Happy Sunday! Are you enjoying the first few days of Fall? The weather here was kind of wacky with lots of humidity and rain but I am confident we will have those crisp and cool days soon!
Monday, September 20
Warm Up Run 8/20/21 – Matty (5 minutes)
British Hip Hop Run 1/27/21 – Jess (30 minutes)
LHM: Celebration Run 9/20/21 – Marcel (30 minutes)
Cool Down Walk 9/16/21 – Susie (10 minutes)
Core Strength 7/7/21 – Jess (10 minutes)
#nevermissamonday! It was all about running for this workout. I used these runs to complete the Back on My Feet Running Festival 10K. Both runs had amazing playlists. This was also my first live run with Marcel and I loved it! Also, you can never go wrong with a Jess Sims core class.
Tuesday, September 21
Sundays with Love Ride 11/8/20 – Ally (30 minutes)
Ed Sheeran Run 9/16/21 – Jermaine (20 minutes)
Ed Sheeran Full Body Strength 9/18/21 – Ben (20 minutes)
Orangetheory Fitness – Strength (45 minutes)
I enjoyed the OTF 5×5 Strength workout. It gave me a chance to really focus on my form which is always helpful. These two Ed Sheeran classes were okay – Jermaine’s run was a lot of fun and I loved the songs he choose for the playlist. While I normally love Ben’s strength classes, this one wasn’t my favorite as I felt the breaks between sets were a little too long.
Wednesday, September 22
Orangetheory Fitness – Power (60 minutes)
Sundays with Love Ride 11/22/20 – Ally (30 minutes)
Core Strength 7/7/21 – Jess (10 minutes)
Another spicy OTF workout with tons of speedwork on the treadmill. As you all know, speedwork is not my jam, but it’s good to break out of my comfort zone every now and then.
I took the day off work to spend time with one of my best friends. She lives in Seattle but was visiting family in New York this week so we met up in Manhattan to hang out for most of the day. I was in desperate need of a day off from work and it was nice to see her after 2 years (thanks to Covid).
Thursday, September 23
Saturday60: EDM 9/18/21 – Jess (60 minutes)
Pop Walk 9/21/21 – Jess (20 minutes)
Sundays with Love Ride 11/15/20 – Ally (30 minutes)
Core Strength 7/7/21 – Jess (10 minutes)
I usually take the Saturday60 bootcamp class live but missed it last weekend since I was doing the DriTri. For some reason I had a horrible side stitch for about 80% of the class. I tried everything to get rid of it but nothing worked so I just slowed down my pace a lot for the treadmill blocks. It was probably one of my worse bootcamp classes in terms of mileage and calories burned, but it was still a really great workout.
Friday, September 24
Premiere Run 9/15/21 – Jermaine (20 minutes)
Premiere Run 9/16/21 – Susie (20 minutes)
Latin Pop Core Strength 9/21/21 – Olivia (20 minutes)
Sundays with Love Ride 12/6/20 – Ally (30 minutes)
I finally got a chance to take the premiere runs from the new London Treadmill instructors and I really enjoyed both of them. Jermaine is super upbeat, positive and smiled throughout the whole run. Same for Susie – so positive and I could tell that she is a hardcore runner. She set the 12-hour treadmill World Record a few years ago – 68.5 miles!
During my workout I realized that I forgot to write my September Runfessions post – whoops! I runfess that work and life has been so busy this week that I just couldn’t carve out time for it.
Saturday, September 25
Sundays with Love Ride 12/13/20 – Ally (30 minutes)
Warm Up Walk 9/20/21 – Becs (5 minutes)
Saturday60: Full Body (Advanced) 9/25/21 – Jess (60 minutes)
Cool Down Walk 1/2/19 – Chase (10 minutes)
Post-Run Stretch 9/15/21 – Jermaine (5 minutes)
LHM Celebration Yoga Flow 9/25/21 – Ross (30 minutes)
The Saturday60 class was unreal. I knew it would be hard since it was an advanced class but I truly think she tried to make each segment harder than the last. It felt good to take a yoga class later on in the day as a nice recovery from the class.
Sunday, September 26
Orangetheory Fitness – Lift 45 (45 minutes)
Warm Up Walk 5/24/29 – Becs (10 minutes)
Sundays with Love Ride 12/20/20 – Ally (30 minutes)
HIIT Cardio 7/8/20 – Jess (15 minutes)
It’s been months since I’ve taken an OTF Lift45 class and I forgot how much I used to like it! On Sundays the class focuses on full body exercises so my entire body was feeling the burn by the end of class.
Total Weekly Mileage: 19.4 miles
Summary: 8 runs*, 6 cycle, 2 bootcamps, 1 yoga and 9 OTF/strength/HIIT classes.
*I include running from my OTF workouts, boot camp classes and stand alone runs.
Peloton Artist Series Classes Progress – 399/401
One of my favorite Peloton instructors, Cody, is on this season of Dancing with the Stars. I stopped watching the show many years ago but wanted to support Cody so I tuned into the show on Monday. I was quickly reminded of why I stopped watching the show – it’s so boring, especially if you don’t know any of the “stars” dancing, and one of the judges is so grumpy and mean. I’ll still continue to vote via my phone and online for Cody but doubt I’ll be watching the show every week.
