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May 5, 2008
Lessons learned on the elliptical
I have been wanting to try my hand (ahem: knee) at the elliptical but it is so much easier to ride my trainer for my morning workout that I did that and hoped that I'd get a chance in the afternoon to elliptical. I watched a "House" and a half and then really had to hurry because Matt had an early-ish meeting and I tagged along for the ride. (The car ride, that is.) Both of my knees were a little sore from the bad bike at the hotel gym (it had all sorts of loose parts) but I was able to throw in a bunch of hill climbs that were pain-free. Before I got on the bike, though, I had to check results from the 10K at Stanford last night--I had a feeling Shalane was going to bust out a big one, but I didn't expect her to break the American Record by that big of a margin. Wow! I am so excited for the Olympic Trials and the Olympics. Hopefully the TV coverage is decent, but if not, there's always Flotrack.
Work was really busy today, but not frantically. I got a lot done and that is always a good feeling at the end of the day. It was another very nice day outside, not that I really got much chance to enjoy it until I left to walk to the gym. I know the hot weather is right around the corner but so far we've been lucky!
So I did snag an elliptical at the gym, but it wasn't one I particularly liked. I like the old-school Precors and this one had too many things to adjust. But I found a setting that seemed okay and started rocking out to my iPod. I felt really good for about 20 minutes, and was pouring with sweat (unfortunately for the guy next to me). Then I sort of ran out of energy and my legs were rubbery for the last ten minutes (I limited myself to 30). But it's a start and my knee felt all right, just a little stiff at first. Then I did my usual lifting routine. Hopefully the next time will be even better.
Posted by becky at May 5, 2008 9:30 PM