Snow Days and Brick

I'm a runner!
A conversation between a runner and non-runner.

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It was Snow Day for me on Monday and Tuesday!

We had a good 3 to 4 inches of snow. Laugh if you want. Southeastern Arkansas doesn't get snow like this. We usually have sleet, ice and fallen trees and have no electricity. So, this right here is a rare sight.

There's something about snow that send us in a tizzy (is that a word?)

Grocery stores were packed with people stocking up staples in anticipation for the snow. They bought milk, bread and eggs and generators. I took my chances.  I do have about 2 dozen eggs and lots of bread at the house. Lots of Gu too!

What did I do during my Snow Days?

I came up with a Snow Day To-Do List and steadily checked the items off the list.

I still have unchecked items. But I did check a lot of items off too.
And I ran lots of errands around town today too!

I could be laying in bed with a tub of ice cream.

Tuesday morning run was canceled. Ms. M was worried about ice, and would rather not chance falling and hurting her recently-fixed rotator cuff. She headed to the Y in the morning. I should have went this morning. But I slept in, felt no remorse, ate cinnamon raisin toast, ate KFC (just 2 wings for dinner)

and guilt took a big gulp out of my bottom!

I headed to the Y and ran.

KFC two hours before your run = not a good idea!

So I did a R-B-R workout (run-bike-run workout or Brick workout).

I felt super speedy on the treadmill after I had been on the bike.

It was awesome!

Will do my planned 4ish miles tomorrow morning instead.

X-training

And the Story Goes.  I got the idea from Aneta and did this for today's cross-training. She is doing a run-bike-run combo and I sorta modified it to give my knees a break from running. So I did an elliptical-bike-elliptical combo instead. I botched my first attempt at this combo last week. And this week, I wrote it down on a Post-It note to remind myself exactly what to do. 

What I Did & How I Did.  
Elliptical - 1 mile @ 10 mins
Bike - 5 miles @ 19 mins
Elliptical - 1 mile @ 11:23 minutes
After that I went and did some weights on the bicep curls machine, only to realize that after elevating the seat to the highest position ever, I am still too short. I remembered why I used to just do free weights.

Good quick workout today. Sweated a whole lot and feeling pretty good.  Now, gonna sit on that office chair and type some speech reports in the comfort of my home.   

Have you tried this R-B-R combo or do you have any combo you are doing and would like to share?