Week in Review (October 29 - November 4)

Tuesday (13,378 steps) - Olive walk before going to work in the office. Quick StairMaster, climbing Big Ben.

Also did a full body workout and stretching. Apparently today was National Candy Corn Day. Unknowingly, I wore my candy cane shorts.

Took Olive for a walk when I got home from work. Enjoying fall and daylight while it is still around :(

Made burrito bowls for dinner and watched Murders - sadly, it was the season finale!

Wednesday (14,346 steps) - Olive walk before going to work. Strength training and stretching at lunch. Pretty sure we watched one of the last Friday the 13th movies, but won't get them all done before Halloween.

Thursday (18,260 steps) - Work from home. Went for my run and it seemed really sunny and hot. Felt pretty good though.

Temperatures were a bit cooler for Olive's walk. Since it was Halloween, she wore her costume.

We went to Kristin's for dinner and Trick or Shot. It was pretty chilly after the sun set and I had to convince Ben to get out of there around 7:45. It was nice sitting on the couch and watching another Friday the 13th.

Friday (14,669 steps) - Wash Park with Olive and the gang! Chilly, but a nice sunrise. I wore my new North Face puffer mittens and my hands didn't get crazy cold. (Of course winter isn't actually HERE yet, either).

When I got to the office, I set up my winter lights. NO, they are not CHRISTMAS lights. Backstory - I bought Ariel lights to decorate her door and dorm room for Halloween and was jealous, so I got some fun lights for my desk.

Meanwhile, Olive had to suffer through another boring day at work.

We went to Torchy's for dinner since we missed our standing Thursday visit because of Halloween. There was not a taco of the month so I tried the quesadilla plate, which was decent.

Took Olive for a walk when we got home. Sad to see the Halloween decorations are coming down so soon.

Saturday (39,769 steps) - Backcountry Wilderness half marathon, recap to come.

Took Olive for a walk when I got home while Ben went to the library to vote. (Long story, but our mail carrier didn't deliver his ballot, and apparently election mail cannot be forwarded, so he had to vote in person). Olive had her grooming appointment, so we had lunch next door at Four Noses while we waited for her to be finished. The BBQ was a new-to-us food truck and it was delicious!

Olive's haircut turned out great!

Maybe this was the night we started the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series?

Sunday (13,838 steps) - Stupid time change. We were up before our alarms. Got ready and headed out to get coffee and pick Ariel up. We headed over to Runners Roost in Golden for our end-of-year race team gettogether. 

I had promised no running (not that I wanted to anyway), so we planned on a walk/hike. Jeannene and Ollie joined us for a loop up/around South Table. 

There was coffee and snacks at the store, we planned to go out to breakfast so we only had the coffee. After the "party" was done we went to Table Mountain Inn for food. Thankfully they had an enclosed patio that Olive was allowed on.

Breakfast was DELICIOUS, and the portions were HUGE.

We dropped Ariel off at home and then headed back north. Ben went out to run some errands and I took Olive for a walk and then did some driving. Another Nightmare on Elm Street.

Monday (15,829 steps) - Work from home. It was CHILLY since we had received a small amount of snow overnight. I needed to run and walk Olive and put it off ALL MORNING. By the time I braved walking Olive it was nearly 11:30 and it was overcast and brisk. I got dressed for my run and nearly headed out completely overdressed. The sun came out and it wasn't bad at all. 

It seems the new trailhead at the library is nearly complete! I haven't run by here in a bit.

Planned to do some driving after work but only got one offer so I met Ben at Parry's for dinner.

We took Olive for a quick walk when we got home. Can definitely feel the cold weather rolling in, this was chilly! We watched "Nightmare on Elm Street 3" and I fell asleep at the end. Bed just after 9 pm?? I don't remember the time change affecting me so badly in years past.

Stats:

• 130,089 steps
• 23.34 miles run
• 18.67 miles walked
• 8 minutes of cardio
• 80 minutes of strength

Week in Review (October 22 - October 28)

Tuesday (11,740 steps) - Did not want to get up today, but I had to go to work, so I took Olive for a walk before going into the office. I spent the whole day really busy getting caught up after being out of the office for 3 days. Went to the gym at lunch and got in my upper body video and stretching, plus time on the bike. Took Olive for a walk when I got home. 

