Week in Review (May 19 - May 25)

Tuesday (28,903 steps) - Worked in the office for most of the day. Pika and I sat on the porch after work while I read, and of course, walks.

Wednesday (49,672 steps) - Work from home. Summer is officially here, and it is miserable. I ran Tyler's loop. It was mid 80's, hot and windy. Gross.

More patio time, and this time Batman joined for a bit. While we think Robin is the brave one, she actually flips out a little when she is outside, so for now, she just watches us. We played trivia with Greg, but it was a little hard to hear over the air conditioner turning on and off.

Thursday (52,674 steps) - Work from home. Ran a partial sidewalk/dirt loop and ran by a house that was offering free face masks!

Friday (37,787 steps) - Work from home. Ariel's last day of school! She will officially be a freshman next year! Of course this was not at all the way we thought 8th grade would end for her. Nutty year.

 

Picked up another new beer from 4 Noses, and then a walk with Pika. More painted rocks after a lull in seeing them.

Saturday (30,965 steps) - Met up with Jeramiah and Tyler EARLY  for a run at Lair o' the Bear. Jeramiah turned around about 3 miles up, but Tyler and I ran mostly together and did a total of 10 miles. Have I mentioned lately how much I have missed trail running???

Sunday (18,218 steps) - Overall, a pretty low-key day. Rainy and blah.

Monday (30,545 steps) - Ben had to work, but Ariel and I got up early and drove to Lakewood to run the Virtual Bolder Boulder with some of our friends. Oh, how I've missed my Belmar friends in person! We did a great job of social distancing and even were able to sit around after and share a drink. I've missed this!

A social distanced start line

Pika walk!

Stats:

• 248,764 steps
• 28.7 miles run

Week in Review (May 21 - May 27)

Tuesday (9,583 steps) - Considering I didn't get to sleep until nearly 3:00, it was a miracle that I got up and was work on time. Took a strength class during lunch and skipped run club. First, because I was tired, and second, because Ben decided to stick around for one more day. I was pleasantly surprised with a birthday cake - so very sweet!

Watched a movie and in bed EARLY.
Wednesday (20,009 steps) - Raining. Again. Ugh. Headed up to Boulder for run club, and once again, we took to the cow path again to avoid mud. Fun night because we also had a BBQ provided by Saucony.

A also had her last "real" day of school. Finished up with a 4.0 and a bunch of awards. Go, A!

Thursday (16,309 steps) - Got the obligatory picture of A on her last day of school. Same shirt she wore on the first day, but different leggings.

Michael offered to pick up A, so I headed right to Belmar. I got there early enough that I did an early little loop solo, then ran a second big loop with Mo and Colfax.

Friday (18,755 steps) - Random trip to the gym for a core class (because classes were already full when I tried to sign up after getting back from Georgia). Walked on the treadmill for a while and watched Blacklist since I had some time to kill. Got off work early for the holiday weekend (hooray!) Went to the store and then for a walk with A to the lake.

Aid station preparation and in bed sorta early.
Saturday (39,114 steps) - Runners Edge! I had 16 on schedule and was REALLY not feeling it. Helped that Tyler and Lisa decided to run with me, or it might have been a lot more miserable.

A and I shared a sandwich and pastry before picking up our aid station. Kristin texted on the drive home that she was at 4 Noses for their 5th Anniversary celebration, so I dropped A off at home and met her there.

Then I went up to Boulder to register Ben for the Bolder Boulder - I had won a few comps at Belmar, but online registration was already closed. Pretty much a pain to do that, but I didn't want to be stressed out race day.

Flowers everywhere!

Shower, tried to nap. Met Ben at 4 Noses, then we picked up Torchy's.
Sunday (20,664 steps) - Met up with a group (Pete, Janet, Alison, Kristin, Doug, Tyler, Jeramiah, Lisa) at New Terrain to run the big loop at North Table. A decided she would walk with Pika and Ben actually was going to run (?!). He actually is a total stud, and not only did he run nine trail miles, he actually was in the lead.

Kristin, me, Alison in the distance, Lisa, Ben & Jandy taking the pic

Got some food and drinks before heading home. No recollection of what else we did during the afternoon, but we eventually went to this dive restaurant by my house where we got random fried pickles and burgers. Pretty tasty!

Heart attack waiting to happen?

Monday (22,167 steps) - Bolder Boulder! Our initial goal was to aim for two hours. However, since we actually started in our correct wave, there was more running and lines were not as long for our extracurricular activities. It was a blast running with the Roost wave again!

Shots of... something. Vodka?

Ben thought his selfie of our selfie was hilarious

After getting our free beer at Under the Sun and a small breakfast, we went home to get Pika and then went to Rachelle's house for a BBQ. Oddly, Rachelle wasn't even there, but we still got some free food. Kokopelli on the way home, bed relatively early.

Longest/shortest weekend.

Stats:

• 146,601 steps (seems like a lot, I didn't really run much)
• 43 miles run
• Two gym classes