2023 Weekly Run Down 51/52 – All the Holiday classes

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

This week was all about the holiday classes. Since I finished the Power Zone Challenge last week, I didn’t have any scheduled rides on my calendar and was free to choose whatever I felt like. So I chose a lot of fun holiday classes and also whatever classes I had left to do for my trackers. It was a nice mix. Later in the week, we traveled to see family for the holidays. Sadly, I missed the Streakers 365 swarm ride on Saturday and won’t have access to my bike for the next few days, but I am looking forward to taking classes on the app while I am away.

Monday

• 15 Min Core Strength – Robin (8/14/23) — Core Snowball Challenge
• 10 min Barre: Core – Hannah C (12/18/23) — Personal Streak/DecemBARRE/Instructor Bingo
• 30 Min Run DMC Ride –  Denis (12/14/23) — Instructor Bingo
• 30 Min Holiday Ride – Erik (12/3/23) — Instructor Bingo
• 10 min Hanukkah ALW – Bradley (12/7/23) — Lift those Snowballs/Instructor Bingo
• 5 Min Post ride Stretch – Cody (6/22/23) — Stretch into the Holidays
• 20 Min Sleep Meditation – Kristin (10/18/23) — Instructor Bingo 

I started the day with core. Robin is not usually my go-to instructor, but this core class was actually quite good. I might have bookmarked it. I joined Sherry for her milestone RUN DMC Ride with Denis and all other BCBabes. Lindsay, Kristin, and Melissa were present too. What a fun morning (and the playlist was excellent). I then decided to take another holiday class because why not? It’s December. Although I did not expect to hear Roy Black’s “Leise rieselt der Schnee” on Eriks Holiday Ride. Haha, classic. 

Tuesday

• 20 min Focus Flow: For Runners – Denis (6/7/23) — ‘Favorites of 2023’ Stack Exchange/Personal Streak
• 30 Min Bootcamp: UB – Callie (11/1/23) — Slay Bootcamp
• 20 Min Holiday Ride – Ben (12/12/23) — Instructor Bingo
• 20 Min Holiday Party Ride – Bradley (12/6/21)
• 10 Min Holiday Full Body Stretch – Ross (11/30/23) — Stretch into the Holidays
• 15 Min Sleep Meditation – Aditi (5/2/23) 

I did the Yoga Focus Flow for my Stack Exchange and then joined Kristin for a 30-minute Upper Body Bootcamp. I felt Callie went kind of easy on us, but I was honestly fine with that. Ben’s Holiday Ride was a “mini” milestone for me (1150) and Melissa (1550), and Lindsay and Sherry joined for the celebration. Ben’s Peloton Christmas jumper cracked me up – I was hot just looking at him wearing a sweater on a ride, but it said “Together we go ho ho ho” on the front and that was everything. Haha. I added on another old holiday ride with Bradley for the heck of it, and then Tanja popped up on the Leaderboard during my Holiday Stretch with Ross. So good to see she’s on the mend. 

Wednesday 

• 15 Min Pilates – Anna (10/31/23) — Core Snowball Tracker
• 30 Min Holiday Ride – Robin (1213/23)
• 30 Min Upper Body Strength – Callie — Lift those Snowballs
• 10 Min Chest & Back Strength – Rad (10/30/23) — Lift those Snowballs
• 10 Min Full Body Stretch – JJ (11/23/23)
• 15 Min Evening Mobility – Matty (5/2/23)
• 20 Min Sleep Meditation – Kristin (8/12/21)

I met with Sherry, Lindsay, and Melissa for Pilates and Robin’s holiday ride, which was a delight. I did not anticipate liking it that much. 

Thursday

• 20 Min Holiday Yoga Flow – Denis (12/9/20) — Stretch into the Holidays
• 5 Min Core Strength – Rad (12/11/23) – Core Snowball Challenge
• 30 Min Bootcamp: Full Body (Callie) 12/12/23 – Slay Bootcamp
• 20 Min Holiday Ride – Bradley (12/20/23)
• 10 min Full Body Stretch – Selena (12/12/23)
• 20 Min Sleep Meditation – Anna (10/24/23)

I started my day with an old Holiday Yoga Flow with Denis, which was excellent. If you haven’t taken it yet, you should get on that (it’s from 2020 and might be purged soon). Lindsay and I then knocked out a quick core strength class before doing a Full Body Bootcamp and Bradley’s Holiday Ride. Bradley’s so funny. He cracks me up every single time. 

Friday

• 45 Min Pentatonix Ride – CDE (12/13/20)
• 30 Min Holiday Soundtrack Strength Club – Callie (12/18/23)
• 30 Min Kelly Clarkson Ride – Cody (12/21/23)
• 30 Min Chloe Flower Holiday Yoga Flow – Aditi (12/21/23) — 450th class!
• 10 Min Body Appreciation Stretch – Chelsea (9/27/23)
• 10 Min Holiday Meditation (Kristin) 12/5/22
• 15 Min Sleep Meditation – Kristin (5/23/23)

Tanja and I rode the Pentatonix ride in the morning. It’s an old holiday class with CDE from 2020 and I am afraid they will eventually purge it from the Peloton library. It’s such a fun ride though. I then joined Lindsay for her ‘birthday stack’, a fun holiday-themed strength class with Callie and a yoga flow with Aditi. Coincidentally, this was also my 450th yoga class milestone. In the afternoon, we traveled to Southern California for the holidays and I did a little holiday meditation during the flight.

Saturday

• 10 Morning Meditation – Ross (12/9/23)
• 10 min Core strength – Logan (10/10/23)
• 10 Min Hip Hop Barre: Upper Body – Ally (8/9/23)
• 30 Min Walk + Talk – Matty (12/13/23)
• 20 Min Holiday Walk – JJ (12/7/23)
• 15 Min Sleep Meditation – Ross (2/27/23)

I started my day with some meditation and strength training. Later, I ran some last-minute Christmas errands with Jon and in the afternoon, I walked around my mother-in-law’s neighborhood to look at the Christmas lights. 

Sunday

• 5 Min Pre-Run Warm Up – Adrian (12/4/23)
• 30 Min NYC 5 Boro Run: Manhattan – Adrian (11/6/23) — ‘Favorites of 2023’ Stack Exchange
• 5 Min Cool Down Run – Hannah F (10/11/23)
• 10 Min Holiday Meditation – Aditi (12/17/22)
• 10 Min Restorative Yoga – Kristin (11/8/23) — Stretch into the Holidays/Personal Streak
• 20 Min Sleep Mediation – Anna (10/24/23)

I went for a little Christmas Eve morning run. It was so nice outside. I chose Adrian’s NYC run, which was on my ‘Favorites for 2023’ Stack Exchange. What a great run!

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) 

I chipped away at my trackers and am confident that I’ll finish them next week, but the Instructor Bingo was a fail. I took a lot of classes with instructors on my bingo card but didn’t coordinate well enough to actually get a bingo. Haha. It’s ok. I am not too concerned about it.

This week’s stats:

Running: 3.5 mi
Walking: 4.3 mi
Cycling: 59.8 mi
Bootcamp: 60 min
Strength: 120 min
Yoga/Pilates/Barre: 115 min
Warm up + Stretching: 70 min
Meditation: 155 min

I hope you’ve all had a great pre-Christmas week. I am sure it was busy in many ways!