Because Being Ordinary Is Boring: September 2025

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Week in Review (August 26 - September 1)

Tuesday (11,094 steps) - Olive walk before going to work in the office. Gym at lunch, including a Peloton ride, the StairMaster (just a short one) and hiking on the treadmill at 12-13% incline AND some weights.

Took Olive for a walk before dinner at Torchy's. Bosch.

Wednesday (12,078 steps) - Olive walk before going to work. Decided to go to the gym again at lunch, instead of going for a run. Upper body, core and more hiking on the treadmill at 12-13%. Olive walk after work. Dinner & Bosch.

Thursday (20,914 steps) - Work from home. Went for a longer run and my first time on Little Dry Creek in AGES, since it has been raining the whole week. Felt pretty good for the first half and then it was a little bit of a fight to the finish.

Took Olive on a long walk to the lake. Definitely got hotter and more humid.

Another dinner at Torchy's and MORE RAIN.

Bosch.

Friday (15,846 steps) - Wash Park for the first time in ages. Olive and I went to work and took a walk at lunch. Headed home to pack for camping/volunteering. Since we both had gotten off work early for the long weekend we were out the door by 5, but hit rain and a lot of traffic leaving town. We stopped at a brewery in Loveland for a beer and dinner. Yay for a dog-friendly brewery! We also picked up food from the restaurant next door - I had a delicious green chili and chicken sandwich.

When we got to FRUD, we walked over to get our parking pass and to say hi to everyone. It was getting late, so we decided to head to the camper. OF COURSE it started to rain right after leaving the pavilion, so we all got soaked. Watched an episode of Bosch before going to bed.

Saturday (15,027 steps) - Incredibly early wake up call for volunteering, since our shift was at 6 am. We went to get coffee at Dutch Bros before really getting to working. I mostly did packet pick up and of course had to prep food. Saw quite a few people we knew. Took Olive for a quick walk after the 10 am start of the Saturday runners. Olive was a hit with the other volunteers and runners.

Took Olive for a little bit of a longer walk in the afternoon since she was getting restless, and we ended up doing the 2 mile loop.

She finally conked out after a big, long day.

The temperatures were SO MUCH BETTER than last year. We were also treated to a beautiful sunset.

Our shift finally ended at 10, and we went over to the camper to sit and have a beer before going to bed.

We were all too exhausted to do much, however, and went to bed pretty quick.

Sunday (18,810 steps) - Since we were still around, we walked over to the aid station after waking up (maybe around 7 or 7:30) and decided to work for part of the day. I went for a run after the Sunday racers started. It was definitely warmer and sunnier - but glad to get some mileage in. Embarrassingly sore from... volunteering? Early afternoon we decided that we were going to head home. Stopped at another new brewery on the way home - 300 Suns - for lunch. The beer was meh, but the food was delicious! Especially the cheese curds (not in this pic).

Vegged the rest of the evening, Bosch.

Monday (10,399 steps) - Slept in! Coffee on the deck with Batman and Olive.

Went to Torchy's for breakfast and then decided to take Olive to the dog park in hopes that there would still be some water in the creek for her to get her paws wet. Thankfully, there was!