2023 Weekly Run Down 49/52 – Getting into the holiday spirit!

I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah.

We’re in December and I worked on a bunch of new Streaker365 trackers this week. Our admins came up with some fun ideas again. I also participated in the December “Favorites” Stack Exchange – it’s like a Secret Santa where you make a workout stack with some of your favorite classes of 2023 for someone else and someone makes a workout stack for you. I am looking forward to taking the classes throughout this month.

I completed week 5 of the “Must See PZ” Power Zone Pack Challenge and I’ve also enjoyed taking some of the holiday classes on the Peloton platform this week. I am finally getting a bit more into the holiday spirit.

Monday

• 10 Min Core Strength – Rebecca (10/13/23) — Core Snowball Challenge/Instructor Bingo
• 20 Min Arms & Shoulders Strength – Robin (3/21/23) — Lift Those Snowballs/Instructor Bingo
• 30 Min Bootcamp: Core – Callie (7/7/23) — PZ-W5AR/Slay Bootcamp/Instructor Bingo
• 5 Min 80s Pop Warm Up Lanebreak
• 5 Min Warm Up Ride – Ben (4/17/23)
• 30 Min Power Zone Max Ride – Matt (12/14/22) — PZ-W5R1/Instructor Bingo
• 10 Min Focus Flow: Hips – Kristin (10/19/23) — Personal Streak/Instructor Bingo

I started my Monday off with some strength classes for my Streakers365 trackers, followed by a bootcamp and week 5, ride 1 of the Must See PZ Challenge, which was a PZ Max Ride.  I don’t know how smart it was to do a bootcamp beforehand, but at least it was a core class (not lower body) and my legs were reasonably fresh when I got on the bike with Tanja. Matt meant business though. The intervals were short, but oh-so-spicy. I managed to squeeze out a 1-point PR nonetheless and I call that a victory in and of itself. 

Tuesday

• 15 Min Dance Barre – Ally (10/4/23) — DecemBARRE/Personal Streak
• 15 Min Core Strength – JJ (4/4/23) — Core Snowball Challenge
• 20 Min Glutes & Legs Strength – Robin (12/5/23) — 700th strength class!
• 15 Min Stacking Stuffer: Extra Mile – Adrian (12/13/21) — Instructor Bingo
• 60 Min Strength Training (Gym)

I only planned a little strength stack for today. The last class was my 700th strength milestone. In the afternoon, I accompanied Jon to the gym (as a guest, as I am not a member of the gym anymore). Jon has been working with a personal trainer for 7 months now and he really wanted me to meet him. We did a warm-up on the treadmill (Jon walked and I ran for 15 minutes) and then I was invited to do a “couple‘s session” and joined Jon for his workout. We opted for an upper body workout (because I already did legs in the morning) and it was spicy but fun. I loved seeing how the PT works with Jon. I am so proud of him for keeping this up!

Wednesday 

• 5 Min Core Strength – Callie (11/30/23) – Core Snowball Challenge
• 10 Min Arms & Light Weights – Cody (11/28/23) — Lift those Snowballs
• 10 Min Metal Barre – Ally (7/5/23) — DecemBARRE/Personal Streak
• Flash 15 – Jess S (11/21/23) — Instructor Bingo
• 30 Min KISS Ride – Denis (11/30/23)– Instructor Bingo
• 10 Min Barbie Full Body Stretch – Adrian (8/3/23)
• 30 Min Power Zone Ride – CDE (11/6/23) — PZ-W5R2
• 5 Min Post-Ride Stretch – Ben (8/11/23)

Today it was Sherry’s birthday and she created a birthday workout stack, which I was happy to join to celebrate with her and the #BCBabes :)  Then Tanja and I  did week 5, ride 2 of the Power Zone Challenge. Let’s just say, we were both happy it wasn’t a PZ Max Ride, but we would have been okay with it just being a Power Zone Endurance Ride today. Haha. That will await us on Saturday and we did make it through the intervals today.  

