Cross Training

Tuesday morning was my first day of Cross Training. Glorious.

What is cross training? Running can make me a bit angry, so I hardly need training in how to be cross while hitting the pavement morning after morning. Additionally, while exercise can be a religious experience for some, my training program is not intended to mold us into servant leaders.

No, in fact, as best I can tell cross training is simply an excuse to use "exercise vernacular". For example, after Tuesday morning's workout, I got to say "I hit the bikes this morning", which is similar to "I worked it out in Zumba" or "Step aerobics totally killed me." Runners rarely get to use gym-slang as (i) running is primarily done outside and not in the confines of a gym (notable exception being made here for the occassional [though nonetheless frowned upon] treadmill), and (ii) running is best described as "running ___ distance/time". There's no need to elaborate or describe how "brutal" or what a good "burn" you got. Everyone knows it's hard.

So, in the spirit of cross training, I worked up a mean sweat on the stationary bike. Totally brought the pain. I think I knocked out about about 10 miles. My quads are killing me.

Now, back to running ____ distance/time.

Timmy

Days Left - 172

Total Distance Run 6.92 miles