Today:

stretching 45 mins

upright elliptical, 32 minutes

rower, 34 minutes minus a couple minutes for water breaks; covered 4500 meters.

On the upright elliptical, I chose a workout that simulates walking on wet sand in New Zealand. The ride is almost flat but with serious resistance, the kind of resistance that sand would give you. At some point the resistance level climbed to 16 and it was very difficult. The manual controls were right in front of me and I could have lowered the resistance, but I persevered, finished the workout and had that good feeling from actually pushing myself and overcoming an obstacle. Loved it. Makes me want to go for more.