Peloton Halloween Tricks And Treats

Posted on November 2, 2025 by Coco

I’ve always loved Halloween and Peloton helps me get into the 🎃holiday spirit 🎃 with so many fun classes—from silly to spooky. 👻💀 On the other hand, I think my office complex goes overboard with Halloween-themed decor to attract selfie-taking tourists.

Plus, nothing is as scary as the closed Starbucks😱

A few items would be fun, but the mish-mash of characters ranging from the Nightmare on Elm Street to Minions to the Addams Family to the Washington Commanders (yes, the football team—although they do need to come back to life …) is just tacky.

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DCA-ORD-BOS-DCA

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Coco

It was one of those weeks with back-to-back work events in different cities. I led programming for our new associates in Chicago, and then headed to Boston for a client meeting and small conference put on by my firm. I sacrificed workout time for early flights, but kept up my Peloton streak with a few airport walks.

Does anyone still print out paper tickets?

Home (DCA)

My week started with my usual routine at home, including two runs with Scooby.

Sunday: 6.25 Scooby Miles

It was brisk, but still short sleeves + shorts weather.

Tuesday: 4.67 Scooby Miles before heading to the airport

Back to long sleeves, but still in shorts.

Chicago (ORD)

I only had one morning in Chicago, but luckily the weather cooperated for a run. I headed out @ 6:00 am, and it was dark for more than 1/2 of my 5.75 mile run.

It was overcast, so no pretty sunrise.

The Lakefront Trail is so well-lit, I didn’t really need my headlamp,
but I did need my headband to keep my ears warm!

Boston (BOS)

I had one morning in Boston and it was dark for my entire 5.5 mile run. I ran down Commonwealth Avenue and along the outside of the Public Garden and Boston Common, and then headed back along the river.

It was a pretty morning even though I don’t have many photos to prove it!

I did not keep up with the Coretober workouts. Yes, I probably could have spared 10 min before heading to the airport at 5 am on Wednesday and at 6 am on Saturday, but it would have just stressed me out. I’ll catch up with a few I missed and probably will sub some of last week’s 10 min classes for a few of next week’s 20 min classes. 😉

My baby toe is still bothering me a bit, but it’s getting better. I did wear “normal” shoes this week, so that’s progress!

A huge thank you to Deborah and Kim for hosting the Weekly Run Down link up.

 

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Somebody Call A Toe Truck

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Coco

This week is ending better than I thought it would, but I definitely needed a toe truck a few days ago. That’s our family joke when somebody stubs a toe, and I did a number on my baby toe last Sunday. 😩

Oof!

Somebody Call A Toe Truck

As with most household injuries, it started with carelessness. I was dashing through the kitchen to grab the airpods I had forgotten for my workout. A kitchen stool I had left awry jumped out and attacked me, catching my baby toe as I ran by. 🙄 It hurt a bit in the moment 🤬 but as the day wore on it kept throbbing, and it was purple and swollen by the next morning. 🫣 I didn’t realize how bad it was until I tried to take Scooby for a walk. I grit my teeth and hobbled along—it took us 20 minutes to cover less than half a mile.

Luckily a few doses of meloxicam knocked the swelling down and I was able to run by Wednesday—although it still hurts a bit.

Weekly Run Down

The great toe tragedy struck on Sunday as I was getting ready to take a CVV ride.

It hadn’t realized the extent of the damage yet, so it didn’t stop me. This particular ride was focused on out of the saddle work, with a ladder of standing intervals you can see in the cadence and resistance graphs.

My injured toe didn’t interfere too much with my Coretober workouts, but I had to be careful getting into plank position.

I did all of this week’s classes, except I traded a Jess King pilates class for the dance cardio class.

By Wednesday I was ready to try lacing up my running shoes and glad my toe could tolerate them.

5.1 Scooby Miles

4.1 Scooby Miles

Temperatures were in the low- to mid-50s—my favorite running weather!

Friday I gave in to pop culture and took two of the classes from Peloton’s new Taylor Swift Life of A Showgirl collection.

I don’t take Ally’s classes very often but enjoyed this one.

Strength classes require more talking/coaching, but Katie let us focus on the music as much as possible.

I started Saturday with hot yoga, and then hopped on my treadmill for a sweaty run with Alex. All my “Scooby miles” are at a pretty easy pace, so I like to mix it up once in a while.

I’m sparing you the gory details!

A huge thank you to Deborah and Kim for hosting the Weekly Run Down link up.

Do you have any tricks for recovering from a stubbed toe? No way could I tolerate icing it!

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Coretober, Pelo-Drama, and Scooby Miles

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Coco

October is a popular month for core workouts, and nobody does Coretober better than my Peloton Breakthrough Crew Facebook group. The volunteer leaders created a calendar of workouts to keep us crunching and planking through Halloween.

Do you notice anything about the classes?

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Ominous October Coffee Date

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Coco

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Welcome to the 🎃 October 🎃  Ultimate Coffee Date! I know Halloween is a few weeks off, but it’s becoming one of those holidays people celebrate all month. 👻 You can tell us what you think about that or share … Continue reading →

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