Happy Sunday. I was riding the struggle bus HARD early in the week due to Daylight Savings Time. I finally felt back to “normal” around Wednesday afternoon. Because of the OTF DriTri on Saturday, I tried to focus on workouts that would give me a good sweat, but not burn me out completely.
Here’s how my workouts went this week:
Monday, March 15
Orangetheory Fitness – Power (45 minutes)
Peloton Hip Hop Ride 5/3/19 – Jess K. (30 minutes)
Peloton Core Strength 10/10/19 – Jess (20 minutes)
#nevermissamonday! Loved the morning OTF class because it had a mix of everything and lots of sprints and walking recoveries on the treadmill. It was a nice way to ease into the week since Daylight Savings Time zapped a lot of my energy.
Tuesday, March 16
Orangetheory Fitness – ESP (45 minutes)
Peloton Core Strength 3/3/20 – Jess (10 minutes)
Peloton Hike 1/15/20 – Jess (20 minutes)
Peloton Holiday Ride 12/20/19 – Emma (20 minutes)
I liked the OTF workout because I got to use heavy weights during the floor block and we had a run/row block for the endurance portion of the workout. I love run/rows because it allows me to push harder on the treadmill since we run for shorter distances. I enjoyed the random holiday ride class because I was feeling stressed out and wanted to hear some fun holiday music.
Wednesday, March 17
Orangetheory Fitness – Endurance (45 minutes)
Peloton Hike 6/17/20 – Jess (20 minutes)
Peloton Core Strength 12/26/19 – Jess (20 minutes)
Peloton WHM Celebration Yoga Flow 3/2/20 – Kristin (30 minutes)
We had the “Luck of the Draw” workout at OTF for St Patrick’s Day. Everyone had the same exercises on the floor (lots of TRX moves and core). Essentially the luck of the draw related to what distance you had to run on the treadmill or do on the rower. After running a 1 minute all out if you landed on an odd distance you had to run a certain distance on the treadmill. If you landed on an even number you had do to a 1,700 meter row, 17 overhead presses with a medicine ball, 170 meter row – and repeat. I ended up doing the row block. Overall, it was a really fun workout and a good way to start the day.
Thursday, March 18
Peloton Walk + Run 3/7/21 – Jess (30 minutes)
Peloton Power Zone Ride 5/4/19 – Matt (30 minutes)
Peloton Core Strength 9/4/20 – Jess (10 minutes)
The walk + run class was perfect since I wasn’t in the mood to run so I appreciated the run/walk intervals. I haven’t done a power zone ride in a while so it was nice to get back to my zones to see how I felt in each one.
Friday, March 19
Peloton R&B Walk 3/18/21 – Jess (30 minutes)
Peloton Groove Ride 5/4/19 – Cody (30 minutes)
Peloton Core Strength 9/18/20 – Jess (10 minutes)
I absolutely loved the R&B walk with Jess. The playlist was great and it put me in a good mood the rest of the day. The Groove ride with Cody was also fun. I wanted to keep the workouts light since I had the Orangetheory DriTri the following day.
Saturday, March 20
Orangetheory DriTri – Full (Peloton Outdoor Intervals Run 8/15/19 w/ Jess)
Orangetheory DriTri – Sprint (Peloton Outdoor HIIT Run 5/23/19 w/ Jess)
Peloton Ms. Lauryn Hill Yoga Flow 3/20/21 – Anna (30 minutes)
Peloton Core Strength 1/2/20 – Jess (20 minutes)
I had a great time doing the Orangetheory DriTri! I wasn’t too thrilled that it was 28 degrees when I started my first heat at 7am, and I couldn’t feel my fingers during the rowing block, but I quickly warmed up. For some reason I’m always able to fly through the floor exercises so that was the easiest part for me. I usually suffer during the run but I started off slow and then picked up the pace for the last mile and ended up with a PR – that was my ultimate goal so I was thrilled!
I think that using Peloton classes for the runs helped me with my pacing. My mom was doing the DriTri Sprint (the half version of the original DriTri) at 9am and she didn’t want to do it solo so I did the Sprint with her and it went well. I know she was nervous so I was happy that she conquered her fear and got it done. Between the two events I did a 3,000 meter row, 450 body weigh exercise and 4.65 miles. I refueled with pancakes and then hopped on a live Peloton yoga class for my 100th yoga class and did a quick core workout before resting the remainder of the day.
Sunday, March 21
Peloton Intervals & Arms Ride 5/4/19 – Christine (30 minutes)
Peloton Get Lifted Ride 5/5/19 – Ally (30 minutes)
My legs feel pretty sore from yesterday so I just focused on cycling today – no running.
