2024 Weekly Run Down 3/52 – All the Badges

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

This week’s stats:

Running: 14.2 mi
Walking: 1.1 mi
Cycling: 58.1 mi
Bootcamp: 90 min
Strength: 150 min
Yoga/Pilates/Barre: 130 min
Warm up + Stretching: 45 min
Meditation: 100 min

Hey friends, how was your week? Mine was pretty good. I continued with week 2 of the Power Zone Pack Heroes Vs Villains Challenge and the Team Wilpers Winter Run Challenge. I have the cycle and run days mapped out and it worked out well this week (despite some rain that I had to plan around).

Deb asked earlier this week if we are motivated by badges and challenges, and I am pretty sure you can guess what my answer is. Give me ALL the badges, challenges, and trackers. In my heart, I am a kid who lives for the sticker rewards. Haha.

Here’s a selection from this week, I am sure I missed some. From left to right: I earned Silver for the Crush Your Core Program and silver for the Peloton Move For Your Challenge this week, hit 2k Peloton minutes for this year, finished week 2 of the Power Zone Pack Heroes vs Villains Challenge, completed week 2 of Pump Up The Volume 7, and hit a PR in a 30 Min Bootcamp Class.

Monday

• 20 Min Upper Body Week 2, Day 1- Callie (6/20/23) PUTV7 W2C1
• 10 Min Core Strength – Emma (4/30/19) – Base Core of 2024 — Instructor Bingo
• 10 Min Focus Flow: Hips – Denis (12/19/23) — Personal Streak/Instructor Bingo
• Team Wilpers Winter Run Challenge – W2R1
  • 30 Min Move for You: Run – Hannah F (1/13/24) — Instructor Bingo
    • 5 Min Warm up
      • 5 Min @ Easy Pace
      • 5 x 15 sec strides + 45 sec @ Easy Pace
      • 5 Min @ Easy Pace
    • 10 Min Main Set
      • 4 x 30 sec @ Anaerobic Capacity/ 30 sec @ Easy Pace
      • 4 x 45 sec @ Anaerobic Capacity/ 45 sec @ Easy Pace
    • 5 Min Cool Down
• 10 Min Mindful Walking Meditation – Denis (10/10/23) — Collecting Badges
• 10 Min Extra10: Walk – Joslyn (9/25/23) — Instructor Bingo
• 20 Min Sleep Meditation – Aditi (1/31/23) — Instructor Bingo

It was MLK Jr. Day, I had the day off and decided to sleep in a little. Sleeping in is always a special treat and it was wonderful not to have to set an alarm, but it’s also terrible because then I sometimes have a hard time getting my day going. Anybody else?

I did eventually get to my workout stack and completed week 2, day 1 of the Pump Up the Volume 7 program and a couple of classes for my trackers. I also got out for a run in the early afternoon. By that time it was perfect running weather –  55F/13C and sunny. Who doesn’t want to get out for a run in this weather? I had an anaerobic capacity interval run for the Team Wilpers Winter Run Challenge on deck and I love how fast these interval workouts fly by. 

Tuesday

• 10 Min Barre: Full Body – Ally (7/19/22) — New Year, New Rear
• 20 Min 90s Pilates – Aditi (1/16/24) — Personal Streak
• 30 Min PZ Ride – Matt (3/9/21) — PZ-W2R1/Instructor Bingo
• 30 Min Bootcamp: Full Body – Tunde (5/2/23) — Give 2023 the “Boot”
• 10 Min Core Strength – Emma (5/26/19) — Base Core of 2024
• 5 Min Post-Ride Stretch – Robin (1/9/24)

I started my morning with barre and pilates with Sherry and Lindsay. Next, I tackled a 30-minute power zone ride, before I caught up on my bootcamp tracker with Sherry. Tunde’s Full Body BC was hard, but since I was already drenched from the PZ ride, what’s a little bit more sweat on top of that, amirite? It’s all about the attitude! And I have to note, the playlist was excellent. Lots of 90s alternative and rock got me through. 

