Hello August!

I always love the feeling of turning the page to a new month. While I’m never one to wish time away, July felt l-o-n-g and I’m not sorry to see it head out the door. Let’s hope that August can come in and behave itself!

The 3rd week of the Pelothon 2020 challenge wrapped up this week. The goal was to complete at least 1 Peloton workout for 5 out of the 7 days. Here’s how my week went…

Monday — 3-miles and Strength Training. I just couldn’t face another run in the unrelenting humidity so I opted for a treadmill run along with core and body strength classes.

Tuesday —  Rest Day.
Wednesday — 3-mile run & Core. This was the best run of the week – my legs definitely benefited from the rest day and there was a slight break in the humidity – win!

Thursday — Yoga & Core.
Friday —  3-mile run, Strength Training & a 2-mile power walk. Selena’s 80’s Rock playlist was a lot of fun and made the run time pass quickly.

Saturday — Strength Training. I decided on 3 classes with one of my favorite Peloton instructors to complete the challenge.

Sunday — 5-mile run. For a bonus 6th day of Peloton, I listened to Matty’s 80s run which was truly the only bright spot of this struggle bus run.

I really liked the balance I had this week between running and strength work with the added bonus of one yoga session. While I don’t have any firm goals for August, I think I’d like to strive to see this mix every week.

How was your week? Did July feel long to you?

I’m linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Run Down.

I dealt with a humidity-induced migraine for a good portion of this week, so I kept things pretty subdued. I did complete week 2 of the Pelothon 2020 challenge. Here’s a quick run down of the week’s workouts.

While Week 1 was all about taking classes with your team’s instructors, for this week, the challenge was to take two live classes with any of the instructors. This took a little more coordination to fit in live classes with my work schedule.

Monday — Strength Training and PT exercises. I doubled up on a couple of classes with the #BreakthroughCrew instructors along with my PT exercises. My hip has been hinting that it’s a little unhappy lately so I know it’s time to get back to prioritizing my PT exercises.

Tuesday —  Rest Day. Migraine kicked in big time, so no working out.

Wednesday — 3-mile progressive run & Core. Coco had posted about the Peloton foam rolling classes so I added that to the mix as well.

Thursday — Yoga.  Finally got my first live class of the week with this 30 min flow yoga session focused on glutes. My migraine was finally starting to subside, and after a long workday, this class was just what I needed.

Friday — Strength training via yardwork. Weeding…just so much weeding!
Saturday — 3-mile run & Core. My second live class was a fun “Broadway Run” – I’ll admit I was a little skeptical going into this run but the instructor Matty proved to me that you can in fact run to show tunes.
Sunday — 3-mile run & Core. The humidity today was worse than yesterday, and I almost skipped this run altogether. Instead, I opted to keep it to another short and sweet 3 miles.

Nothing wildly exciting, but I am happy that despite a migraine that lasted a few days, I was able to keep up with my workouts. For the upcoming week Peloton is challenging us to complete classes 5 out of 7 days with any of their instructors. The forecast is showing some extreme temps ahead so this might be a good chance to check out some new strength or treadmill run classes.

I’m linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Run Down.

In case you missed it, be sure to check out my Buff Pack Run Cap review here.

Checking in on this very very steamy Sunday. How is everyone holding up? There’s no doubt that we are in the thick of summer weather now, am I right? I still don’t think I’ve cooled down from this morning’s run!

This week was the wrap up of the Great Run Across Massachusetts and the first week of Pelothon 2020, which definitely helped to keep me on track. Here’s how the week went down…

Monday — Strength Training. I took care of three of the six instructors on Day 1 with 10 min Strength for Runners with Matt, 10 min Arm Toning with Jenn, and 10 min Core and 5 min Full Body Stretch with Emma.  Emma also leads the Crush Your Core Program I started last week, so it’s nice that I can double-dip here.

Tuesday —  Stretch & Core. This was a crazy long day at work as I was trying to wrap up a bunch of things before taking a few days off. Normally I would have opted for yoga, but there isn’t a yoga instructor on the #BreakthroughCrew so I stacked a couple of stretch classes along with my core workout.

Wednesday — 3-mile run & Core. I tried one of Chase’s outdoor runs which I really enjoyed. And, later I found out Peloton featured me on their website.

Thursday — Strength Training.  15 min Bodyweight Strength with Adrian, 10 Arm Toning with Kendall, and more core work with Emma. This was my favorite combo of the week and I snagged my last instructor so Week 1 was done!

Friday — 3-mile run & Core. Pouring rain sent me to the treadmill, but Chase’s Hip Hop Fun Run helped to quickly pass the time. Emma’s 10 min core workout was challenging!
Saturday — Rest day.
Sunday — 3-mile run & Core. Can we just all agree that 81% humidity is just wrong?!

I really enjoyed the mix of Peloton workouts this week! Additionally, my family wrapped up our out and back run across Massachusetts and all received our t-shirts and medals

This shirt is so soft and a great cut!

It was so so nice to have some days off this week! It gave me a chance to meet up with friends for some outdoor dining, to read & relax, and generally just enjoy some time away from my computer. Another bonus for this week was getting back to my massage therapist! Her daycare is open again so she’s back to seeing clients – boy did I miss her!

For the week ahead, I’m looking forward to trying some of Peloton’s live classes as part of Week 2’s challenge.

How was your week? Tell me something you’re looking forward to.

I’m linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Run Down.

The heat and humidity continued to roar along this week and I find myself wondering when I’m going to finally acclimate to summer running. Nonetheless, I’m doing my best to embrace my summer workouts.

Here’s a quick run down on this week’s workouts.

Weekly Run Down

Monday — Day 1 of Peloton’s “Crush your core” program plus some much-needed flow yoga.

Tuesday — All Peloton all the time with day 2 of the core program, and two strength classes with one of my favorite instructors, Chase.

Wednesday — 3-mile run. Getting out early provided no relief from the heat and humidity, but at least I had the roads to myself.

Thursday — With a “feel like” temp of 101, it was back to the great indoors and more Peloton workouts along with some PT exercises to keep my hip happy.

My arms were jello after this toning class! Ally packed a lot into 10 minutes!

Friday — 3-mile run. Despite the swampfest, this run felt decent. To take my mind off the conditions, I turned this into a bit of a Fartlek. I followed up with day 4 of the core program.

Saturday — Rest!

Sunday — 4-mile run. I had planned for 6 but a couple of taps of the snooze button meant getting out the door later. At least I had company on this struggle bus ride. I still have day 5 of the core program on tap to finish out the first week of the program.

Kicking Off Pelothon

So in addition to completing the next 3 weeks of the Crush your Core program, I also signed on for a 4-week challenge Peloton is hosting called Pelothon. 6 teams take on new workout challenges each week and Peloton donates $1 million to 4 hunger relief organizations. I joined the #BreakthroughCrew team which features 3 of my favorite instructors Chase, Adrian, and Emma. I’m looking forward to checking out classes from the other 3 instructors on the team.

How was your week? Have you acclimated to summer running yet?

I’m linking up with Deborah and Kim for the Weekly Run Down.