Happy Sunday. What can I say about this week? It was another hard, emotionally draining week and I’m more than happy that it’s over. I wish I had some words of wisdom about the current events but unfortunately I don’t. All I can say is to continue to keep yourself updated on all that is going on and if you’re a believer, sending out a bunch of prayers surely couldn’t hurt either!
Here’s how my workouts went this week:
Monday, June 1
Peloton Coldplay Run 11/21/19 – Becs (30 minutes)
Peloton Full Body: Live From Home 5/28/20 – Jess (30 minutes)
I really love the combo of a run and strength training. I always feel like I get a really good workout. The Coldplay run was great! I love Becs but haven’t taken many of her classes and taking this class made me realize I need to change that.
Tuesday, June 2
Peloton A$AP Ferg Ride 11/24/19 – Tunde (30 minutes)
Peloton Burna Boy Ride 2/20/20 – Tunde (30 minutes)
More artist series rides! the A$AP ride was really a lot of fun – loved all the songs – and I can’t wait to take the A$AP run with Chase. I actually don’t know much about Burna Boy but I enjoyed the songs selected for the ride.
Wednesday, June 3
Peloton Pitbull Run 10/12/19 – Jess (30 minutes)
Peloton Pitbull Ride 10/10/19 – Ally (30 minutes)
This workout was a blast. I pretty much love all of Pitbull’s music so it was nice to have his songs to jam out to while running and cycling. I also used the run to complete my leg of the Global 24hr Relay for Global Running Day.
Thursday, June 4
Peloton Hip Hop Bootcamp 11/16/19 – Jess (60 minutes)
My one bootcamp class of the week and it was hard as usual!
Friday, June 5
Peloton Move for More HIIT Run 12/5/19 – Jess (10 minutes)
Peloton Intervals Ride 1/20/20 – Irene (30 minutes)
Peloton Bad Bunny Ride 10/1/19 – Cody (30 minutes)
Peloton Move for More HIIT Run 12/19/19 – Chase (10 minutes)
I realized that I had not done any speed work in a while so I decided to start and end my workout with intervals runs. Ten minutes for each run was all I needed – both were intense! This was the first ride I took with Irene and it was really good – I love her personality. Unfortunately I believe this was the only cycle class she has taught so far in English so I probably won’t be able to take anymore of her rides – she is one of the two instructors in Germany. I’m still making my way through the Artist Series rides and decided to take the Bad Bunny ride. I only knew one of his songs before doing the ride but it was really good and I got some new songs to add to my playlist!
Saturday, June 6
Peloton All-Star Ride 5/30/20 – Robin (20 minutes)
Peloton Speak Up Ride 6/3/20 – Tunde (30 minutes)
Peloton Arms & Shoulders Strength 5/26/20 – Adrian (20 minutes)
I saved these classes for the weekend because I knew that they would be very difficult, and I was right. My arms were on fire after the 20 minute class with Adrian. He kicks your butt all while smiling it’s so deceiving! The All Star ride was pretty intense as well, but I want to draw special attention to the Speak Up Ride. I wish that everyone could just listen to this ride. It was very powerful and touched on the recent events over the past week.
Sunday, June 7
Un-Canceled Project 10K
This week’s theme was community for the Un-canceled project. What a fitting theme considering all that is going on currently. I’m incredibly thankful to my community of friends, family and colleagues that showed up with week to show support and also to check up on me – it doesn’t go unnoticed and was much appreciated.
Total Weekly Mileage: 17 miles
Summary: 5 runs*, 7 cycle class (I don’t count warm up/cool down rides), 2 strength workouts and 1 bootcamp class.
*I include running from my OTF workouts, boot camp classes and stand alone runs as well.
Grade This Week – A
I wanted to talk more about community. This week I was reminded that I have some pretty amazing people as part of my community. My company has really stepped up in numerous ways – making donations to social justice non-profits, management checking in with employees to discuss our mental health and posting information on our intranet about employees can volunteer to help in the re-building efforts in different locations. I should mention that 20% of our employee staff is located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, so we’ve also been very concerned about employees that live there. Luckily all our employees in the area are okay for now.
It was very reassuring to realize that people I consider friends hold the same beliefs as me when it comes to social justice. It was heartwarming to see all of the #blackouttuesday posts earlier this week. Let me just say this: As a member of the African-American community, oftentimes you feel very alone when it comes to the topic of social justice. You feel like you’re in the fight alone. We’ve literally been screaming about this topic for decades as more and more black men and women lose their lives to police brutality. I think that viewing the horrific and senseless murder of George Floyd finally “woke up” everyone, and now it seems like we’re not in the fight alone. For that, I am thankful and I hope that finally, FINALLY, some changes are made so that this never happens again. I’m glad that the dialogue is starting and I hope it continues. Speaking of opening up dialogue, if you haven’t already, please take a look at Wendy’s post from Friday. What I’ve learned this week is that hard conversations are uncomfortable, but necessary for change.