Total Weekly Mileage: 10 miles
Summary: 6 runs*, 6 cycle, 2 yoga and 11 OTF/strength classes.
*I include running from my OTF workouts, boot camp classes and stand alone runs.
Peloton Artist Series Classes Progress – 231/234
I was pleasantly surprised with how good I felt during the DriTri, especially during the run portion since that’s usually where I struggle the most. Hoping I can channel that energy into the DriTri when my studio offers it again in September.
My dad went for his second vaccine shot on Wednesday so that made me super happy. The process was super quick and we were in an out in about 30 minutes. He really didn’t have any side effects except for a dull headache and a sore arm. What I’m not too thrilled about is the fact that Connecticut accelerated their vaccine rollout so instead of offering it by age group, I’m now rolled into the 16 and up crowd. While I understand why they did it, I think it’s going to make it even harder now to get an appointment. I cannot imagine what the online system is going to look like on April 5th…
…and now for this week’s memes 🙂
That’s it! I hope you had a great week 🙂
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Lisa @ Mile by Mile says
These memes are great!! Congrats on your dri-tri! That’s frustrating about the vaccine. We had a similar change here, but this week anyone over 60 is eligible and they expect to open it up to everyone by the end of April. I agree that it’s probably going to be crazy trying to get appointments for so many people at once!
kookyrunner says
Seems like most of the states are moving to opening up the appointments to everyone next month. I have a feeling that it’s going to be a nightmare to get an appointment but I’m hoping that I’m wrong!
Beckett @ Birchwood Pie says
Hang in there with the vax! I went from not being eligible to being eligible and having an appointment within days. It’s a game changer, that’s for sure.
I cringe every time that I have to fill in my age on a website and have to scroll…I wouldn’t say that I’m old but dang that’s a lotta scrolling.
Deborah Brooks says
oh gosh your memes this week are hilarious! Thanks for sharing, Huge congrats on your OTF progress. You crushed that!
kookyrunner says
Glad you enjoy the memes this week!
Wendy says
Congrats on your PR!!! It’s so great to see progress. I would love to do that Dri-Tri. We did something similar at CF once. I’ll have to see if they’ll bring it back. So fun.
I’m frustrated with trying to get a vaccine for my husband. He’s in the high risk group but it’s impossible to find an appointment. It’s like the hunger games here. My son was able to get the J&J vaccine in Wisco (he has asthma) and it was a very easy process. Illinois is a hot mess!
kookyrunner says
Thanks Wendy! It’s definitely great to see progress at OTF. I think I lose the most time on the run portion of the DriTri but it’s hard to get my legs moving after doing the other exercises!
I’m glad that your son was able to the the J&J vaccine and I hope that the process in Illinois improves soon!
Liz Dexter says
I’m frustrated about the vaccine here because we’re on 50+ at the moment and husband and I are 49, and the supply has dropped so they’ve slowed down. But his parents are getting their 2nd next weekend which is a massive relief. Good luck getting your appointment.
kookyrunner says
I’ve heard that the rollout has been slow in the UK. I hope that they are able to rectify that soon!
Jessie says
Ha, love the memes! Especially scrolling to find my birthday year, so true.
Great week of workouts for you! 100 yoga classes is a very impressive goal. Love your dedication and all the variety!
kookyrunner says
I’ve noticed that I have to scroll longer now to find my birth year and I don’t like it, lol.
Judy @ Chocolaterunsjudy says
Nice job on your PR Kim! It’s so awesome to see hard work pay off, right?
As far as I know so far, I will not be eligible until 5/1. And of course that doesn’t mean that I am going to be vaccinated on 5/1. sign. Maybe they’ll lower the age again before then, seriously, I just need it lowered one stinking year!
kookyrunner says
Thanks Judy! It was definitely good to see that I was able to crack 50 minutes. I’m hoping to shave off more time in September 🙂 I hope that they lower the age range for the vaccines so that you can at least book an appointment before 5/1.
Jenny Stancampiano says
Yes, Florida now opened the vaccines to everyone 50 and older but I still can’t get an appointment. But, lots of people are apparently getting it and that helps all of us. We’ll get it eventually.
The only reason daylight saving time didn’t suck around here is that the kids were off of school for spring break. We kind of had a week to ease into it.
I like the “original weight” meme… hee hee.
kookyrunner says
Darn, it’s so frustrating! It really comes down to luck with getting these appointments. I hope that you will be able to get an appt soon (fingers crossed)!
