Week in Review (May 12 - May 18)

Tuesday (17,534 steps) - Peloton and Olive walk before going to work. Gym at lunch. Someone was on the StairMaster when I first go there so I had to do my strength training first, then got my stairs in and a hike on the treadmill. 

Got more miles on my treadmill desk. Olive walk when I got home. Dinner and Good Wife. 

Wednesday (21,948 steps) - Olive walk before going to work. Took my lunch early since I had a speed workout to do and it was supposed to be almost 90 out. 

This felt hard, but mostly ok. UNTIL the last rep. I just had zero pep left in my step and barely got through it. 

I was so hot and grimy when I was done. Normally I just wash my face and go back to work, but this time I actually took a shower. Did a quick delivery on the way home. Ben had a work meeting after work so I took Olive for a longer walk. 

He still wasn't done by the time I got home so I went out and did another delivery. Dinner and Good Wife.

Thursday (15,582 steps) - The very rare morning run! 

It was supposed to be another very hot day, plus Ariel had plans to come by and take me out for an early birthday lunch. The run itself was fine! I took it very slow since I was still feeling Wednesday's speed work. Rower, upper body work and a core video to round out the morning. Ariel and I took Olive for a walk to the lake. Tokyo Joe's for lunch and we stayed there to eat since they had the air conditioning blasting. 

After work we all headed down to Highland Tap & Burger to meet up with Lisa for dinner!! 

It was great to see her, it's been a few years. Home, did a foot soak and Good Wife.

Friday (17,518 steps) - Wash Park with Olive and the gang. Took Olive for a short walk around lunchtime. Lisa messaged me to let me know she was ready to go for a walk, so Olive and I met her down the street for a mid-length walk. Rushed home after work to pack for my birthday weekend in the mountains. We were ready to go by probably 5:30 and thankfully we did not hit any traffic on the way up. Stopped at Outer Range and then Ben ordered pizza from Scrappy's for dinner. 

NA beer and NA seltzer with a view

Clancy and Mr. Fox are always happy for a road trip also:

Olive was a little unsure about the hotel room. Also since I actually did my hair for once we had to get a few selfies!

Ben got impatient and gave me my birthday presents early - some new tops from Patagonia! I think we tried to stay up and watch some TV but we were both tired and still went to sleep at our normal time. 

Saturday (35,614 steps) - Lisa was planning on coming up to the mountains to join us for a hike, but I had no idea what time that would be. Took Olive out for a quick bathroom break and then I went out for my pre-hike run. Greg had scheduled me for a long run, so I figured I would knock out 6-8 miles since the rest of the day would be hiking/jogging. I ran on the rec path and it was actually pretty decent! 

Lisa met us at the trailhead and we had plans to do the Vomit/Hippo loop. Of course as soon as we parked it started pouring rain. We waited it out for about 10 minutes and it thankfully cleared up. The weather ended up being pretty good the whole time although there was some "hot then cold" moments. Barely anyone was out, which is always nice. 

We went back to Outer Range and got lunch - another ahi tuna bowl for me. 

Lisa had to head back home and we were pretty tired so went back to the hotel.  Ordered in Cheba Hut for dinner (YUM) and Lee came by to visit for a bit. Cheba had been out of the brownies we ordered so Ben got me a slice of cheesecake from the restaurant in the hotel. 

Watched part of one of the Mission Impossible movies. 

TIRED DOG

Sunday (21,376 steps) - Took turns going to the lobby to pick up breakfast. Packed up and headed out for the day. Went to Miner's Creek for our hike/run of the day. The first 45 minutes or so was quite lovely. 

As we got closer to the turn for Gold Hill it started to snow! Thankfully it was short-lived and most of the way back was quite nice. 

Until we got about a mile from the truck and then a storm rolled in and it was windy/snowing/raining and we were getting pelted in the face. Of course it pretty much stopped by the time we got to the parking lot. 

A delicious mudslide latte!

Went to Outer Range, then a quick stop at the Columbia outlet store and one more stop at Cheba Hut to pick up our free subs before heading back home. Thankfully no traffic to Denver. Took Olive for a walk, unpacked and just relaxed the rest of the night, watched a movie, "Shelter."

Monday (20,672 steps) - Work from home! 

It had rained all night and was still raining when I got up in the morning. Took a Peloton class thinking I might get a shout out for my birthday, but NOPE!! Finally decided to go for my run around 11:30 because it didn't seem to be raining THAT bad. Turns out it was cold, rainy AND my Thailand jacket is only apparently waterproof for about 45 minutes. Definitely had some flashbacks from Wales. 

I was DRENCHED by the time I got home. Quickly changed into a dry sweatshirt, walked Olive, then sat in the sauna. 

After work I read for a bit until Ben got home to pick me up and take me out to dinner. Ariel met us for sushi!! We enjoyed hearing all about her first day at her new job as a geotechnical engineer. Back to the house for ice cream cake and then Good Wife. 

Well at least they got my name SORTA right at Dairy Queen

Pretty perfect birthday for an old person!

