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