…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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Coco says
Great memes, as usual, but my science degree has me picking the last one as my favorite. Sounds like you had a great week. Fantastic to have a day with a friend!!
kookyrunner says
The day with my friend was so worth it – I didn’t know how stressed I was until I had a day off 🙂
Liz Dexter says
How lovely to get to see your friend. I saw my best friend for the first time since Feb 2020 the other weekend, when we hugged hello I still don’t know how I managed to let go of her. So brilliant we can get to do this at last.
Great strong work, too. Is Bruno Tonioli one of the Dancing with the Stars judges? i think he must be as he’s not doing Strictly Come Dancing this year. We know half of the contestants this time so are actually watching it.
kookyrunner says
My friend and I had a good 2 minute hug. People probably thought we were crazy but we were just sO happy to see each other!
Bruno is one of the judges and he’s great! Len on the other hand is so crabby and mean – I really don’t like him.
Wendy says
I have never gotten a side stitch from anything but running! Ouch! And then didn’t you get so mad because it made you hold back?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile so wide–I can tell how happy you were to see your friend. I sure get that!!!!
kookyrunner says
Same! I only ever get them when I’m running and it’s so annoying when it doesn’t leave after a few minutes. I was frustrated for sure.
LOL – my smile is pretty big in that photo but it makes sense because I was beyond happy to see my friend.
Lisa @ Mile by Mile says
It must have been so nice to spend the day with your friend! I finally got to see my sister and her kids for the first time since January 2020. Grayson and my niece are just 3 weeks apart so it was fun to watch them play together again after such a long time.
Love all those memes, especially the science textbook one!!
kookyrunner says
So glad that you got to see your sister recently! Video calls are fine but there’s nothing like seeing your friends or family in person.
Deborah Brooks says
The santa meme lol! You hit all the new Peloton classes with all the new instructors this week. Nice job on your workouts. Yay for meeting up with friends again! You look so happy
kookyrunner says
The Santa meme is so timely! I really love all 5 of the new Peloton instructors – the only issue is that there isn’t enough time in the day to take all of their classes, lol.
Black Knight says
Great job on your workouts.
Too beautiful to meet a very good friend after a lot of time.
You cannot imagine my feeling at the reunion of the 72° Course of the Coast Guard after 40 years!!!!!
kookyrunner says
Thank you! Always good to see friends in person.
Kimberly Hatting says
Wow, that Peloton instructor set a 12-hour treadmill record?????? Wow. Totally WOW. That ain’t ever gonna happen in my world LOL It’s great you got to have that day with your friend <3
kookyrunner says
Yes – she’s amazing! When I read about how many miles she logged I was so impressed. You know I don’t mind the treadmill but 12 hours is extreme lol
Jenny says
Aw… love the Humpty Dumpty meme- that little egg enjoying fall is so cute! And the meme about the AC is totally life in Florida in the winter. My kids will ask to turn the heat on some mornings (because it can get chilly) and I’m like, no, it’ll be 80 degrees in a few hours.
Sounds like you had a great week of workouts and fun. You really did a lot! Glad you had a day off to see your friend.
kookyrunner says
The egg in the Humpty Dumpty meme is me, lol. I want to take advantage of all the Fall activities!
Michelle D. says
I love the Santa meme! LOL!
So glad you got to spend some time with your friend! You look so happy 🙂
kookyrunner says
I felt that the Santa meme was very timely, lol.
I was overjoyed to see my friend so glad that shows in the photo!
Marcia says
Omg I love that Santa meme! How wonderful to see a good friend! I felt that same way when I ran HTC with my friend from Oregon. I think I’d run it again just to see her! Ha! I’d totally forotten about DWTS. How does that show stay on TV??
kookyrunner says
I have no clue how DWTS has stayed on TV for so long – I think this is their 20th season!
Darlene S. Cardillo says
Great memes. I look forward to them.
Your peloton runs make me want download a few. My membership ends in a month. Sigh.
So great you could meet your friend in NYC.
Haven’t watched DWTS in years but with Cody….
kookyrunner says
Definitely try a few Peloton runs before your membership expires! Some of the instructors are more chatty than others, but overall I really enjoy the runs.
Judy @ Chocolaterunsjudy says
How great to get to meet up with one of your BFFs & have a day off of work too! I know you needed that, Kim.
The meme about needing heat then opening windows then AC — this is my life! And about 20 outfits a day, LOL!
I actually enjoy DWTS. I just like to watch dancing, and many of them are SO amazing. My Dad loved the show too.
kookyrunner says
Thanks Judy! It was really a fun day in the city and it was nice to have a day off work in the middle of the week. Great for a recharge!
Jenn says
Oh, those memes! They are always so spot on!
I love the smiles on your faces. I have some friends who I haven’t seen in forever, and I can’t imagine how great it will be to see them again. <3
kookyrunner says
I definitely underestimated how much I missed seeing my friend in person – it was wonderful!