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Today was the NYC Marathon, so the gym was nice and empty. When I first walked over to my Arc Trainer, Jill was already on her Arc Trainer next to mine (as in each of our "favorites"). We don't acknowledge one another at all. We both watched the marathon on t.v. She also texted. She goes really fast with her legs and texts up a storm with her hands. I could never do such a thing. I can barely text when not on an elliptical. I stayed on the Beast for three hours, all "hill interval," with 2 hours of level 8 and a final hour of level 10. Jill, the slacker, got off after an hour and a half, and then went over to her favorite stair master and did an hour there.

Then I did an hour of weight lifting, abs, legs, and stretching. I found that having taken practically two months off, the cardio comes back very easy, but the abs, legs, and weights are at lower levels. I guess I keep up some degree of cardio in every day work-a-day life but not the other stuff so much.

It was great to have a weekend with time to do two long work-outs. I hope it will usher me into a healthy week. I need to get sleep and not let work stress me out so much. I have to remember how peaceful I feel right now.