2025 Weekly Run Down 13/52 – Another (try at a) Power Zone Challenge

This week’s stats:

Running: 5 mi
Walking: 1.3 mi
Cycling: 41.5 mi
Strength: 10 min
Yoga/Pilates/Barre: 135 min
Warm up/Stretching/Mobility: 110 min
Meditation: 155 min

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

This week, Tanja and I start on another Power Zone Challenge, Saturday Night Zones. After having to drop out of the last challenge in January because of illness and traveling, I am excited to join again and hope I can finish this time! I am so excited to tackle another challenge with Tanja. We won’t be able to do all the rides together because of the time difference but we’re hoping to do one or two rides together per week. We chose the “Time Crunch” option, which means there are three rides – 30, 30, and 45 minutes – and another 30 minute class of your choice (probably a run for me!) each week. Since I am trying to also get back into running and squeeze in some other classes, this seemed to be the most doable option .

Monday

• 10 Min Focus Mediaton – Anna (3/7/25)
• 20 Min Morning Mobility – Matty (2/12/25) — Bounce into Spring/ Mobility in March
• 20 Min St. Patrick’s Day Yoga Flow – Kristin (3/17/24) — Personal Streak
• 10 Min Full Body Stretch – Ally (3/25/24) — Time-Out for Self-Care

I started this week with mobility work (I loved Matty’s Morning Mobility Class – highly recommend) and a St. Patrick’s Day yoga flow with Kristin. I really miss her as an instructor and hope we’ll have access to her old classes for a long time. 

Tuesday

• 10 Min Morning Meditation – Chelsea (3/6/25)
• 15 Min Morning Yoga Flow – Chelsea (10/3/24) — Personal Streak
• 5 Min Warm Up Ride – Sam (5/1/24)
• 30 Min Power Zone Endurance Classic Rock Ride – Sam (1/6/25) — W1R1
• 10 Min Full Body Stretch – Adrian (3/16/25)
• 15 Min Sleep Meditation – Ross (1/3/21)

Today I started with Week 1, Ride 1 of the Power Zone Challenge. I am super glad I did the SUMMIIT Climb the other week. It was a great preparation to get used to higher output again and I was able to hold the 6-minute Zone 3 intervals today. 

Wednesday

• 10 Min WHM: Intention Meditation – Anna (3/15/21)
• 10 Min Arms & Shoulders Strength – Logan (2/16/25) — Bounce into Spring
• 10 Min Barre: Glutes & Legs – Ally (2/11/25)
• 20 Min Upper Body Mobility – Adrian (1/16/25) — Mobility in March
• 20 Min Pop Punk Ride – Bradley (3/14/25)
• 5 Min Post-Ride Stretch – Bradley (12/21/23)
• 15 Min Restorative Yoga – Nico (8/7/23) — Personal Streak

I put together a fine little stack of strength and mobility work for today and also threw in a quick, 20-minute Pop Punk Ride with Bradley. He always makes me smile and that’s a good start to any day! 

Thursday

• 10 Min NBA Finals Pregame Meditation – Chelsea (6/6/24) — Time-Out for Self-Care
• 10 Min Focus Flow: For Riders – Ross (74/4/24) — Personal Streak
• 5 Min Get To Know Me Warm Up Ride – Jess K (2/9/25)
• 30 Min Power Zone Endurance Pop Ride – Matt (2/4/25) — W1R2
• 10 Min Hip Mobility – Selena (8/6/24) — Mobility in March/Bounce into Spring

I was tired this morning when I got up and almost skipped the Week 1, Ride 2 Power Zone Endurance Ride that I had scheduled, but discipline won and I am so glad I completed it today. The best way to deal with tiredness or low motivation is to just simply stick to the plan that you’ve made for yourself. If it’s on the calendar, it will get done. Works 98% of the time for me. I also saw Rachel on the LB again. Yay!

Friday

• 20 Min Restorative Yoga – Denis (7/18/21) — Personal Streak
• 30 Min Sleep Meditation – Kristin (4/10/24) 

Lately, Fridays seem to turn into my unplanned rest days of the week. I make workout plans and then opt for sleep and catch up with a bit of yoga and meditation. Oh well. Listen to your body, amirite?

Saturday

• 10 Min Peace Meditation – Kristin (2/7/24)
• 5 Min Pre-Run Warm Up – JJ (3/19/25)
• 30 Min 80s Run – Susie (3/9/25) — W1AR
• 15 Min Rock Run – Andy (3/11/25)
• 20 Min 90s Walk – Robin (7/20/23) — Bounce into Spring
• 10 Min Focus Flow: For Runners – Denis (4/10/23) — Personal Streak
• 5 Min Neck Mobility – Erik (8/20/24) — Mobility in March
• 20 Min Sleep Meditation – Ross (4/11/22)

I finally got outside for a run today. The weather was pleasant – mid-60s and sunny – and it was great to be outside and move my body. It really does help me get out of my head (or at least, work through some stuff).

Sunday

• 10 Min Acceptance Meditation – Ross (5/25/24)
• 5 Min Warm Up Ride – Matt (12/20/22)
• 45 Min Power Zone Ride – Matt (11/12/24) — W1R3
• 15 Min Focus Flow: For Riders – Ross/Tunde (7/7/23) — Personal Streak
• 10 Min Full Body Stretch – Callie (3/7/24) — Time-Out for Self-Care/Bounce into Spring
• 20 Min Restorative Yoga – Ross (10/20/21) — Serenity Sunday
• 10 Min Relaxing Meditation – Anna (4/7/23) — Serenity Sunday
• 20 Min Sleep Meditation – Kirra (11/24/24)

I completed Week 1 of the Saturday Night Zones Power Zone Challenge today and I was so happy I could finish out the week with Tanja. It’s always better to ride with friends! I also joined some of my Streakers365 friends for Serenity Sunday in the afternoon.

Current Challenges + Trackers:

Streaker365 Saturday Night Zones Power Zone Challenge
Streaker365 Bounce into Spring 
Streaker365 Mobility in March 
Streaker365 Time-Out for Self Care
Streaker365 March Personal Streak (Daily Yoga)
Streaker365 Serenity Sunday (restorative yoga + meditation)

Hope you had a good week and got outside!