With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

45 min on elliptical

Tried a one mile run after.  Groin was a little tender, knee was a little tender.  I'll wear a knee band next time.  I stretched out the groin after to try and make sure I'll be good the rest of the day.

90 min on elliptical.  Ra coached me through the whole thing, it was great.

However, my cell phone got wet inside the screen from all the sweating going on, and it has a big black blob right in the middle of it.  I put it in a bag of rice (someone said this helps) and we'll see how it works.

Sleeping in is my new favorite past time.  It's only an extra hour, but it's an extra hour I'm loving.

Two 45 min sessions on the elliptical again.  I brought a box fan into the gym (haha) for a breeze.  I might have to turn it up higher tomorrow.  I've got two pair of shoes that are soaked all the way through from the sweat fest.

Ran a mile after the elliptical.  It wasn't very hopeful.  My knee was really bothering me, even with the knee band on. 

I tried some quad strengthening exercises, and did some stretching to help.  I also iced.  Lucky for me I have two ice packs!  One for the groin and one for the knee.  Maybe I'm not so lucky after all if I need two ice packs...hhhmmmm.    I feel lucky if that counts for anything.

Mixed things up a little today and did three 30 min sessions on the elliptical.  Felt good after.

I thought I'd try running before the elliptical today to see if it would feel better.  I ran 2 miles at a pretty good pace.  My knee didn't bother me.  My groin was a little sore at the beginning, but it warmed up and was fine by the end.  I kept it short so I didn't over-do anything.  I walked a little afterward, then came inside to stretch.

I stretched & did some sit ups.  Then I sat on the ice pack & iced my knee while I worked on my arms. 

When I was done, I didn't feel like getting into the sweat box and doing any elliptical.  I think I'm hiking later with Mike, so I just threw in the towel and decided to check email instead. 

Felt good to get those two miles in.  Hope things still feel good tonight.