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

Week in Review (June 30 - July 6)

Tuesday (11,680 steps) - Olive walk before going to work. Went to the gym at lunch and did a hike on the treadmill. Dinner? Good Fight?

Wednesday (13,016 steps) - Olive walk before going to work. Gym at lunch for some strength training and another treadmill walk. Went out in the afternoon for another walk around the block. Olive walk when I got home. Dinner? Good Fight?

Thursday (17,855 steps) - Up early so I took Olive for a long walk to the lake. Went for a short run later in the morning. Not bad for first run back after a 100 miler. 

Walked Olive at lunch. Had my annual mammogram midafternoon - which thankfully is right down the street, so it's about a half hour of my day. Ben and I headed to Torchy's for dinner. Another Olive walk when we got home. Good Fight.

Friday (15,646 steps) - Had the day off for the 4th of July holiday, so took Olive for a quick walk before packing up our things to head up to the mountains for the weekend. We unfortunately hit a lot of traffic on the drive up. Quick trip to Outer Range and then stopped at Petco because I realized Olive was not wearing a patriotic bandana!

Ben and I took Olive for a walk on the trails near Tenderfoot and Straight Creek. 

Lee picked up pizza for dinner and I took Olive for a walk around the block before it got too dark. Stayed up much later than normal.

Saturday (22,519 steps) - Up at 5:30 to get dressed and stop for coffee and a donut on the way to the annual Herman Gulch hike! Thankfully, there were plenty of parking spaces. Definitely was a concern with the 4th actually falling on a Saturday. We had a pretty good-sized group and headed up the hill in perfect weather. 

The biggest excitement was seeing a young moose about halfway up the climb. 

Olive was sad to not have any snow and the lake at the top was definitely much lower than I've ever seen. 

Most of us headed down the hill to Cabin Creek for more socializing. Really warm and still no cover on the patio. Also, their customer service still sucks. We headed back up the hill to Outer Range for a drink and lunch. On the way to Lee's we stopped at the grocery store to pick up burgers and hot dogs to grill.

Very tired dog

Delicious food and Lee had a few other friends stop by. 

Sunday (16,699 steps) - Woke up early and decided it was better to pack up and head home before all the holiday traffic started. We stopped at Dutch on the way home. 

Ariel came by for a few minutes and went with me on walk with Olive. Got everything unpacked and started on laundry. Parry's for lunch because for some reason Ben felt like having a salad. 

Also, them having air conditioning was an incentive also. Went for a long walk in the afternoon heat to get my steps in. Had to run to Costco to pick up some groceries since we haven't been to the store in so long. Pizza for dinner, Olive walk and Good Fight.

Monday (19,908 steps) - Actually set my alarm to get up and do a run since the forecast was not favorable for a lunch run. Also, with all the fires happening right now I figured it was better to get the run out of the way early. It wasn't bad, although it was definitely humid and hazy. 

Ben and I took Olive for a short walk and then started work. Short walk with Olive at lunch. Did a few deliveries after I was off work and then made dinner. Good Fight. 

Stats:

• 117,323 steps
• 16.23 miles run
• 20.94 miles walked
• 0 minutes of cardio
• 20 minutes of strength
• 0 minutes of sauna