55 Minutes on the Elliptical Machine

This week is the beginning of the taper, which means that the weekly mileage only goes down to give your body time to recover before the marathon. This week's schedule is 5-8-4 miles on T-W-Th and then 12 miles on Saturday.

Today I got to The Fitness Station at 6am when they opened and used the elliptical machine for 55 minutes to approximate running for 5 miles. I always feel funny using the machine and then really funny when I get off and try to walk around. But it's done.

I'd like to run outside tomorrow for the 8 miles but I'm not sure if I can squeeze it in in the daylight before Larsson goes to school.