Wednesday 

• 20 Min Upper Body: Week 2, Day 2 – Logan (6/20/23) — PUTV7-W2D2/Instructor Bingo
• 10 Min Move for You: Upper Body Stretch – Erik (1/11/24)
• 60 Min Hip Hop Ride – Hannah F (4/22/23) — Collecting Badges in 2024
• 30 Min PZE Ride – Hannah F (11/12/23) — PZ-W2R2
• 10 Min Core Strength – Emma — Base Core of 2024
• 10 Min Focus Flow: Hamstrings – Kristin (11/15/23) — Personal Streak/Instructor Bingo
• 10 Min Meditation for Healing – Ross (12/13/23) — Better Yourself Bingo/Instructor Bingo

Upper Body Strength with Pump Up the Volume 7 and a bit of stretching to start my morning. Then there was a 60-minute class on one of my trackers that I had to do before I could advance on the tracker (we are supposed to do the classes in order and not jump ahead). Because I didn’t want to wait for the weekend, I decided to bite the bullet and do the 60-minute Hip Hop Ride this morning as a looooong warm-up before my scheduled Power Zone Endurance Ride. I was going to pedal in Zone 1/2 and just get it done. 60-minute rides don’t intimidate me, but I will admit that I was so happy when Sherry spontaneously and last-minute decided to hop on the ride with me. It’s always better to ride with friends. And then I seamlessly transitioned to the Power Zone endurance ride with Tanja. 

Thursday

• 10 Min Salt-n-Pepa Dance Cardio – Jess K (9/6/23) — Instructor Bingo
• 30 Min Bootcamp: Full Body – Callie (1/9/24) — Give 2023 the “Boot”
• 30 Min Flow & Let Go Flow- Aditi (10/26/23) — Collecting Badges in 2024/Personal Streak
• 20 Min Sleep Meditation – Ross (6/23/22)

I started Thursday with Jess K’s Dance Cardio with Lindsay and I haven’t felt so silly in a long time.  Haha. As it turns out, I’m not very coordinated at 6 am in the morning. We followed the dance warm up with a Bootcamp and then Melissa joined me for Flow & Let Go yoga. I had to end it there because it was my office day and I actually had to get dressed and leave the house.  I squeezed in another a sleep meditation at bedtime and I am really enjoying them right now.

Friday

• 20 Min Upper Body: Week 2, Day 3 – Rebecca (6/20/23)
• 20 Min Classic Rock Pilates – Kristin (1/19/24) — Personal Streak
• 20 Min Strength: Bodyweight – JJ (1/16/24)
• 10 Min Core Strength – Emma (5/28/19)
• Team Wilpers Winter Run Challenge 2024 – W2R2
  • 15 Min 90s Run – Susie (3/24/23) — Instructor Bingo
  • 30 Min Move For You: Run – Hannah F (1/13/24)
    • 15 Min Warmup
      • 5 min @ Easy Pace
      • 5 x 15 sec strides + 45 sec @ Easy Pace
      • 5 min @ Easy Pace
    • 15 Min Main Set:
      • 5 x 30 sec uphill @ Threshold Pace/ :30 sec Downhill or Flat @ Easy Pace
      • 5 x 1 min uphill @ Threshold Pace/1 min Downhill or Flat @ Easy Pace
    • 15 Min Cool Down
• 10 Min Move For You Stretch: Lower Body – Adrian (1/9/24)
• 10 Min Sleep Meditation – Nico (11/15/21)

Lindsay and I finished week 2 of Pump up the volume 7  and Kristin joined us for Live Pilates with Kristin. We followed with JJ‘s BW class for Peloton’s Move For You Challenge and then I also checked off Core with Emma for Base Core. 

My hill threshold run for the Teams Wilpers Winter Run Challenge 2024 turned into a V02 Max run because I was lacking the proper terrain ( = no hills), but it was still work and the graph‘s pretty. Doesn’t it look like a skyline? According to this website, which approximates equivalent efforts between running on a treadmill at different paces and inclines and running outdoors on a level surface, running @ V02 Max pace yielded about the same effort as running hills @ threshold. Good to know when I have to pivot!

