Penny

65 mins easy elliptical, heart rate at around 150bpm. Thank goodness my hip isnt hurting on the elliptical; I really dont like going to the pool!

Upper body/core: 3 x

20 Push ups

15 bicycle crunches

15 bench press, with leg raises

15 lat pull downs

15 plank rows with 5lb dumbells

Reading Matt Fitzgerald's latest book on nutrition for marathon and half marathon runners. A lot of stuff we already know, but its great to hear another expert coming out in defense of carbs!

50 minutes elliptical, with 10x 2mins hard, 1 min easy (just makes the time go faster)

Leg Strength: weighted squats, sumo squats, standing lunges, side step ups, attempted single leg squats (so hard!)

65 mins easy elliptical + core and pushups

I haven't been able to do single leg strength work until yesterday. My hip feels a little achey, but not "re-hurt" in the way it used to after single-leg stuff. A little acheyness is fine apparently.

NYC is really holding onto the Fall weather; it is so nice out and its so hard not to be running through my Riverside and Central Parks... but just a week and a half!

50 mins elliptical, 30 mins of 2 mins hard, 1 min easy.

Just one more week to go, before I can start running. I know its a short time but I'm pretty down. Philly marathon is next weekend, and I wont be there. All the great weather in my last Fall in NYC has gone by without me being able to run in it. I've gained about 6 pounds, and feel sluggish and altogether kinda craptastic. Cross-training may help keep up your aerobic fitness, but it does nothing to replace the feeling of the wind in your hair; the quiet pat of your fast legs moving along to their own beat; the fresh air that courses through your lungs and the feeling of being alive that only a run can bring.

Ugh. Dramatic much???

65 mins easy elliptical.