2024 Weekly Run Down 35/52 – finding my groove

This week’s stats:

Running: 30.5 mi
Cycling: 14.4 mi
Bootcamp: 60 min
Strength: 110 min
Yoga/Pilates/Barre: 90 min
Warm up/Stretching: 60 min
Meditation: 10 min

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

I had a good week and I think I am finding my groove with marathon training. I like having my week pretty much planned out for me and knowing what’s on the schedule. I run Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat, and Sun and try to fit in some strength classes, core work, and yoga around it. I am a little bummed to not be able to do as many classes with Tanja or the #BCBabes¹ right now, but I know this is temporary while we’re all pursuing our own things.

Monday

• 15 Min Morning Mobility – Ross (5/4/23)
• 30 Min Yoga Flow for Runners – Kristin (3/6/24) — Personal Streak

All I got today was some mobility work and yoga and I enjoyed this rest day!

Tuesday

• 5 Min Pre-Run Warm Up – Rebecca (7/17/24)
• 45 Min Easy Run
  • 10 Min Pre-Run Warm Up – Matt (5/21/19) — Road to 26.2
  • 30 Min Tempo Run – Robin (5/21/19) — Road to 26.2
  • 5 Min Cool Down Run – Matt (5/23/24)
• 30 Min Strength for Runners – Andy (7/1/22) — Road to 26.2
• 10 Min Focus Flow: for Runners – Denis (10/31/23) — Personal Streak

I started my day with a 45-minute easy run. Then Tanja joined me for a strength class and a yoga flow and I am so glad she enjoyed it, even though they were both geared towards runners. 

Wednesday 

• 5 Min Pre-Run Warm Up – Rebecca (7/17/24)
• 50 Min Intervals (8×200 @ anaerobic capacity /200 m easy + 400m @ threshold /200 m easy)
  • 10 Min Pre-Run Warm Up – Becs (5/21/19) — Road to 26.2
  • 30 Min Marathon Race Prep – Becs (5/21/19) — Road to 26.2
  • Extra 10: Endurance – Adrian (3/25/24)
• 30 Min Climb Ride – Denis (6/13/23)
• 10 Min Focus Flow: For Runners – Kristin (6/5/24) — Personal Streak
• 10 Min Core Strength – Callie (7/30/24) — Ab-versity

I had speed intervals for breakfast this morning and I enjoyed them. As always, I was procrastinating getting out the door, but since I had a ride scheduled later, I couldn’t dilly-dally for too long and then it was fine. I need to remind myself that I enjoy interval work! When I got back, I hopped on the bike with my sister and Tanja for a climb ride with Denis. It was by popular request! Both my sister and Tanja prefer higher resistance with lower cadence, I personally enjoy higher cadence with lower resistance. Haha. You can’t please everyone.  We finished with some yoga and core work.

Thursday

• 30 Min Strength for Runners – Rebecca (7/1/22) — Road to 26.2
• 30 Min Bike Bootcamp: Upper Body – Cody (9/25/22) — ABCs Bootcamps
• 5 Min Post-Ride Stretch – Jess K (2/1/24) — Back to 
• 10 Min Core for Runners – Becs (7/12/21) — Ab-versity 

Cross-training day = no running. I am doing strength for runners on Thursdays and then opted for a bootcamp.

Friday

• 45 Min Easy Run
  • 20 Min Rock Run – Matt (4/29/22) — Road to 26.2
  • 20 Min Classic Rock Run – Becs (7/23/24))
    5 Min Cool Down Run – JJ (9/4/23)
• 30 Min Bike Bootcamp: Full Body – Callie (11/30/21) — ABCs Bootcamps
• 5 Min Cool Down Ride – Jenn (8/20/24)
• 10 Min Full Body Stretch – Callie (8/31/23)
• 5 Min Full Body Stretch – Adrian (9/7/22) — Back to Bliss 

I wanted to finish this month’s bootcamp tracker and was happy to know that we usually have a bootcamp on the schedule for Fridays. So I completed my easy run early and joined the #BCBabes for a full body bootcamp with Callie. It was more challenging than expected. The 15 minutes of stretching afterward felt really nice.

Saturday

• 5 Min Pre-Run Warm Up – Rebecca (7/17/24)
• 10-mile run
  • 45 Min Rock Run – Andy (1/21/23)
  • 45 Min Rock Run – Becs (1/4/21)
  • 5 Min Cool Down Run – Matt (5/23/24)
• 10 Min Pilates – Kristin (1/5/23) — Back to School Strength/Personal Streak
• 10 Min Arms & Light Weights – Joslyn (8/6/24) — Back to School Strength

Long run day! I had 10 miles on the training schedule for today and picked two rock music classes for entertainment. The playlists didn’t disappoint. I recently learned that Becs Gentry is a huge Pearl Jam fan – just like me! – and so I can usually expect at least one Pearl Jam song in her (rock) classes now. I finished with 10 minutes of Pilates and a light arm strength workout.

Sunday

• 5 Min Pre-Run Warm Up – Rebecca (7/17/24)
• 55 Min Run
  • 10 Min Long Run Warm Up – Matt (5/21/19) — Road to 26.2
  • 45 Min Rock Run – Becs (6/14/24)
• 20 Min Rock Ride – Denis (11/25/23) — End Zone Energy
• 20 Min Arms & Shoulders Strength – Andy (8/5/24) — Back to School Strength
• 10 Min Focus Flow: Core – Denis (1/17/21) — Personal Streak

I went for some easy miles in the morning and then met up with Tanja for a little bit of cycling and strength training. Andy got our arms and shoulders burning. I am expecting to be sore tomorrow.

• 20 Min Restorative Yoga – Ross (6/4/21) — Serenity Sunday
• 10 Min Energizing Meditation – Kristin (5/8/21) — Serenity Sunday

In the afternoon, I joined for some yoga and meditation for Strearkers365’s Serenity Sunday again.

Current Challenges + Trackers:

I almost finished all the Streakers365 trackers for this month. I missed the extra credit 60-minute bootcamp, a yoga class for my personal streak (pure oversight!), and a couple of 5-minute extra credit core classes, but I am pretty happy with what I got accomplished :)

I started new trackers for September today, but I’ll share those next week!

Peloton Road to 26.2 Program
Streaker365 Back to School Strength Schedule
Streaker365 ABCs Bootcamp Challenge
Streaker365 The Vote goes to…
Streaker365 Back to Bliss: Self Care & Wellness
Streaker365 Ab-versity
Streaker365 July Personal Streak (Daily Yoga/Pilates/Barre)
Streaker365 Serenity Sunday (restorative yoga + meditation)

Did you have a good week?

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