Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Week 1 XT#1

For today's cross training, I ran to the gym through the rain carrying my umbrella, then completed the following cycling work out, all at 95-100 rpm:
  • 8 min easy spinning
  • 30 min moderate
  • 7 min easy
This was a little strange for me, as I usually spend my cycling time in spin class, where the cadence is much lower, but the leg burning is much higher. (I'm currently not capable of much leg burning while keeping the cadence that high.) The suggested cycling work-outs will keep me out of spin class in order to meet the high rpm needs. We'll see how long that lasts - I do enjoy me some spin class with some fabulous music. I also have a lot of hills to run in Big Sur, so I think some quad-busting might do me some good.

After cross-training, I ran back home through the rain and then did the FIRST recommended set of 5 key strength exercises. I am horrible at keeping up strength exercises, but I'm hoping between this set and my 7 minute set from Runner's World, I can do strength at least a few times a week. All at home where no one but my husband can watch me.

I've also started reading Chi Running, and I hope to start incorporating some of those focuses into my running. This goes along with strength training, as I really need to work on my lower abs (as always!).

So far so good!

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