Day 43 - Cross Train

"I wasn't losing my focus but I was getting tired of focusing. What I was focusing on was becoming too routine, too ritual, not something that was interesting, new and exciting." - Picabo Street

Miles Ran: 130.16 Dollars Raised: $751.20

Today was supposed to be a rest day, but my Mom, my brother and myself decided to head over to the gym--and I was actually kind of excited about it. I hadn't been in a "real" gym for months--with tons of different machines and cardio options. So I was really looking forward to switching up my routine.

I started off on the Arc Trainer for 40 minutes, which, I don't know if you just have to try working out on it a bunch of times before you get into the groove of it, but I LOVE that machine while I hear a lot of differing opinions from other people. It's kind of like an elliptical, but is more of a lateral movement that vertical. Then I power-walked for about 25 minutes, where I could really feel a burn in my quads when I increased the incline up to 4.

After the cardio I was trying to work on my core, which I have failed to do for the majority of my training. I guess my logic was I was putting so much of my energy into running "x" amount of miles that I didn't want to do anything afterward--which is definitely not the case. Especially now as the miles are about to increase rapidly, core strength is imperative. So I did what I felt like was a lot of exercises and used different machines, but I guess I'll find out tomorrow when my abs are hurting or not!

UPDATE: they hurt!