Week in Review (June 18 - June 24)

Tuesday (13,520 steps) - Peloton before work. After our power outage last week the stupid bike took forever to turn on and THEN decided to do a software update. Ugh. I only had time for a short ride with all the delay. Did strength training at lunch. Did a few deliveries. Ben and I took Olive for a walk.

Wednesday (35,104 steps) - I had the day off for Juneteenth, so Terri and I went to Bergen Peak, hoping that with it being a holiday it wouldn't be too crowded. We met at The Flats Beer Garden to carpool there and I was surprised to find a relatively full lot by 8 am. On a weekday. Terri had never been to Bergen, and since I've gotten "lost" multiple times, I had the map on standby to double check the intersections.

The trails somehow were not crowded at all. The weather was actually cool and overcast and it was nice not being too hot. There was a brief time when I thought I might actually be chilly, but I chose to ignore that since we are going through a major heat wave. 

It was a slower day on trails, but nice! We went ahead and got a beer. It was chilly enough that we actually were comfortable sitting inside by the fire. Crazy, I know.

The day got away from me and by the time I walked Olive and showered and did some reading it was time to go to run club for VIP night. Ben met us in Louisville and we went for a walk again since we had run earlier. The store made burgers and we stayed for a bit. We went to Murphy's and stayed way too long. Again. 

Thursday (19,851 steps) - Work from home. I went for my run really early because it was supposed to be another scorcher of a day. I didn't even realize it was windy until I was heading back on my second set of tempo and clearly hit a headwind. The tempo run itself actually went way better than expected and I only had to walk a short bit of my cooldown. Took Olive for a walk before it got even hotter. Did some driving after work and met up with Ben and Ariel at Torchy's for dinner. 

Short dog walk when we got home.

Friday (15,001 steps) - Wash Park and Stella's. Work in the office. It was a pretty busy day since I was covering for all of Erica's attorneys. I had plans on driving after work but it was slow and when I finally got a good order it put me near the house so I just went home. Ben and I wen to 4 Noses. Nice evening for the patio!

Saturday (28,693 steps) - Ben and I drove up to Rollinsville to meet Larry and Terri for an adventure. They had both done this route multiple times and it was a lot of dirt road and OHV. Very little "trail," although what there was, was a bit more rocky and technical than I had expected. 

We had plans to stop at the brewery in town but it didn't open until the afternoon so we stopped in Wondervu. I thought I had eaten at the cafe before, but I confused it with the tavern down the street. The beer was ok, the food was blah and the service was pretty terrible. We took Olive for a short walk and as soon as Ariel got home we went to Rachelle's house for her graduation party. After a bit Ben and I got bored, so A promised to get a ride home. We went to 4 Noses on the way home.

Sunday (17,770 steps) - We planned another adventure in the mountains since it was supposed to be in the mid 90's again. We went to Dutch Bros. for coffee and then we packed up the truck and went to Jones Pass. Even with a later start there were only maybe a dozen cars in the lot. It was a really gorgeous day, although it felt really warm.

We had to go up a few miles, but we found multiple snow fields for Olive to play in.

I doubt that Olive will ever really taking selfies. She sure is awkward.

We saw a few marmots and we decided their chirp sounds like a smoke detector that is running low on batteries.

We were both hungry and had planned on stopping at the brewery in Empire. Google really needs to update information, this place apparently closed last NOVEMBER... Ugh. Traffic was already garbage on the highway, but we decided to stop in  Evergreen for a beer and food. I reached out to Maureen since it was her birthday and since she didn't have plans, her and Colfax came up to join us.

El Rancho actually had some decent happy hour specials, but we decided to get closer to home. We stopped at Over Yonder and the service was atrocious and the beer marginal. Mo went home and we stopped at Parry's on the way home. Long day!
Monday (17,738 steps) - I had planned on getting up early to run, but overslept. Ugh. Went to Dutch Bros. with A. The most exciting part of my morning was the Spelling Bee!

Took Olive for a walk early, around 10, and it was already over 90. I had a run that I was supposed to do and I put it off too long. I went to the park because at least there are trees and I was hoping the shade might help.  It was in the mid 90's and the warm up and strides went fine, but the last few miles were pretty bad and I walked a lot, which isn't the norm for me anymore.