Although this week was A LOT, I still feel like we need humor to balance out our emotions. Please enjoy the memes below…
I agree with this review of 2020
FACTS!
At this point, escaping Earth for a few days might be nice.
100% accurate. Faith and memes are getting me through the craziness.
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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Huge hugs to you, dear friend. If we lived closer, I’d ignore the social distancing protocol and hug you tightly in person. Just saying. Anyways, as always, your workouts amaze me…such a variety and such intensity! I am a spiritual person, and I can assure you it’s my rock in times like these. Stay strong <3
Thanks so much my friend, and thanks for all the text last week too 🙂 I gladly accept your virtual hug! One thing I have missed is hugging people.
Another solid workout week! That Coldplay workout sounds like fun!
The theme of the Un-Canceled project seems nearly providential. So nice that your company is looking out for its people.
I really like your last paragraph, too. 😉
And that meme with the “wait, there’s more” is hilarious!
Have a great week, Kim!
The Coldplay workout was great. I’m a huge fan of their music and while it’s not the most uptempo songs, they are all so meaningful.
That wait meme is one of my favorites of the week because that is exactly how this year has felt, lol.
Oh Kim, as always your memes are on point! Congrats on a strong week.
Thanks so much!
That colonoscopy prep meme cracks me up! It’s actually why I haven’t had a colonoscopy for a long time (and I need one).
Thank you for sharing my post. I had to say it. I want to do more. I want to understand. We need to have the hard conversations. Let’s keep it going.
I’ve never had a colonoscopy but I’ve heard enough horror stories to know that the meme is spot on, lol.
Thank you for being honest on here. And thanks for sharing Wendy’s post, i had missed it and just ready it. I forgot that you have colleagues here in Minneapolis. I’m glad they are all doing okay. I really hope people make the right choice in November.
There have really been some amazing community work happening here- between the clean-up and the donations, I’m proud of that side of Minneapolis.
And thanks for the humor- it helps!
Thanks Jessie. I was a little nervous to write that last paragraph but I’ve always been honest on here so I felt that it was okay to include.
Let’s hope that we are celebrating in November and not crying.
I’m so happy to see the people in Minneapolis come together to help. I was so sad to see all the destruction in the city – it made my heart hurt. I hope that the city is able to rebuild quickly.
Kim, thanks for opening up yourself. I’m really glad I’ve gotten to know you and hope someday we can meet up in real life. I’m trying hard to be hopeful that something will be different this time. I know the odds are stacked against it because so much racial and social injustice is institutionalized, but we the people need to take back control of our institutions — and the White House.
Great workouts as usual. That Hop Hop Bootcamp was recorded on my birthday. 😉
Thanks Coco. It feels weird to write about such topics on a running/fitness blog, but I feel that right now is the time. Like you, I’m finding it harder and harder to stay positive because I just feel like 2020 keeps throwing so much at us, but I’m thankful for my faith in times like these. Let’s also hope that November will be another huge turning point for this country.
I knew I really liked that Hip Hop bootcamp for some reason! 🙂
It was heart warming to see how so many communities came together these past few weeks. I still believe that most people are good and caring. You are right, adding a little humor these days is always good. You really had a fantastic mix of workouts this week. Do you plan them in advance or just wing it? Thanks for linking xoxo
I agree – it was really nice to see how many people stepped up over this past week. The more people we have in this fight, the better.
I normally think about my workouts the night before – I decide if I want to do running, strength or cycling – or a combo of two – and then I pick out the classes I want to do. It makes it easier for me to hit the ground running in the morning.
A fantastic week of workouts! And, thank you so much for sharing the Speak Up Ride – I listened to it during my walk yesterday.
There were times this week where I just felt like I was drowning – like you, it did my heart good to see so many step up. Stay strong my friend – I have to believe better days are coming.
So glad that you were able to listen to the Speak Up Ride while on a walk. Tunde did a great job.
So appropriate that you used the word “drowning” because that’s how I felt at times too. I am glad to see so many people stepping up for change.
Omg your memes are so spot on. Seriously all we can do is laugh at this point. I can’t even watch the news anymore. Well done on an A week!
Thanks Marcia! In these crazy times, I am thankful that I can get a few laughs from memes.
Another sold week of peleton workouts. You are inspiring.
Congrats on the un-canceled 10k. I seem to only motivate myself to do the 5ks.
Thanks for the meme. They always make me smile.
