stair climber and a quicky

Let me just say that I am not a big fan of cross training. I know, I know, it's good for you and will help prevent injuries. I just would rather run. I would just rather see my splits, do intervals, run longer distances.... But with this Sears Tower Willis Tower (I refuse to call it Willis...and who else thinks of Diff't Strokes!) race looming, I have to do some sort of cross training. Not that the stair climber at the gym is anything like climbing 103 floors in real life! But C did train that way and has made good times in the previous years doing said race. So I am hoping with my running background and a few nights of the stair climber I will be ok. I have no goals just to hopefully stay with C and finish ahead of with him :)

Tonight
20 minutes on Level 10 - 2.31 miles - 111 floors (not sure how that matches up to real flights of stairs)
then I just had to run a little so I did 1 mile at 8:57

I can say the stair climber really gets your heart rate up and makes you sweat!

strength -arms, calves and stomach...ho hum

I am perfectly fine with my weight....but I can't stand my stomach! It's jiggly from my babies, but even before they were born I never had a flat flat stomach. I am not complaining, I am no where near overweight but I just am so paranoid and aware of my non-flat stomach. I obsess about it. I look at other moms/women and look to see how their stomachs are. There I people I know that run/workout and don't have flat stomachs, others that don't do anything and have flat stomachs. I know a few women who are huge runners, in their late 40's with WASHBOARD abs....it's crazy. I have to believe that mostly its genetic......so I'm going to again concentrate on my abs and strengthen my core and hope by next summer I will have less fat on them and see my muscles underneath