Weekly Workouts – but wait, there’s more!

Hi everyone! If you’ve been reading my blog lately, there’s been a lot of Starbucks talk going on. This week I had to laugh because not only did I get my two free drinks on the weekend for being a Visa cardholder, I also got a Barista pick (could be used for another drink, it’s just another Visa benefit you get), AND I won 150 stars playing the Starbucks for Life Game. So yep, that means I got FOUR more free drinks this week without using my 39 remaining free drinks. Life is good 🙂 I even tried an Eggnog Frappucino and it was unexpectedly yummy. But on to fitness… 23 miles of running this week! Here’s what went down…

Mon – 30 mins elliptical. Getting my daily morning sweat session!  In the evening I did a Peloton Strength class.  The Intermediate classes haven’t been challenging me all the time, so we tried an Advanced class.  Holy moly, my arms were toast.  We did a bunch of skull crushers and also something called a “scapular push up”.  WTF?  That was some freaky torture.  And we did them one armed.  !!!!!!  I feared I was going to mess up my shoulder from a previous mountain biking “incident”, but luckily it didn’t bother it.

Tues – 5 miles treadmill. I was excited that my watch matches up with my treadmill pace very well when I wear my footpod!  I was hoping not to need the footpod, but I’d much rather see correct measurements than not use it.

One reason this is important – I just joined a 2021 Mileage Challenge with Dave’s Running.  There will be a Strava group and our running miles will be recorded.  Manually entered miles will count, but only up to 100 miles a year.  So, I really want to get credit for my miles!  BTW, this program is open to anyone, no matter where you live.  There are 3 levels of participation and the lowest level is free!  (a link is HERE)

We have been checking out the houses in our area with synchronized holiday light shows.  The effort and talent put into these displays are really very impressive!  This one had lights across the streets and tied four houses together!

Weds – 20 min Peloton Barre class, 25 mins Elliptical.  I thought I’d try out a different class, and I was very happy with the Barre class!  With just 20 mins it was challenging enough.  I recommend it!

PM workout, 30 mins Pilates.  What I would not recommend is the Peloton Pilates class.  This was just not the class for me.  I have never taken Pilates, so I had no idea what to expect.  Maybe this is a typical class, but it bored me completely.  We did the 10 min intro class, and it seemed like it was 8 minutes of breathing exercises.  The 20 min intermediate class was no better, and I almost just turned it off!  After the class we had a headstand contest to liven things up a bit!  I was quite happy that I could hold my pose for a decent amount of time!

Thurs – 5 miles running.  I was actually excited to run in the cold dark this morning because we got snow!!  I wore my xmas tights and noxgear lights.  I was feeling very festive!

Fri – 3.5 miles running. Still enjoying the snow!

Sat – Rest day!  We went to Frankenmuth MI, which is a small town decorated in a Bavarian theme.  We also did some shopping at Bronner’s, which is the largest Christmas store in the world!  Need an avocado ornament?   They’ve got it!  A sloth ornament?  Yep, those too!  Trust me, they’ve got something for everyone.  I was really happy to find an ornament for Grand Teton because we somehow forgot to buy one when we went on vacation this year!  

Sun – 10 mile, long run.  With this run I now have 27 more miles to hit 1,500 for the year.  I never set a goal, but as soon as I get near the end of the year, it’s a mental challenge for me to ignore any “level”.  This one is going to be close for sure!

Random note – I found this reflective jacket at a thrift store this week!  The style is a little old, but wow, check out the reflection!! 

And I got a nice gift from our Moms/She Runs This Town Secret Santa exchange.  Love the quote on the socks 🙂

For those celebrating Christmas, I hope you have a great one this week! For those celebrating Hanukkah, I hope your holiday was great too! I gotta say, with the COVID vaccines rolling out this past week, I really have a positive outlook on 2021.

Need some more inspiration? I’m linking up with Deborah at Confessions of a Mother Runner and Kim from Running on the Fly for their Weekly Run Down. Check out all of the fun blogs there!

Q: Have you heard of a scapular push up?

Q: Did you have any mileage goal for 2020? How did it go for you?