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Sounds like a good starting place to break from running and stretch and strengthen through yoga. At least you'll be well rested and have a good base to start, once you figure out what to do.

With the XT cardio, I've quite enjoyed reading while incline walking on treadmill (15% incline puts the Kindle right in front of your face) and listening to Ted Talks and free iTunes U courses on the elliptical. What's been motivating me to stick with the boring XT cardio was reading Matt Fitzgerald's new book called 80/20 in which he summarizes studies that conclude the best cardio training is 80% low intensity and 20% medium/high intensity (better improvements in race times and VO2 max versus higher ratios of medium/high intensity training). And it doesn't matter much if that low intensity is XT or running.

It's also a good read for the Kindle while incline treadmill walking. ;)

Thanks Kristen. I have been thinking about intensity in cross. I haven't had any structure to it but my body craves a good workout. I feel like I'm always somewhere near the medium intensity range but the time is shorter.

We have two treadmills in my office. The good one (which was off quite a bit on pace) broke down a few months back. The older one is now broken too. I don't know if/when they will replace these. I used to like to do hill sprints on the treadmill at 15% incline and 12 mph. Perhaps that has something to do with my current woes!

While on the stairmaster and on my commute, I have been enjoying Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything on Audible. I recently finished an interesting course on coursera that was an unexpected sociological take on history. History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. I have been craving history but let me know of any courses you've enjoyed.