I've never cross trained. I'm a runner. I like to run. If I have time to exercise, why the heck would I waste it on something that's not running?

Unfortunately, I've been unable to run for the past month because of my knee. However, I needed to take out some financial aid this summer. To qualify, you have to sign up for a class, and the little one credit PE classes are perfect for this.

Normally, I would have signed up for Run Conditioning. No running means no run conditioning class for me, so I signed up for Weight Training instead.

I'm having a ball.

Now, I'm laying off of just about anything that uses my knee, which means nothing for the lower body, at least for the moment. Still, I'm already figuring out how to work lifting into my schedule once the class is over. I don't know what it will do, ultimately, for my running. I know it will be fun, though. This has been an unexpected benefit of being injured.

People usually talk about cross training the same way they talk about eating your vegetables. It's the kind of thing you should do. It's good for you, and good for your running. It strengthens your bones. Yadda yadda.

Why didn't anybody ever tell me how fun much fun it is?