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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Week in Review (May 19 - May 25)

Tuesday (12,940 steps) - Peloton ride and Olive walk before going to work. I had a staff meeting at lunch which took longer than I would have liked, but at least we got catered lunch. Headed to the gym for stairs, strength training and a treadmill hike.

Solid workout! Walked Olive again when I got home. Ben picked up pizza for dinner. When I was feeding the cats I noticed Robin looked a little off and when I looked closer at her jaw she had a major injury of some kind so we ended up taking her to the emergency vet. Turns out she had an abscess (not sure what caused it) that had to be lanced and drained - which was messy and smelled awful.

She spent the night in the cone but seemingly still has an appetite, which is good. Good Wife.

Wednesday (19,251 steps) - Olive early walk and a bonus work from home day since I initially wasn't sure if I would need to take Robin back to the vet. Picked up my free birthday drink from Ziggi's.

Attempted to take Olive for a longer walk at lunch but it started to rain on us and I am just over being wet so we headed back home. Robin is still in the cone but seems to be doing ok.

After I got off work I headed up to Louisville to get my workout in. Dressed for winter and for the first half hour or so it was pretty perfect. I had a very long warm up and then some faster downhill sprints. Ended up with over a 10k for distance which was more than I expected.

Stopped at the store to say hi but didn't recognize anyone so didn't stay long. Ben made dinner, Good Wife. More cleaning of Robin's jaw and giving her meds that she didn't want.

Thursday (17,350 steps) - Work from home. Went for my run early since I had a busy day planned. Run actually was really good and the trails by the lake (at least on the north side) were pretty dry. Strength training and a shower before I took Olive for a walk to the lake.

Took Robin back to the vet where they prescribed additional anti-inflammatories, a pain reliever injection and did blood work. Found out her kidneys are not doing wonderful, so she also was prescribed some special food and kidney medication. The vet said she didn't need to keep the cone on, but she still is trying to scratch at her jawline, so we are going to leave it on overnight for a few more days to hopefully aid in healing. Met Ben at Torchy's for dinner and then took Olive for a walk. Good Wife.

Friday (11,306 steps) - Olive walk before going to work. Another walk late morning. We actually had an early release of noon, which is unheard of! I kept my app on in case any good offers came through (none did) and read while I waited for Ben to get off. He also got off work early, but not until 3. We met up at 4 Noses for an early happy hour. Olive walk, Panda for dinner and Good Wife.

Saturday (30,763 steps) - Took Olive for a walk and then drove down to Highlands Ranch for a run with Jandy and Christina in the backcountry! It was relatively warm, there were a lot of bikes and I seemed to be working pretty hard for lots of walk breaks. BUT, it was wonderful to run with friends, which is not something I get to do too much these days.

MATCHY MATCHY

There was a horrific accident that had I-70 closed on the way home and I got stuck in a pretty annoying detour that had tons of traffic. I stopped at Target on the way home to pick up a few things and of course ended up spending about ten times what I planned - the Target Effect!! Took Olive for a long walk to the lake. Robin hasn't been eating much her second vet visit, so after trying a few things that she had zero interest in, I took her back to the emergency vet. She had lost nearly another half-pound in the last week, and as a tiny cat that was worrisome. The vet suggested we stop the additional kidney medicines, give her a fluid injection, an anti-nausea injection and then just let her eat whatever she wants for now. Thankfully that seemed to kickstart her appetite and she ate a decent amount when we got back home. Ben ordered in pizza for dinner. We watched the new Jack Ryan Ghost War movie and part of a Good Wife episode.

Sunday (21,000 steps) - Ben opted to stay home for the run today, so I went to Rock Creek for what was supposed to be a very easy run. Most of it was, I didn't get close to Z3 until I was nearly back to the car.

Ben went to Costco while I was running and after we got everything unpacked we went for a walk with Olive to the lake.

Ariel came back to hang out for a few hours and we took Olive for a short walk before the next round of storms came though. Cheese for dinner and Good Wife.

Monday (17,136 steps) - Took Olive for a quick walk in the morning while we were figuring out our morning. Went up to Broomfield to visit with Ben's friend for a bit before going back home to prep for yet another run with friends! We went to Boulder to meet up with Kristin and Jeramiah for a 45ish minute run at Marshall Mesa. A great run, but probably not as "easy" as my coach would like.

Went to Illegal Pete's after for lunch and it was a zoo since the Bolder Boulder was earlier and there were still a ton of people in town. Picked up Olive and went to Rails End for a late afternoon happy hour before going home for the day - too many nuts out on Memorial Day! Robin thankfully is eating more so hopefully no more ER visits for her this week. Good Wife.

Stats:

129,746 steps
30.12 miles run
17.71 miles walked
40 minutes of cardio
50 minutes of strength
0 minutes of sauna

Friday, May 22, 2026

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.