Iron rails & iron weights

Monday, May 26, 2008
12:16:00 PM EDT
Today was quite a change from my typical gym routine, as for the first time in years I actually ran outdoors, doing a 1.2-mile lap of the running/walking/biking track at a nearby park.  Suffice to say that there's a huge difference in impact between running on a treadmill, the surface of which has some give to it, and running on asphalt.  Better sneakers are an absolute must if I'm going to run outdoors on even a semi-regular basis.  My current ones are okay for the treadmill but have too little cushioning for hard-surface running. What is interesting is that although I tried to maintain a relatively slow pace, to account for the greater impact and a couple of relatively mild rises, I ended up running the 1.2 miles in 12 minutes - the same 6.0 mph pace I use on the treadmill.  It must somehow be a "natural" pace for me.  In any event, because a total of 12 minutes of exercise isn't much, a couple of hours later I went to the gym and ellipted for 30 minutes (5,120 strides) and used the stationary cycle for 20 minutes (18.4 mph pace).  I had though beforehand about doing weights, but because I missed a few days of weights due to the tooth infection I think I'll just consider this as one of my periodic "off" cycles.  If I recall correctly the last weight-less week was five weeks ago, so it's time for another one.  My plan is to resume with weights on Wednesday.


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• #1 Comment from luchaaar27 
  5/27/08 11:50 PM | Permalink

  Aren't you doing too much cardio for someone lifting weights?  I'd be afraid of burning muscle in the process.