Week in Review (July 14 - July 20)

Tuesday (13,261 steps) - Quick Peloton ride and Olive walk before going to work. Of note, it's interesting that the mileage for our detour route is the exact same as our normal "neighborhood" walk. Gym at lunch. Did a half hour on the StairMaster and it felt a lot harder for some reason, plus a bodyweight strength class. I always seem to forget that usually makes me MORE sore. 

Took Olive for a walk when I got home - HOT. 

While we were waiting for Ben to get home we were sitting on the patio since it's cooler outside right now - and the fox is back!! 

Ben brought home pizza for dinner and some groceries. Good Fight.

Wednesday (19,806 steps) - Up ridiculously early. Took Olive for a walk and then drove to North Table because I was planning on some repeats to get my vert in for the day. Still hard, but it was made more awesome because I saw a deer AND a lady told me "YOU'RE AMAZING!" 

Drove to the office and had just enough time to shower at the gym in our building and still get to work on time. Went for a walk at lunch, but shorter than planned because the only thing I forgot to pack was a spare pair of socks and the shoes I was wearing felt like they were giving me a blister. Did a delivery on the way home and then took Olive for a walk. By the time Ben got home it was really too late to cook anything so I just had leftovers. Good Fight.

Thursday (18,434 steps) - Since I woke up early (unintentionally), we took Olive for a walk and then I went for my run. 

Will never be a super fan of running in the morning but it was nice to not roast to death and get it out of the way early. Walked Olive at lunch and did a strength video. 

Randomly went to get a haircut and did a little bit of yard work before meeting Ben at Torchy's for dinner. Took Olive for a walk before settling down for more Good Fight. 

Friday (11,999 steps) - Didn't wake up in time for the Wash Park group, so I just took Olive for a walk around the neighborhood before we went to work. Took Olive for a walk at lunch. 

Did another walk later in the afternoon since we were both getting restless. Ben picked me up after he got done with work and we got sushi for dinner! What a fun surprise. 

Good Fight.

Saturday (34,468 steps) - Stupidly early walk with Olive before Joni stopped by the house so we could carpool up to Herman Gulch. We arrived at the lot just after 6:30 and it was already pretty full. I had planned for about ten miles round trip, hoping to top out close to 13,000'. It was a beautiful day and trails weren't crowded at all once we turned off for Jones Pass. 

Thankfully we didn't hit any traffic on the way home either. Ben and I went to Tap and Burger for lunch - which was delicious. 

Took Olive fora walk when it finally cooled down. Gyros for dinner and Good Fight.

Sunday (19,874 steps) - Olive walk while Ben went to get us Dutch Bros. Jones to Vasquez Pass for our adventure day! Thankfully there were very few people on the trails and we didn't get caught in any storms. 

Too hot to take Olive anywhere for a snack/happy hour, so we just went home. Good Fight.

Monday (16,465 steps) - Took Olive for a long walk to the lake before the heat. 

I also got in my run before I needed to start work. 

Olive had her grooming appointment late morning - her first time getting groomed by someone else since I started taking her in 2023!

Very happy with the results and even though it was a little more money, I think they did a good job. Tried to start getting things ready for Summit but it was just hellacious in the house. This heat has to stop!! After work I took Olive for another walk. Ben ordered in Panda for dinner. Good Wife.

Stats:

• 134,307 steps
• 25.51 miles run
• 15.16 miles walked
• 40 minutes of cardio
• 40 minutes of strength
• 0 minutes of sauna

Week in Review (July 7 - July 13)

Tuesday (14,192 steps) - Quick Peloton ride and Ben and I walked Olive before I went to work. Gym at lunch for stair climber and some bodyweight strength, plus a quick cooldown walk on the treadmill. 

Did a quick delivery on my way home and took Olive for a walk. 

Someone gave Al googly eyes??! 

Dinner and Good Fight. 

