The Cross-Trainer Is NOT My Friend

I woke up this morning and my legs were sore after that session on the cross-trainer yesterday. Not crippling. Not so sore that I wished I hadn't done it. But sore enough that on the way to pee I was already thinking that I might take it easy and leave the cross-trainer alone today. So I peed, got a drink, and got on the bastard of a thing.

I didn't break any records today, but I moved up to Program 2 (hills), and still did my first 3k in a non-record-setting-but-still-respectable 10:20. Then I stopped worrying about how fast I was going, and just concentrated on staying on the thing. I did another 3k in 11:30, kept going to finish the program, and kept going after that to finish my third 3k in 11:55.

That's 9k in 33:45. With hills. I'm happy enough with that.

Back on the Cross-trainer

I had planned to take it easy today, to recover from our little microvacation, but then decided, what the he'll, I could at least do a few minutes on the cross-trainer. My original plan was to do 10 minutes, then at some point I decided to try to beat my 3k record, and do it in ten minutes. I ended up doing it in 9:48, and I kept going. Every time I'd finish a minute, I'd decide to do another one, and at around the 18 minute mark, I realized that I had done another 3k, and decided to try to see how fast I could hit that milestone. I made it at 20:38 (so that 3k took me 10:20), and I kept going. I figured I'd try to finish the 30-minute program. I wasn't worrying about speed, but just trying to finish, while keeping my heart rate in my zone. I made it to the half-hour finish, but decided I was close enough to another 3k that I'd go a little longer. So in the end, I did 9k in a little over 30 minutes (9:48, 10:50, and 12:40), then kept going until the 33 minute mark before I called it quits.

Ten days ago I thought I was going to die after spending 10 minutes on the thing. Six days ago I made it for 30 minutes, but only went 7 km. Today I did 9 km in that same 30 minutes, then kept going for another 3 minutes. That's fucking excellent.


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