I added an Extra 10 min walk with Matty as a cool down and ended with Adrian’s Move For You stretch. 

Saturday

• 10 Min Barre: Upper Body – Ally (8/12/22) — New Year, New Rear
• 10 Min Extra 10: Low Impact – Olivia (8/14/23) — Instructor Bingo
• 45 Min Power Zone Endurance Rock Ride – Sam (11/14/23) — W2R3/Instructor Bingo
• 5 Min Cool Down Ride – Sam (12/7/23)
• 30 Min Pop Ride – Cody (1/20/24)
• 15 Min Core Strength – Emma (3/19/19) — Base Core of 2024
• 10 Min Peace Meditation – Anna (5/2/23) — Instructor Bingo

I met up with Tanja for the week 2, ride 3 Power Zone Endurance Ride with Sam. We had long zone 2 intervals (7-6-7 minutes) but the rock playlist was really good and kept us entertained. I hit 2k Peloton minutes in Sam’s class. So exciting! After a quick stretch, I hopped on Cody’s LIVE Pop Ride to celebrate Melissa’s milestone (1600 rides). She even got a shoutout from Cody, which is hard to get.

Sunday

• 10 Min Calming Meditation – Ross (1/21/24)
• 15 Min Flash 15 – Jess (1/21/24) — Collecting Badges
• 30 min Bootcamp: Full Body – Tunde (5/2/23) — Give 2023 the “Boot” – Bootcamp PR!
• 5 Min Full Body Stretch – Emma (5/28/19) — Base Core of 2024
• Team Wilpers Winter Run Challenge – W2R3
  • 45 Min Beatles Run – Selena (8/31/23) — Instructor Bingo
    • 10 Min Warm up
    • 30 Min Easy Pace
    • 5 Min Cool Down
• 10 min Extra 10: Walk – Kirsten (11/20/23) — Instructor Bingo
• 10 Min Post-Run Stretch – Jeffrey (2/21/23)
• 20 Min Restorative Yoga – Chelsea (1/16/22)
• 10 Min Patience Meditation – Kristin (8/22/23) — Better Yourself Bingo

I joined Lindsay at 10 am for her meditation milestone with Ross. Besides that I had only planned to go for my easy-pace endurance run, but then the #BCBabes¹ got on a Flash 15 (which I needed for my Collecting Badges tracker – fine!) and then spontaneously decided on a Bootcamp after. Peer pressure is real, guys. So I jumped into the Bootcamp (which, as it turns out, Sherry and I had already done earlier this week – see Tuesday! Haha) but the playlist was great and we didn’t mind repeating it with the rest of the #BCBabes. I even ended up getting a PR in that class. Maybe I should go to bed late more often (confession: I stayed up with Jon way too long on Saturday night.)

I took a little break after this (to talk to my uncle in Germany), but then took advantage of a break in the rain and got my 45-minute endurance run done. I nailed my (average) easy pace. Yay. Selena’s Beatles Run was fun although she chose a lot of less popular Beatles songs and I had hoped for a bit more “sing-a-long” material (not that I sing while running… only in my head).

I finished the day off with “Serenity Sunday”, a restorative yoga class and meditation that one of our Streakers suggests every Sunday. Love it. A perfect way to end the weekend.

Current Challenges + Trackers:

Streaker365 Collecting Badges in 2024
Streaker365 Base Core of 2024
Streaker365 New Year – New Rear Barre
Streaker365 Better Yourself Bingo
Streaker365 Give 2023 the “Boot” Bootcamp Tracker
Streaker365 December Personal Streak (Daily Yoga/Pilates/Barre)
Pelotrak Instructor Bingo (weekly) 
PZPack Power Zone Challenge “Heroes vs. Villains” (8 weeks)
Team Wilpers Winter Run Challenge 2024 (8 weeks) – TWWRC
Peloton Pump Up The Volume 7 (PUTV7) (4 weeks)

I hope you had a good week and felt productive. I sure did!

1. aka Bootcamp Babes (a small “subgroup” of Streakers who started doing Bootcamp Classes (Bike + Strength) together ↩︎