Wednesday (23,426 steps) - Ben and I walked Olive before I went to work. We had a fire drill in the morning - I can't remember the last time had one, I think they have ended up being on my remote days the last few years. Even though it was in the mid 90's, I went for a walk at lunch. After work I hurried up to Boulder for my hill workout of the night - Sanitas. I had invited both Andrew and Larry to join me. I had plans to do approximately 1.5 reps for about 2000' of gain. Larry and I lost Andrew early on in the climb and when we got to the summit we went back down to get him and summit a second time.

This was actually a great idea to get more of the vert in before heading down. It's been over a year since I was on this trail last and it was NOT in great shape - lots of loose rocks and gravel, so it was slow going. Andrew crushed us both on the descent on the fire road, however. 

He had to head out and Larry joined me for another partial climb up to hit my vert goal. Home and Ben surprised me with Cheba Hut - yum!

Thursday (15,121 steps) - Walk with Ben and Olive. Easy run with strides before it got too horrifically hot out. 

Shorter walk with Olive at lunch BECAUSE it was too hot and a strength workout. Torchy's for dinner and then took Olive for a walk. Good Fight. 

Friday (15,135 steps) - Since I woke up in time, Olive and I went down to Wash Park. It was good to see everyone and I was glad we made it this week since Pete was spreading the rest of Rocket's ashes. Had to walk Olive early because 1). she was bored and 2). it was horrifically hot again. 

Sneaked out of work a few minutes early so we could rush home and finish packing for another trip up the hill. We made good time, no traffic, and of course our first stop was Outer Range. 

We picked up full pizzas from Whole Foods for dinner. Stayed up too late. 

Saturday (40,081 steps) - Took Olive for a walk early before Lee gave us a ride to the Far East lot to pick up Christina for our mountain activity. We were planning on a modified route from the one we had done a few years ago - starting at the trailhead for Rainbow Lake, going up Miner's Creek and going over the peaks to Wheeler Junction. I was glad to have the time with Christina since she is going to be pacing a section at Summit. The weather was perfect, although almost too warm. 

The chubbiest marmot

We had a great day, and other than it being almost a mile longer than we thought - a good time. Lee kept us entertained with sending us "proof of life" pictures of Olive.

Christina dropped us off at Lee's so we could change and grab Olive, and then the four of us went to a new (to all of us) restaurant - Tacos and Tequila. The food was SO GOOD! 

A very delicious virgin Piña Colada

Christina headed home and we went to Outer Range. Picked up Cheba Hut on the way back to Lee's. Another Olive walk and up late again.

Sunday (15,415 steps) - We slept later than normal, so by the time we headed out for our activity the trailhead we wanted to park at was full, so we went somewhere new. With no idea of where we were going, we let Olive pick the route. We somehow ended up on a bunch of trails that had access to water and Olive managed to direct us in a lollipop. Not as much vert or mileage as I wanted, but it was a good day and new to us trails! 

Stopped for breakfast at the Sunshine Cafe (DELICIOUS). Not pictured is the slice of German Chocolate cheesecake I got to go. 

Our visit wasn't great because some yokel/regular showed up right when we started eating. He talked absolutely NONSTOP and had an offleash dog that just wandered around the patio. Annoying. Packed up all our things and headed out midafternoon. A few slowdowns in the usual places, but not terrible. Unpacked and did laundry. Ben made dinner while I walked Olive. 

Monday (21,330 steps) - With yet another day forecasted to be hot and miserable, I got up early to do my run. It wasn't awful, but I still don't like running early. 

Had time to also walk Olive before clocking in for the day - although we had to do a different route because they are pouring new cement on the bike path. 

With it being horribly hot, we decided to go to an early movie - Toy Story 5 (which we both really liked and were probably the only people there that weren't kids or parents of small children). We had an early dinner during the movie (hello, royale with cheese). Walked Olive when we got home and spent some time on the phone with Jillian. 

Finally got around to watching a bit of Good Fight. 

Stats:

• 144,700 steps
• 30.85 miles run
• 15.97 miles walked
• 45 minutes of cardio
• 50 minutes of strength
• 0 minutes of sauna