 running/cross training for the foreseeable future, simply to take strain off my body. This means no marathons for the time being (as I believe cross training doesn't simulate the unique demands of a marathon adequately), but I hope to get in 3 hard workouts/week on the elliptical (opposed to just 2 on the roads), increase overall intensity and pace, and focus on the 5K through half marathon distances. It should be fun, and a change of pace. Hopefully my body will allow me to train hard at the shorter distances, and even get some PR's. I'm excited after the Painter's Half about running, and think I can go under 1:09:00 in Indianapolis this May with this running/cross training hybrid approach. Today I am still recovering from Painters. I don't have much soreness, which is great, but the hamstrings are tight, and have general fatigue from the race. So I kept things light. I ran to the gym (0.5 miles), then did 30 minutes on the elliptical, 10 minutes on the arc traininer, then ran home, and jogged the dog around the block.
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