Thursday

• 10 Min Yoga Flow – Nico (12/4/23) — Personal Streak/Instructor Bingo
• 10 Min Arms & Shoulders Strength – Chase (2/10/21) — Lift Those Snowballs
• 20 Min Core Strength – Emma (7/15/23) — Core Snowball Challenge
• 5 Min Full Body Stretch – Andy (1/4/23)
• 10 Min Peace Meditation – Ross (9/20/23) — Stretch into the Holidays/Instructor Bingo
• 30 Min Holiday Walk – Jess K (12/3/23) — Instructor Bingo

Today was my office day, so I just did a bit of yoga and strength work in the morning. I decided to walk home from work (just under 2 miles) in the afternoon and opted for Jess’ Holiday Walk, which was perfect. As you can see, my neighboorhood is getting festive, too. :)

Friday

• 10 Min Core Strength – JJ (8/2/23) — Core Snowball Challenge
• 30 Min Bootcamp: Full Body – Jess S (3/28/22) — Slay Bootcamp
• 20 Min Hanukkah Ride – Jenn (12/7/23) 
• 5 Min Post-Ride Stretch – Olivia (11/30/23)
• 20 Min Yin Yoga – Aditi (7/24/23) — Stretch into the Holidays

I survived an Advanced Bootcamp with Lindsay, Sherry and Melissa and as a ‘reward’ we got to do that fun Hanukkah Ride with Jenn. If you haven’t taken it, I highly recommend it.

Saturday

• 5 Min Warm Up Ride – Denis (8/15/23)
• 60 Min Power Zone Endurance Ride – Matt (9/30/23) — PZ-W5R3 — PR!
• Extra 10: Low Impact – Benny (11/20/23) — Instructor Bingo
• 20 Min Yoga Flow: Core – Denis (10/7/20) — Personal Streak/Core Snowball Challenge
• 10 Min Arms & Shoulders – Olivia (9/21/21) — Lift those Snowballs 

Tanja and I had week 5, ride 3 of the Must See PZ Challenge on deck and we opted for the 60 minute ride (there were three options). I hadn’t done 60 minutes in a while, but it went well. I even managed a 5-point PR. Yay! I also checked off a few strength classes for my trackers and then did “Christmas” stuff for the rest of the day (baking, ordering gifts, and writing cards).

Sunday

• 15 Min 80s Ride – Bradley (11/16/23) — Instructor Bingo
• 30 Min Pop Punk Run – Mayla (3/17/23) — Instructor Bingo
• 20 Min Hanukkah Ride – Robin (12/8/23) 
• 20 Min Chest & Back Strength – Logan (6/13/23) — Lift those Snowballs
• 10 Min Focus Flow: Balancing Poses – Chelsea (10/23/23) — Personal Streak/Instructor Bingo 

I hopped on the bike this morning for a quick warm-up with Bradly and then left for a run around the neighborhood. The temperatures were in the 40’s. Cold, yes, but actually quite nice with a side of of sunshine. I did a couple more classes for my trackers before I did some more Christmas baking in the afternoon.

Current Challenges + Trackers:

Streaker365 Core Snowball Challenge ✔
Streaker365 DecemBarre ✔
Streaker365 Slay Bootcamp ✔
Streaker365 Lift those Snowballs Strength Tracker ✔
Streaker365 Stretch into the Holidays Recovery Tracker ✔
Streaker365 December Personal Streak (Daily Yoga/Pilates/Barre) ✔
Pelotrak Instructor Bingo (weekly)  – 3 bingos!

This week’s stats:

Running: 6.7 mi
Walking: 1.6 mi
Cycling: 62.2 mi
Bootcamp: 60 min
Strength: 190 min
Yoga/Pilates/Barre: 95 min
Warm up + Stretching: 40 min
Meditation: 10 min

I hope you all are having a great start into the holiday season!