Crosstraining plus 2 glorious but very slow running miles. Warmed up 10 minutes on bike, 20 minutes on stairstepper, 10 minutes on elliptical. Then I did my 5K elliptical "race" workout. My best time yet is 18:35 but today I just didn't quite have it going and I ran it in 18:45. I wanted to quit at 2.5 so I'm glad I gutted it out and ended up not too far off my best. As I've mentioned before the elliptical pace and running pace don't jive so I'm thinking this would only equate to maybe a 20-21 minute running 5K effort.
Then for my cooldown I went outside and ran 2 miles around the parking lots at work. Wanted to stay close to the gym in case I needed to bail early in case any weird pains cropped up. But I was very pleased at how good I felt compared to Monday. I don't think it was a good idea to go on the grass Monday for my 1st time out. I did have some aches and pains but not so much in the lower abs, but rather in all the muscles that I'm discovering DON'T get used while cross-training but are running specific. Mostly in the hamstrings I can feel it, but in a good way, just good-old sore muscles that I know will go away, not the lingering nasty stuff like the tendonitis I always fight in the hamstrings and now in the lower abs.
All in all I really enjoyed this little 2 mile easy run.
Ave/Max HR: 157/198. Ave HR during 5K workout: 188.
PM: Core workout | 