YESTERDAY'S SUMMARY: EFX machine, 35:00,

YESTERDAY'S SUMMARY:
EFX machine, 35:00, ? strides
Avg heart rate = 170

I did the elliptical machine last night, but hit the reset button at the end when I actually meant to hit the summary button. Zap went my workout data. I am such an engineer in some aspects; wanting to know the intimate details of my workout is one such area. I feel lost without know exactly how many strides I did, even though it is surely somewhere between 4900 and 5100.

I've been pondering my next athletic goal for a while now. I know I want to do the Houston Half Marathon again next January, but I don't need to (and, let's face it, won't) start seriously training for that until the weather starts to cool off in September and October. I'd like to do the USA 10-Miler again, in early October, and perhaps the marathon warm-up series 20K in late October. Even though I'm not training for the marathon, I'd consider doing the 25K again...but the course was SO boring (three identical 5+ mile loops) that I'm not sure if it's worth doing. If I can do the 20K in late October, which is less than a mile short of a half marathon, that would leave me two and a half months to try to improve my speed. Might be worth doing.

I'd really like to find a triathlon this fall though, I think. I had signed up for the Danskin in Austin three weeks ago, and didn't end up going because I had no one to come to Austin with me, and because I was just lazy. But I was sad to miss it. I like triathlons a lot.

Of course I do have one other tempting goal, and that is to work on speed for a while. The one goal I have yet to accomplish since becoming a runner is a consistent sub-30:00 5K. I've finished under 30:00 twice, and have a bunch of finishes between 30:00 and 31:00, but I'd like to be able to do a 5K a bit faster...

(p.s. Running Chick has a great entry today.)