We went to 4 Noses for happy hour and then Ben made dinner. Only Murders after eating and in bed relatively early. 

Wednesday (12,843 steps) - Walked Olive before going into the office for work. Lisa was in town for a few days, but since I had been in New Hampshire I hadn't been able to see her, so we had made plans to have lunch before she had to fly back. 

Food and company were both amazing. After work I took Olive for a walk. Colors are so pretty right now!

Met Ben at Parry's for dinner and beer.

We were at home watching Barbarian when Ariel texted and asked if we could come get her instead of me driving down early in the morning for us to vote. Since we had been drinking we called an Uber for her and she joined us for the rest of the movie. Super nice to have her at home!

Thursday (10,113 steps) - Ariel and I had breakfast together and I worked for a bit while she gathered some of her warmer clothes to take back to school with her. Her first Presidential election!

We got coffee after dropping off our ballots. Got more work done when I got home and did laundry. I finally put the buckles in my second buckle holder! 

The whole basement is looking pretty impressive, if I do say so myself...

I took Olive for a walk and it was a really nice afternoon! It had been cold in the morning, so I had left the house in my "house sweater" and after about 15 minutes I was roasting in the sun. Olive was probably warm in her bee costume also.

Torchy's for dinner and then we watched A Quiet Place 1 and 2 (we had watched the prequel a while back).

Friday (13,628 steps) - Wash Park with Olive and the gang. Work in the office after. Olive was a hit in her bee costume. She also got to meet giant Paddington (the dog), but I didn't think to get a picture of them.

Ben and I met at Parry's for dinner.

We got back into Friday the 13th movies.

Saturday (19,940 steps) - Up early to go to Denver Runner's Roost for the Colfax pancake run. It was supposed to start at 8 and we pulled into the lot right at 8 and it was PACKED. Seriously the most full I have ever seen it. I was saying hi to people right and left (which is a lot of the reason I wanted to go). We didn't start the run until probably 8:20. I had an hour on schedule, so we joined Janet and another lady for the 12 minute pace group. I had plans on doing around 5 miles. The pace felt pretty fast at first, but it actually wasn't as bad as I feared it might be. And I actually do really like running in the city in the fall, the trees are so pretty!

We turned around in Wash Park and headed back and got just under five miles. The line for pancakes was really long, but worth it. We 

Lisa, Annette, Ang, me

We walked around the store, but neither of us bought anything, which must be a record. Took Olive for a walk when we got home,

Took Olive to PetSmart to try on shoes. She actually did really well and we are going to give this a shot during the winter to see if we can prevent some of the snowballs in her toe fur.

4 Noses for happy hour and an open face (on grilled cheese) burger. Yum.

More Friday the 13th?

Sunday (18,083 steps) - Tried to sleep in. We had a lot of things to get done, so Ben and I skipped going for an offsite run and I did my hour(ish) close to home. It has been really cold in the house since we haven't turned on the heat yet and I severely overdressed.

Got home, took a quick shower and then we went to Costco for a quick lunch and to pick up groceries for the week. We got to 4 Noses just in time for the Howl-een party. They were doing a dog costume contest and of course we entered Olive. Unfortunately she only kept her antennae on when she was sitting, so when she did her runway walk it was just her regular outfit. There were a LOT of really cute costumes and Olive did not win (even though she is adorable, there were much better costumes out there).

Stopped at home before going out to do a few deliveries. Then I took Olive for a walk. Still really pretty out!

Shepherd's Pie for dinner and MORE Friday the 13th.

Monday (18,494 steps) - Work from home. Procrastinated going on my run forever. When I finally headed out it was definitely warm. Not a bad run, thankfully. Took Olive for a long walk also. Winter is right around the corner and enjoying these nice fall days.

After I got off work I went out driving for a bit. Made pasta for dinner and watched more Friday the 13th. Not sure at this rate if we are going to get through them all before Halloween is over.

Stats:

• 104,841 steps
• 13.92 miles run
• 16.3 miles walked
• 25 minutes of cardio
• 60 minutes of strength