August rolled in with another heatwave, and a cycle of steamy mornings, oppressive afternoon humidity, and late day storms. There’s nothing I could do but surrender to summer and do most of my running on my treadmill.
80F at 5:00 am!!
The newspaper said it was our 5th heatwave. At what point do we just call it summer?
Surrendering To What Is
“Surrender” isn’t a word I’ve associated with a positive outlook, but Jess Sims’s encouragement to “surrender to what is” helped me stay positive when I was dealing with my hamstring injury. When I surrendered to what is, I stopped wasting mental energy on wishing for what wasn’t, and focused on what I could do instead of lamenting what I couldn’t. Surrendering to what is doesn’t mean giving up on striving for more, but is a reminder to accept where you are now so you can progress from your starting point. To reach your goal, you need a plan to get there from where you are, not from where you wish you were.
Surrendering To Summer
With a hot morning forecast, I decided to surrender to summer and swap my Saturday morning run for hot yoga with my favorite instructor. I had to buy a new class package and was surprised to see that I qualified for the senior discount!
20% off is a good deal, so I surrendered to my “senior” status and signed up for the discount.
Surrendering to the A/C in my basement gym, I started Andy Speer’s 3-day Split strength program and celebrated two Peloton milestones—my 600th ride and 700th walk.
At the rate I’m going, it still could be a while
before I take my 25th Bike Bootcamp
I liked Andy’s classes a lot. They each focus on specific muscle groups, but he mixes up the moves so it’s not boring. The programming is challenging but do-able—especially if you surrender to where you are when choosing your weights. 😉
Here’s the play-by-play on how my week went down:
Sunday: 30 min Strength + 50 min Peloton Ride
I had put off all my weekend chores to Sunday, so I didn’t have time for an outdoor ride, but I started Andy’s program in the morning and then carved out time to take CVV’s latest 45 min ride before lunch. I told myself I would take it easy, but even doing the sustained pushes at a moderate effort got my heart rate up.
Monday: 4.0 Scooby Miles
I knew it was going to be the nicest morning of the week, so I took Scooby for a run. It was warm, but there was still a nice breeze once in a while. They’ve finished the construction at the neighborhood school so I have my old loop back, but I’m still waiting for them to turn on the old water fountain again. 🤞
Tuesday: 30 min FB Strength + 20 min Ride
It’s hard to pick strength classes to do in between Andy’s program. This Jess Sims class from May was core-focused, but not without some of her favorite shoulder moves—at least I wasn’t doing Andy’s next upper body class until Friday.
Wednesday: 30 min Strength + 3.5 Tread Miles
I paired Andy’s leg day with Mariana’s HIIT run—what was I thinking? Her programming was more “intervals” than HIIT, with three blocks of: 1:30 jog/:30 sprint, 1:00 jog/1:00 sprint, :30 jog/1:30 sprint, with 90 sec recovery between blocks.
Thursday: 5 min Core + 45 min Bike Bootcamp
I was saving my 600th ride for a live class with Hannah F on Friday, so I found a Bike Bootcamp class that didn’t look too crazy. This class was challenging enough to be “worth my time” (as Jess often says) but didn’t leave me questioning my life choices. 😉
Friday: Core + Strength + 3.5 Tread Miles + 20 min Peloton Ride
I did a “normal” morning workout, pairing Andy’s “push” class with Camilla’s Kid Cudie run and later took a break from work to hop on Hannah F’s live ride @ 1:00 pm for my 600th.
As an app user in a bike class I wasn’t expecting a shoutout, but Hannah gave me a nice one in the middle of class. 🤩
Saturday: Core + 30 min walk + CPY
After taking Scooby for a walk, I did a 15 min core class before joining John Hosking’s live walk @ 7:00 am for my 700th. Again, I wasn’t expecting a shoutout, but he got me during the stretch at the end. 😍
I had just enough time for toast and coffee before heading to yoga. I guess I can’t complain about the heat in a hot yoga class, but by the end it seemed my mat was a pool of sweat. 💦
Is that sun or sweat in my eye?
A huge thank you to Deborah and Kim for hosting the Weekly Run Down link up.
What are you surrendering to this week?
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Got for you. You are so consistent with your workouts.
I haven’t surrendered to the treadmill yet. I just skip it or walk or run very slow. This seems to be a tough summer for running or do I have amnesia.
It’s probably a bit of amnesia, but we have had warmer temperatures this year — especially over night.
Well I surrendered to summer a while ago! I am enjoying doing more strength right now and getting in my cardio with less running. I cannot imagine taking a hot yoga class at the moment but good for you for getting your discount.
Interval running mixed with leg & core strength sounds tough! How did you get on with it?
I LOVE that concept of surrendering to what is. Such a healthy and positive mindset!
We really have no other choice but seem inclined to resist that reality!
Today was the day I surrendered to summer. I skipped my morning run in lieu of waterskiing. It just seemed more appealing than running in 99% humidity.
Senior discounts? Heck, I’m letting my hair go gray, so why not? :p
Waterskiing is such a great way to surrender to summer — and enjoy it!
Ha, love the sentiment of surrendering to summer. I have been here too but I still will always say I prefer this heat to 30s! Even when running. I think my body is finally getting acclimated to the steamy, humidity. I also went swimming a few times which was great – gettin gin laps in 80 degrees was a perfect workout!
I’ve been surrendering a lot this summer. Never thought I’d be running the pace I now run, but it is what it is! I agree, 20% is a pretty good deal. But still, pretty funny! 😆 Great workouts for you this week!
I had a similar theme this week with “succumbing” 🙂 I think the positive thing about surrendering (or succumbing) is that we CHOSE to do so. Way to go on those Pelo shoutouts! You’re famous!!
I noticed your similar theme! Hopefulyl blogger will let me comment on your blog again someday. 🙁
A while ago I decided to stop complaining about the heat. I think of it more of “acceptance” than “surrender.” but I guess it’s the same thing! Sounds like once you surrendered, you had a great week. And, you got two Peloton shoutouts AND a senior discount! Can’t beat that.
That’s actually a very good expression, “to surrender”. During a hard workout, I usually tell myself “just roll with it”, or “go with the flow”, but “surrender” is more: you have to give up all inner resistance.
It’s so nice that you have AC in your basement! Here in Europe, AC isn’t a thing, but fortunately, we have a much cooler summer that you are having right now!
A/C is ubiquitous here. My basement is extra cool because it’s totally underground, but it still gets humid.
Oh what a week! And look at all those shouts outs!
I don’t know if I’m surrendering to anything right now. It’s our last week of summer before school starts and we’re sitting at home while Hurricane Debby does her thing.
oh, I miss Corepower! I used to be really into it back in the early blogging days…Glad you’re back at it!
Full fun week- stay cool in that heat!