Went to Torchy's for lunch and finished up the work day. After work, Ariel and I went to the post office to mail her thank you cards and then dropped off our ballots. Ben brought home pizza for dinner!

Stats:

• 147,677 steps
• 36.39 miles run
• 18.39 miles walked 
• 20 minutes of cardio
• 45 minutes of strength

Week in Review (July 2 - July 8)

Tuesday (17,389 steps) - Strength class during lunch. Milk Market run club after work - although all I did was walk a few miles. Sandwiches were provided during dinner and I stuck around and had a beer with Lisa, Annette, Anne & Jenn. Fun night, and glad more people are starting to show up to this one.

Wednesday (21,064 steps) - Core class during lunch. Runners Roost Boulder!

A decided to do the regular trail route, but since I was unsure how I was going to feel, I opted to do a solo run on the cow path. The first few miles weren't terrible, but all my weekend miles caught up to me and the last bit was definitely not great.

Hoka hosted a BBQ, so we didn't have to cook dinner. Hooray!
Thursday (18,942 steps) - YAY for no work! Slept in late, and spent most of the day purging/cleaning.

Under the bathroom sink is so organized now...

Took a brief break to go to the grocery store, but otherwise, the whole day was spent at home. A and I took a quick walk to the lake and got caught in a bit of rain on the way home. Watched Olympus Has Fallen (because apparently we don't own Independence Day?) In bed early, although neighborhood fireworks kept me up later than I'd have liked.
Friday (27,943 steps) - Up early for some trail time. Drove up to Evergreen for a hike/run at Bergen Peak. Even though I have been on those trails at least a dozen times over the last five years, I managed to make MULTIPLE wrong turns and my planned ten mile loop ended up being over twelve. It was blissfully cloudy early, then the sun came out and it was WARM.

Stopped at El Rancho on the way home. I stupidly sat on the patio and ended up with a nasty burn.

Showered, more cleaning, trip to Yogurtland and Target and we got caught in yet another summer storm of torrential rain and hail.

Saturday (6,739 steps) - Slept in kind of. Now that we aren't running with Runners Edge, we had nowhere to go... There was supposed to be a "mile race" at Berkeley, although when we got to the store they were going to postpone. Sat around and chatted with Sully & Phil before heading to Lakewood for a BBQ and pool party at Jen's house.

Left there around four to go back to BPCO. Food, music and a rousing game of beer ball. Ben finally made it down (after apparently awful traffic in the mountains). By the time he got there, the grill was off so we had to stop and get him food at Torchy's on the way home.
Sunday (28,405 steps) - Slept in AGAIN. Man, I love a long weekend. I knew Ben wanted to get in a longer run, so we created a route on Garmin in Boulder/Eldorado. What a cool feature that I didn't know my watch could do. Create a route on Garmin app and then send it directly to your watch. It'll show you if you are off course and how many miles you have left. Of course the route I created was a bit wonky, and we ended up doing less than planned because it was a MILLION degrees. Of note, we did see our very first mountain lion on the mesa, and we saw Precious and Jake. So that was fun.

Stopped at Resolute on the way home, then picked up pho for dinner. Watched a movie and in bed later than planned.

Monday (22,541 steps) - New Terrain run club at North Table! A didn't want to go, so she stayed home with Pika. I met Ben there and we both decided to start early. He planned on the big loop, and I planned on the smaller "big" loop that I thought was around six miles. After some decently high mileage I was not super optimistic. Legs/feet actually felt ok (good sign, because the ball of my right foot was a bit achy after Sunday). It was super hot at the start, and thankfully, a few miles in the clouds came out! Struggled a bit on the big climb, but felt pretty good on the flats and downhills. Pace was relaxed. Once I was on the mesa it started to thunder and lightning, so I was happy to be on my way down. Rain started with just over a mile to go - helped cool things down.

Had some beers with everyone before heading home (way too late) for frozen pizza and chicken wings.

Stats:

• 143,023 steps
• 37.1 miles run (actually a lot of miles for only 4 runs & a week after an "ultra")
• Two gym classes