Kimberly Hatting says
Way to go on that Dri-Tri! Over a 1-minute PR is awesome! We weren’t twinning on the DST thing…I felt fine until Wednesday, then I was wiped (but I had so much stuff on Tuesday, in prepping for our trip). Thursday was my “recovery” day, then Friday found me back to normal.
kookyrunner says
Thanks #kimtim! It was a hard but fun event. It seems like DST had the opposite affect on us as I was dragging Monday-Wednesday lol.
Michelle D. says
Way to go on your DriTri PR! Your hard work is definitely paying off!
I feel your pain on the vax situation – MA just rolled out its revised schedule and I’m now lumped in the 16+ age group as well. The scheduling system here is still a mess so who knows how long it’s going to take to get an appointment.
Glad your dad got his second shot. Is your mom covered now too?
kookyrunner says
Thanks Michelle! The DriTri always freaks me out a bit because it seems like a lot of stuff but I always forget that it’s so much fun too!
My mom really can’t get the shot because of all of her allergies. She is going to talk to her doctor about it but right now it doesn’t seem like a viable option since she would probably have a severe allergic reaction.
Darlene S Cardillo says
Great job om the PR!! You are so inspiring with your OTF workouts.
That’s crazy about the `16+ age group. Maybe you’ll be lucky…more vaccines are available and if you get J & J, it’s only one shot.
kookyrunner says
Thanks Darlene! The DriTri is hard but it’s also a lot of fun too. Currently it seems like mostly educators are getting the J&J shot here but hopefully they will make that available to more people soon.
Coco says
Congrats on the Dri Tri PR! And wow on doing the full and the sprint! The St. Patrick’s Day workout sounds fun — I love how OTF gets creative with the workouts.
I haven’t heard how VA is going to handle the next stage of the roll-out. Did you/could you sign up already? I didn’t realize I could sign up before it was my turn, so I did it later than others, but at least I’m on the list when it opens up. So glad your Dad did OK with it.
kookyrunner says
OTF does really well with holiday themed workouts. It almost makes you forget how painful they can be, lol. Technically I can sign up for an appointment now as long as it’s after April 6th, but of course they are currently no available appointments so it’s just a waiting game at this point.
Zenaida Arroyo says
OMG, your memes are hilarious!! Or maybe they are even more funny because I just had an apple martini? 🙂 Ugh on the vaccination schedule. Hopefully you won’t have too much trouble getting an appointment.
kookyrunner says
Glad you enjoyed this week’s memes, lol 🙂
Marcia says
Look at that Dri-Tri PR! Congrats to you and your mom! Sounds like such a fun event. The vaccine rollout here in IL is the same except they’re saying April 12. I just don’t understand the thinking behind opening it to everyone when they could barely get the seniors done. It’s insane. OMG great memes as always!
kookyrunner says
Thanks! It was hard but really a lot of fun and it’s great because all the coaches are there too to cheer you on! The next few weeks should be very interesting in terms of the vaccine rollout. I agree that’s it’s a little crazy to open up appointments to all, yet not offer any additional vaccine sites to accommodate the extra appointments!
Jenn says
Girl. If I win a trip for two, I’m going twice, too!
Sounds like a great week!
I can drive to Orlando for a vaccine, or I can just wait a little more. I think we are waiting, because it’s only another month. And I don’t want drive 2.5 hours. But we will see.
kookyrunner says
I don’t blame you for waiting to get the vaccine in your city. A 2.5 hour drive is kind of far!
Renée @runlaugheatpie says
Looks like a good week Kim! congrats on your tridri PR! I understand the OTF workouts a bit more than the Peloton ones but it seems to me like the two really go well together. I also don’t use only one “program” – I like to combine too!
If it makes you feel any better at all I’m 52 and my group is 50 – 59 starting in May. But… that was the schedule before the rollout started already as a disaster. And since I’m in the low end of that age group, it will most likely be in August or September. I’m so fed up but what can i do?
Loving the memes. Especially the scrolling down to my year of birth hahaha!
Debbie @ Deb Runs says
LOL on the meme about scrolling down to the year you were born! Try scrolling all of the way down to 1957! 😳
I was so impressed when you told me how CT was rolling out their vaccination by reverse age groups, but now they’re just like VA. I just doesn’t make sense.
kookyrunner says
Yeah I was disappointed in the change in vaccine rollout but I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can still get an appointment next month.
Cari says
CONGRATS on the amazing PR and way to go doing both sessions so your mom wasn’t solo. I need to do more Jess Sims. I think that every time I read your run downs. This time maybe I will. LOL.
That friends one… LOL
kookyrunner says
Thanks Cari! I think you would like Jess because she’s hard but also encouraging.