Every Run is a Great Run!

Crosstraining stuff. Similar to last Monday.

Ave/Max HR: 145/163

Similar to yesterday.

Warmup: 10 minutes bike, 10 minutes stairclimber, 10 minutes elliptical.

Then do try to add some excitement to the boring cross-train regiment I did another 10K elliptical "race".  Decided to try and push a little harder than 2 weeks ago when I did the same thing. HR was around 190 for the majority and I blew away my previous 10K time of around 38:40 or something.

10K stats: Time 37:40 (6:04 pace). Ave/Max HR: 186/198.

Probably closer to a 6:30-ish running pace effort. Still couldn't seem to get to the level of effort/pain of a real running 10K, maybe more like 1/2 marathon.

Woke up early out of habit so I went to the gym to do what has become the standard cross-train workout. Similar to Mon/Tue workouts. Cut it a bit short so Kim and I could attend the annual SF Running Club Thanksgiving party.

Managed to sleep in a bit today. Went to my PT appt at 8am and also did some cardio work on the exercise bike and stairclimber. Von (my PT) said he thinks I should be good to go trying some light/easy running on Monday. He wanted me to try some treadmill today but I resisted the temptation. I want to wait until after another weekend and Sunday rest day.

Starting to move to more aggressive core exercises that work the ab area more directly now. I'm feeling stronger each week but still feel occasional twinges from time to time.

Crosstrain long workout in the afternoon. Legs felt tired today and for whatever reason my HR was lower than the effort I felt like I was putting in. I was eager to get this workout done so I pushed for most of the miles, something similar to Marathon pace perhaps? Getting really sick of crosstraining, looking forward to trying a 2-mile slow run on Monday.

Ave/Max HR: 154/180