Hope things get better. Could they get worse??
I was thinking of doing a 5k yesterday but wanted to push myself to run longer. It’s amazing how hard a 10k feels now considering I ran a marathon last Fall.
Things can always get worse, but let’s hope that doesn’t happen. 2020 has been hard enough as it is.
So glad to hear your MSP colleagues are safe and your company is doing many good things. *HUGS*
These two weeks, these last six years since Eric Garner and all of the people before and in between. How did we get here and why are we still here? I so wish we were better
Thanks Cari! I was very worried about our colleagues in MSP but so happy that they are okay.
I often wonder how we got here as well. It’s been a very upsetting past few years but hopefully we have now turned a page.
Did you feel that hug I just sent you? OK, it was HUGS. 🙂 A Pitbull ride? That one sounds interesting. “But wait, there’s more.” Haha, I still remember the commercial. That meme made me laugh.
Thanks so much Zenaida! All hugs are definitely appreciated 🙂
Sending a big hug your way! It was such a hard week but I agree that I hope this movement brings about some real change. It’s finally gotten everyone paying attention, I just hate that it took another horrific event for that to happen. I hope you know we are all here for you!
Thanks so much Lisa! While I’m sad that it took another tragedy to bring change, it is a great thing to see how many people are now involved in bringing about systematic change.
Kim you had a great week of workouts. My workouts went in the toilet last week but I’m going to work on an upswing again. I feel a bit paralysed by everything going on and to be perfectly frank I really don’t know what the right thing to do is all the time. That sounds lame and I feel lame saying it. But make no mistake I am firmly on the side of BLM and anti-racism in general. I hear you, I see you and I respect you as a person, a woman and an African- American.
Totally understand what you mean about feeling paralyzed. I notice that happens more on days when I listen to the news too much, so I’ve been trying to limit my news intake over the past week. I think that you have always done the “right” thing. You speak out and you support people of color all the time and that’s being a great ally. Thank you for that!
Great job with your workouts.
We are seeing the impact of Black Lives Matter in Canada but we still have a long way to go. You matter! Thank you for always being inspiring on your blog and IG, I enjoy following you along.
Thanks so much for your kind words Anna 🙂
That’s great that you have so much support and community around you! It’s definitely been a tough few weeks. I’ve been heartened by how many of my friends and family are posting about black lives matter too.
The groundswell of support has really been great to see.
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I'm sorry you feel alone sometimes. This year has bit the big one, but the last few weeks have been extra horrible. I just hope people come to their senses soon. All of the hate and injustice has to end now.
Totally agree – this year has really been hard for so many different reasons.
Thanks for the link to Wendy’s post. The past week has been tough, and just unbelievable at times.
Great workouts this week. The Pitbull class sounds right up my alley.
Definitely such a hard week 🙁
Try out the Pitbull classes if you get the chance!
I appreciate your honesty, Kim. Since the vast majority of *this* community are not people of color, it can be hard to know what to say, what to do. I agree with you that I hope that this time is different. No one should have to be afraid to run because of the color of their skin. No one should lose their life or be imprisoned because of the color of their skin. Out of great tragedies sometimes great change can occur — let’s pray that that’s the case here.
On a lighter note, great workouts, as always!
Yeah, I was supposed to have a colonoscopy this year. Between all the other tests, and all the stuff going on with my parents in the beginning of the year, and then of course everything else that happened . . . nope, it hasn’t happened yet.
Thanks Judy. I agree that it can be hard to know what to say, but I hope that will not deter people from speaking up or asking questions. I think that’s the best way to get a great conversation started. We can all learn from each other 🙂
I’m sorry I missed on commenting here last week. Know that I stand beside you as an ally, and between you and an aggressor if there is ever one. I have been proud seeing people really stepping up and what companies have been doing – my husband works for an American company and they are closing down for the day on Friday for Juneteenth. I have to work but will finish early so I can watch Sitting in Limbo with him, which is a film about the Windrush scandal, which I know about in a fair bit of detail but need to understand better emotionally. I’ve also given him a list of good novels I’ve read which might help him understand as they have helped me. I’ve always tried to read about other people’s lives and experiences and have stepped in front of racist arseholes before now, but I’ve stepped up my donating and am being more vocal against dodgy comments on social media, etc. I had some of the books on those lists that have now gone out of stock, but I’m reading as I did, sprinkling them through my blog, so as to a) not be performative about it, b) drip feed information for a long time to come. Anyway this sounds like I’m centring myself so I just want to say I’m here, I hear you, I see you and I might not always understand, but I stand by you.
Thank you so much for your comment Liz. I love everything that you said and everything that you stand for. It’s a blessing to have you as an ally for the Black community 🙂