I’ve heard about the Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge (HBBC) in the past — Amanda from Run to the Finish has been hosting this challenge for a few years now. I never paid it much attention, though. I guess I figured I was too busy to add another thing to my schedule. (I’m a choral singer. We get pretty busy around the holidays!)
But … I like to work out. I know I’m going to stay active despite the extra time singing, but I could use the extra incentive to make sure I don’t let too many workouts slide. Plus it sounded like fun, and there’s a chance to win prizes!
We have a handy worksheet to track our points for different types of workouts. We have a private Facebook group (which is awesome!) to chat, discuss our workouts and motivate each other. And we get a bonus point each day for eating lots of fruits and veggies!
To keep things interesting, I also decided I’m going to attempt to do the Runners World Holiday Running Streak. All I have to do is run at least one mile every day, from Thanksgiving to New Year’s!
Week 1
Monday: Bikram yoga, boot camp class
Tuesday: 4-mile run
Wednesday: Bikram yoga
Thursday: Turkey Chase 10K, cook Thanksgiving dinner/dessert (yes, that counted as bonus points!)
Friday: 1-mile run, Workout of the Week (WOW) strength workout
Saturday: 10-mile run
Sunday: Bikram yoga, 1.6-mile walk, 2-mile run
I may have failed my veggie requirement a few days thanks to Thanksgiving (and leftovers) — I’m not counting mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie towards my quota 🙂 — but I’m looking forward to getting back on track in week two!
Way to go on week one and 2 long runs! The Runners World Challenge sounds neat too. Good Luck!
Thanks! Thanksgiving gave me a little extra running time 🙂 I’m looking forward to all my super-short runs, too!
Great job with your runs!! I totally failed on the fruits and veggies front too. Need to work on that a bit more this week!
Thanks!
As for fruit & veggies, I the secret is smoothies! I crammed quite a few in for breakfast this morning 🙂
Great week 1! I’m doing the RWStreak too! It’s kind of funny to go out to run 1 mile 🙂
Have a great week!
Thanks! This week I’m squeezing in some of my one-milers before or after boot camp, so that’ll be interesting …
Yay Merry Mishaps! I used to follow your blog years ago and then somehow lost track. It is good to see you again! Great start to HBBC!! Thankfully my knee did feel better on Sunday’s run, but I can tell I’ve got an IT band that is going to need some tender loving care or I foresee a problem in my future…
Yay! I used to follow you too, but I kind of stopped following all blogs unless I randomly click through from Twitter. I’m sure you’re still in my neglected Google Reader. Nice to find you again!
Looks like you had a great week, awesome! This is a super busy time, but this challenge will help. I too am doing the #RWRunstreak and I am doing #HBBC2012, they all kinda work together, so I am working towards all 3 at one time. That makes it easy! Have a great 2nd week!