X-Train

It dried up enough yesterday to cross train outside! It was a great work out that started in the gym (abs, arms) --->climbing stadiums (6x) --->biking (15mins) --->running around campus (16mins). The stadiums are always the worst part for me. I probably could have pushed myself to do one more, but everything in me wanted to stop and I did. Maybe next time I will fight that inner quitter and make it back up for one more excruciating flight of stairs. The bike ride was a walk in the park, but I still felt my upper legs and quads engaging and getting a good work out. Somehow I managed to injure the back of my lower right leg when my foot slipped forward from the pedal. I went forward on the bike and avoided a bad crash and fall, leaving only a bad bruise on my leg to show for the incident (which my workout partner had no idea about). It is actually pretty swollen today and you can feel the knot inside spanning across the back of my lower leg, just right above the ankle. Do I bruise easily or am I just too rough on my body? The run was great. We did something very different and ran up the parking garage, back down the stairs and across the 2nd floor of the campus. Great workout!