Light gym day

Surprisingly, I made it to the gym today. I tell myself I'm going to go lift weights a couple days a week, but I usually only get in my runs for the week and shrug off weight training. In my new committment to running, I recognize that I need to incorporate weight liftining into my training so that I am well balanced. I need to train my core muscles and my hamstrings. While the quads get a good workout from running, the hamstrings get neglected, and weak hamstrings can lead to knee injuries. I definitely don't want that to side track me.

I warmed up with one 10-minute mile. Then I did three sets of three different arm exercises, including push-ups, assisted pull-ups, and dips. In between the arm exercises, I worked on my abs. At the end I finished up with hamstrings. I kept my heart rate up pretty good during the entire workout, which lasted about 40 minutes. It felt good to get a strength training session in. It's a nice break from running. I hope to get two of these sessions in per week.

Hopefully, I will get my long run in tomorrow before the family reunion. I will thank myself at the end of the day when I feel guilty for over-eating!

On a side note - my Garmin is STILL not here. I find this pretty ridiculous because it was shipped on May 18. With the holiday Monday, I probably won't get it till Tuesday.