Stats:

• 150,064 steps
• 37.49 miles run
• 15.58 miles walked
• 55 minutes of cardio
• 55 minutes of strength
• 20 minutes of sauna

Week in Review (May 5 - May 11)

Tuesday (13,274 steps) - Peloton and a cold, wet Olive walk before going to work. Spent a large portion of the day watching the Cocodona livestream. Went to the gym at lunch and did the StairMaster, strength and walked on the treadmill.

Pulled out my treadmill desk for the first time in ages while. By the time I left work it was barely raining and when I got to Arvada it was a full-blown whiteout. Dinner, more Cocodona and a little bit of Good Wife. 

Wednesday (14,315 steps) - Well, we did get a LOT of snow overnight.

Since it's been so warm, the roads were relatively dry, so I still planned on going to work at the usual time, but walked Olive first. She was very happy to see snow again!

It was barely snowing at the house but was a blizzard closer to Denver. I had brought clothes for both inside and outside since I had a workout to do. Since it was still snowing pretty heavily at lunch I did my workout on the treadmill. I was watching the livestream again and watching Rachel crush it - glued to the screen to see if she could maintain her lead. The workout itself wasn't that bad with three intervals of running fast. Later in the day I watched Rachel WIN COCODONA. Crazy that she beat Dan's time from last year by actual hours. OVERALL WINNER WAS A FEMALE, OMG!! By the time I got off work it had stopped snowing and most of the snow had already melted. Colorado, you so crazy. Took Olive for a walk and assessed the damage to all the trees :(

Delicious dinner!

More livestream and Good Wife.

Thursday (14,002 steps) - Work from home! Took Olive for a short walk before I went for my easy run. I had been putting it off for hours and it was actually pretty decent. I figured the trails would be a mess so I did a random paved route. Did my thirty minutes of strength training and a sauna session.

Another Olive walk and a delivery before I met up with Ben at Torchy's. More livestream and Good Wife.

Friday (16,714 steps) - Actually got up early and went to Wash Park with the gang - first time in many months. Took Olive for another longer walk at lunch - a nice day considering we had a foot of snow two days earlier. 

After work I dropped Olive off at home and met Ben at 4 Noses for happy hour and dinner. More Cocodona livestream and Good Wife.

Saturday (28,006 steps) - Turned on the livestream as soon as we got up because it was nearing Golden Hour! I remembered that today was the day the tree/limb drop off was, so Ben got started on gathering everything and loading up the truck. He didn't think he could do it all in one trip, so he suggested I go for my run alone. Got dressed and headed up to Boulder for the loop I had planned. Actually had a REALLY good run overall. No walk breaks at all (!!) but I did have a side ache/cramp for probably 4-5 miles and had to use the bathroom for the last couple miles. 

Met Ben and Olive at 4 Noses. We didn't stay TOO long because there weren't really spots in the shade. Took Olive for a long walk to the lake when we got home, showered and then re-watched the last hour of the Cocodona livestream (although it was not live at this time). Holy cow, was the last finisher something to see, IYKYK. Ben ordered in Indian food for dinner, yum! Good Wife.

Sunday (18,017 steps) - Mother's Day, wooo. Ben took me to the Brunch House - I was glad I had the foresight to suggest we go early (just after 8), because it was already getting pretty crowded when we got there. It was helpful that it was just the two of us and we didn't have to wait. Food was amazing!

I thought we could go somewhere different (other than our normal Boulder loop), so we headed up to the Moffat Tunnel. No clue what trail conditions would be like, but we found out pretty early we were going to get wet from runoff. 

Olive was ecstatic that we found her snow to play in!

Attempted to go up to Crater Lake, but without traction it was really too slick for us to do safely, so we turned around about a half mile from the lake. 

Hard to believe this was the trail!

We stopped at Howlin Wind for a beer. I had hoped to get a coffee since there is also a coffee shop inside, but they had closed about 15 minutes before we got there. We headed back down to the city and made a stop at McDonald's to get me a McFlurry, but their stupid machine was broken. Annoying!! Went home and lounged around the house. Ben ordered in Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner. Good Wife. 

Monday (22,452 steps) - Work from home! It was supposed to be a very warm day, so I went for my run early. Another good run?? What's this?? It was warm, but not that bad and I (mostly) enjoyed myself.

Took Olive for a long walk to the lake. She was a bit mad that I wouldn't let her go in the lake.

After I got off work, Olive and I went outside to sit on the deck since it was nice outside. We had the most exciting thing happen. I heard a noise in one of our neighbor's yards and thought it must have been squirrels fighting but it was a FOX that jumped over our fence and ran through the backyard. Olive immediately started to chase it before it climbed/jumped the fence into Cameron's yard. Very exciting!! Ariel came over for late Mother's Day. Pizza for dinner and more Good Wife.

Stats:

• 126,780 steps
• 30.04 miles run
• 14.22 miles walked
• 40 minutes of cardio
• 50 minutes of strength
• 20 minutes of sauna