Peloton has released a special Walk + Run class featuring soccer stars Abby Wambach and Julie Foudy alongside Kirsten Ferguson, with the class also serving as part of an episode of their women’s sports podcast, Welcome to the Party.
The 20 min “Welcome To The Party Walk + Run” class was released to the on-demand library on Tuesday, September 29 at 12:00am ET.
Peloton describes the class by saying:
“Join soccer stars Abby Wambach and Julie Foudy for an on-the-Tread episode of their women’s sports podcast, Welcome to the Party. Walk, run, and get inspired in this one-of-a-kind class with Kirsten!”
Both Wambach and Foudy were mic’d up and talking with Kirsten throughout the class. Peloton also pulled two Treads in closer from the sides of the studio, making the two a featured part of the class rather than having them participate from regular Tread positions.
The class is also featured in a Welcome to the Party podcast episode titled “Welcome To the Peloton Party.”
The full podcast runs 46 minutes, compared to the 20-minute Peloton class, so it includes additional material beyond what members hear during the class.
During the workout portion, Wambach and Foudy take the Walk + Run with Kirsten and work in one of their “Minute to Win It” competitions. Kirsten also talks about going from hating running to training for a marathon, the role community has played in keeping her moving, and knowing when it is time to push or recover.
The full episode of the podcast also includes Glennon Doyle joining a WNBA playoff bracket competition before the Peloton portion.
Members can listen to the full Welcome To the Peloton Party episode on Spotify.
Welcome to the Party is hosted by Wambach and Foudy, former United States women’s national team teammates, with regular appearances from Billie Jean King. The show focuses on women’s sports and releases new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.
Peloton has blended podcasts and workouts before through the Set the Pace series, which places episodes of the New York Road Runners podcast co-hosted by Becs Gentry into the Peloton library as Outdoor audio workouts. This class takes a different approach, with the podcast hosts physically joining Kirsten inside the studio while recording part of their episode.
This isn’t the first time Peloton has had two high-profile guests take a Tread class while wearing microphones. In 2023, Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King joined Jess Sims for a 20 min Hike, with both interacting with Jess throughout the workout. In that class they used regular studio Treads, while Wambach and Foudy’s Treads were pulled closer to Kirsten for this recording.
Did you take the Welcome To The Party Walk + Run class?
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