Weekly Run Down: Another Hot Week

Happy Sunday! It was another hot and humid week here. I feel like this summer has been super humid – it’ just so icky. On the plus side, I officially started my staycation after logging off work on Friday so I’m looking forward to a week of not answering emails and sitting it on tons of meetings.

Here’s how my workouts went this week.

Monday, August 22

AFO Walk + Run: Tove Lo 8/19/22 – Becs (15 minutes)
AFO Bootcamp: Tove Lo 8/19/22 – Joslyn (30 minutes)
AFO Ride: Tove Lo 8/19/22 – Bradley (15 minutes)
AFO Pilates: Tove Lo 8/19/22 – Aditi (15 minutes)
Orangetheory Fitness (60 minutes)

#nevermissamondy! I enjoy starting off my week with an OTF class especially with my favorite coach. It was a good class to build up some mileage for marathon month but the strength block was super boring. For each block there were 2 different moves that you did on repeat. Granted there were three blocks so we have different moves each block, but I still found it to be boring. I also completed all of the Tove Lo classes. Another artist that I *thought* I didn’t know, but then I ended up recognizing two of her songs while doing the classes, lol. There are lots of songs that I enjoy but never know the artist name so this was one of those instances.

Tuesday, August 23

AFO Run: Muse 8/21/22 – Becs (30 minutes)
AFO Cool Down Walk: John Mayer 8/19/22 – Rebecca (10 minutes)
Full Body Strength 5/14/22 – Callie (30 minutes)
Feel Good Ride 5/15/22 – Ally (30 minutes)
AFO Post-Ride Stretch: Odesza 8/19/22 – Charlotte (5 minutes)

At first glance, I thought I wasn’t familiar with Muse but was pleasantly surprised that I recognized a few songs on Becs playlist. I think I might keep the John Mayer cool down walk in rotation because it was really good. I’m looking forward to taking the rest of the John Mayer classes too.

Wednesday, August 24

Orangetheory Fitness (60 minutes)
AFO Walk + Run: Big Sean 8/20/22 – Jess (30 minutes)
AFO Full Body Strength: Big Sean 8/20/22 – Assal – (30 minutes)
AFO Full Body Stretch: Florence + The Machine 8/19/22 – Hannah C (10 minutes)

I’m finally closing in on my goal for marathon month at OTF. I should be able to hit my distance by the end of my class on Saturday (fingers crossed). Loved the Big Sean classes, especially the walk + run. That class should have been called hike + run because Jess had us on a high incline for all the walking sections of class. The strength class was my first class with the new strength instructor in Germany, Assal. I enjoyed the class, even with all of the turkish get-ups, lol.

Thursday, August 25

AFO Bike Bootcamp: Purple Disco Machine 8/19/22 – Cody (30 minutes)
AFO Bike Arms: Purple Disco Machine 8/19/22 – Cody (10 minutes)
AFO Bike Upper Body Strength: Purple Disco Machine 8/19/22 – Erik (20 minutes)
AFO Run: Purple Disco Machine 8/19/22 – Marcel M (20 minutes)
AFO Hike: Purple Disco Machine 8/19/22 – Rebecca (20 minutes)
AFO Run: Purple Disco Machine 8/19/22 – Becs (20 minutes)
AFO Post-Run Stretch: Alanis Morissette 8/19/22 – Tobias (5 minutes)

I didn’t have an OTF class so I decided to knock off a few AFO classes off my list. Purple Disco Machine is another “new to me” artist. Rebecca Kennedy described the sound perfectly as ‘disco music meets house music’. The songs were upbeat and perfect to get me through this stack of cycling, strength and running/walking!

Friday, August 26

AFO Walk + Run: Florence + Machine 8/19/22 – Selena (20 minutes)
AFO Arms: Florence + The Machine 8/19/22 – Tunde (10 minutes)
AFO Bodyweight Strength: The 1975 8/19/22 – Logan (10 minutes)
Orangetheory Fitness (60 minutes)
AFO Power Flow Yoga: Florence + The Machine 8/19/22 – Mariana (20 minutes)

I’m not a huge fan of Florence + The Machine (I like 2-3 of their songs) but these classes were good. I really liked the structure of the walk + run and arms classes. The OTF workout was a “switch” day, so we changed between strength and cardio every 10 minutes. It was a nice way to make the class go by faster.

Saturday, August 27

AFO Core Strength: Odesza 8/19/22 – Emma (10 minutes)
AFO Run: Latto 8/19/22 – Kirsten (15 minutes)
AFO Ride: Latto 8/19/22 – Robin (15 minutes)
AFO Arms & Shoulder Strength: Saweetie 8/19/22 – Callie (20 minutes)
Orangetheory Fitness (60 minutes)

I was pleasantly surprised with Emma’s core class – it was hard, but not brutal like many of her core classes, lol. The Latto run and ride classes were awesome! Loved the playlists for both. It was another great OTF class – I’ve enjoyed the classes this week. This class felt like a mix of an endurance and strength template.

I also “officially” completed marathon month since I hit 26.2 miles for the month…but since there are still a few days left in August. I’m going to aim to complete the ultra distance (31.1 miles) by taking two classes next week.

Sunday, August 28

AFO Walk: Alanis Morissette 8/21/22 – Jess K (30 minutes)
AFO Glutes & Legs Strength: Becky G 8/19/22 – Selena (10 minutes)
AFO Ride: Becky G 8/19/22 – Hannah C (20 minutes)
Yoga Flow 5/14/22 – Anna (45 minutes)

Decided to make today more of an active recovery day since I had a good amount of hard workouts this week. My legs appreciate a day off from weights and running 🙂

Summary:
Running – 19.4 miles
Cycle – 19.28 miles
Strength Training – 165 minutes
Orangetheory Fitness – 240 minutes
Peloton Artist Series Classes – 704/822

Orangetheory announced the dates for their September DriTri earlier in the week so of course I had to sign up. I don’t know why enjoy this event so much because it’s so hard, but I think I just enjoy the feeling of accomplishment once it’s done.

I don’t really have any plans for my week off but I am looking forward to the break!

…and now for this week’s memes.

That’s it! I hope you had a great week 🙂

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

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