Planks

I read somewhere that holding a two-minute plank is pretty good. So I tried it. I can do two minutes! I did 2 minutes and held on for another 10 seconds for a buffer. And then I tried it again and made it to 2:15. But that was pretty freakin hard. My goal will be to work up to 5 minutes!

Warning - boring marathon training post ahead. Feel free to skip.

***Marathon training
Cross-training today. Hit the gym this morning.

Did a half mile warm-up on the treadmill. .05 incline, 5.5 pace.

Then weights.
* Back exercises on tricep machine. 1st set of 15 at 90 lb. 2nd set of 15 at 85 lb.
* Pull-ups on pull-up assist machine. 65 lb. 2 x 15.
* Tripep dips on pull-up assist machine. 65 lb. 2 x 15.
* Back rows on machine. 45 lb. 2 x 15.
* Rotator cuff exercise on cable machine. 2.5 lb. 2 x 20 each arm.
* Ab excercises. 2 X 12 each - front, left, right.
* High mountain row machine. 30 lb. each side. 2 x 15.

30 minutes on elliptical. 
I set it to random and reverse mode to try to decrease the boredom factor. Level 10 out of 25. Finished a little over 3 (miles?) in 30 minutes.

I was sweating buckets on this thing today. I tried keeping my speed over 6.0. It's so weird. I have no idea what is good or not. That's why I hate the elliptical. I also found myself in the 7.0-8.0 range for periods of a time.

But when I finished, I didn't feel like my body had gotten beaten up, like I usually do after the treadmill. I guess all that lack of pounding can be a good thing.