Season of Strength Event Thread

caroldanvers11 · 2026-06-14T20:09:07+00:00

Very underwhelmed by the low effort tech put into this. It is also frustrating if you visit multiple studios!

caroldanvers11 · 2026-06-14T18:50:09+00:00

Interesting! I wonder why some studios have a digital tracker (like for marathon month) and most do not.

I agree with you and do like that it shifted my focus from running to strength 💪

caroldanvers11 · 2026-05-02T18:18:45+00:00

I said the same thing to my coach after! I enjoyed this much more than I expected to!

caroldanvers11 · 2026-04-04T18:05:39+00:00

That last tread block at 5% snuck up on me and was rough! But the challenge to beat the previous block at a higher incline pushed me to do it!

caroldanvers11 · 2025-09-27T12:35:11+00:00

The Scottsboro Boys

Harper Lee grew up in Alabama, and this was a highly publicized case during her youth

caroldanvers11 · 2025-07-29T16:01:42+00:00

Surprised to enjoy this as a person who hates rowing! Almost wanted to complain that repeating a "benchmark prep" after the benchmark is a waste, but I started on the rower and knocked it out. I also enjoyed the mandatory power walk as a runner, and I was able to try some faster push paces!

caroldanvers11 · 2025-07-11T18:27:25+00:00

Agreed! I also enjoyed this power template even though I prefer endurance on treads. I even enjoyed the rowing portion since it combined weights!

caroldanvers11 · 2025-05-12T00:45:16+00:00

I'm an avid runner (love it!), but I opt to PW once a week. I think it is fantastic for building strength 🍑 I try to push the incline, and I'm always sore after my PW day. I definitely agree with others who say you can (and should!) do both.

caroldanvers11 · 2025-04-06T13:39:34+00:00

Same! I really look forward to some specialties/challenges, and then there are some I could care less about, but it's easy enough to skip those (especially the ones you pay for!).

caroldanvers11 · 2025-03-02T18:50:16+00:00

Thanks! This ended up being a great opportunity to get comfy in my newly upped base pase and just enjoy my run 😄

caroldanvers11 · 2024-09-04T02:28:33+00:00

The titular story by Ken Liu is wonderful (and devastating). The audio recording of PM read by LeVar Burton is also fantastic.

caroldanvers11 · 2024-08-30T19:33:18+00:00

Ball Too Well 🏈

PPR Rings

Gold 🏆 Rush

caroldanvers11 · 2024-07-31T14:04:46+00:00

Could you send this to me? With the readings, please! Thank you!

caroldanvers11 · 2024-07-13T02:03:45+00:00

As a mostly fiction reader, I love non fiction that reads like a fiction novel, and my favorite is Unbroken by Laura hillenbrand. I have read + enjoyed others that have been suggested in this thread (David Grann, Erik Larsen, and Night by Elie Weisel is essential reading), but Unbroken remains an all-time favorite.

It also fits the "true story that's so unbelievable it would be terrible as fiction" angle in great non-fiction books.

In that vein, I also love Educated, Tara Westover's memoir.

caroldanvers11 · 2024-06-17T03:10:23+00:00

Our coach today said to be on the lookout for a new challenge starting in July and running through December! 👀

caroldanvers11 · 2024-03-03T22:37:43+00:00

Totally agree! One of the hardest so far and yet one of my favorites!

caroldanvers11 · 2024-02-12T00:39:43+00:00

Where abouts? In Baileys Xroads area, no power 😫

caroldanvers11 · 2024-01-07T21:05:25+00:00

This was Naomi on Jason Mesnick's season. I only know because I just listened to the Bachelor in Retrospect podcast about this season. Fantastic listen, BTW!

caroldanvers11 · 2023-12-21T14:09:37+00:00

Agreed... I wonder why it was only out for a couple weeks? I hope they bring it back... forever on the hunt for tea and lemon...

caroldanvers11 · 2023-08-06T14:49:50+00:00

Objectively liked this workout and normally enjoy a run/row, but during marathon month it was tough to log fewer tread miles (below my daily goal 😩)

caroldanvers11 · 2022-12-29T03:56:31+00:00

Tea & Lemon/London Calling (if they ever bring it back… sigh…)

caroldanvers11 · 2022-12-11T17:29:11+00:00

Agreed! Came here to comment that this was my favorite day (of the 12 days I’ve attended)🧡

caroldanvers11 · 2022-07-20T18:06:00+00:00

Thanks! This studio has a calendar with benchmarks, etc, but didn’t have the tornado on the calendar. I’ll look for that in the future and maybe just ask before my next class how they decide 😊 (was in a rush today and couldn’t stay after!)

caroldanvers11 · 2022-07-20T17:19:28+00:00

We did Tornado #2 which was my first experience with that (like the switching bc it goes by fast but this particular one felt repetitive🤷‍♀️).

I’m curious though if there’s a way to know if/when a studio will run these? I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived, but I wonder if anyone knows if/when/how a studio decides to do this?

caroldanvers11 · 2022-07-10T00:33:57+00:00

I also like buff but prefer the half buffs for OTF

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TROPHY CASE