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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Week in Review (September 8 - September 14)

Tuesday (13,883 steps) - Peloton ride and Olive walk before going to work in office. Went to the gym at lunch and did some strength training and treadmill walking.

Ben had dinner ready when I got home, which was nice. Took Olive for a walk before settling down for the evening.

Wednesday (19,336 steps) - Walk with Olive and Ben before going to work. I had a workout to do at lunch, but it was an easier one. Not bad at all!

Took Olive for another walk when I got home. Ben got held up in a meeting so he had food delivered. Yum!!

Lioness? Cannot remember what we ended up watching.

Thursday (18,357 steps) - Took Olive for a walk to the lake.

I only had a short run to do, so I got it done early.

Took Olive to her grooming appointment. They were a lot quicker this time around, but we were sad that she didn't get hair bows this time. Also, her ears seem to be a little uneven - still adorable. Hoping it helps with all her itching recently.

Over lunch she wanted to go on another long walk, so back to the lake we went. After work we went to Torchy's for dinner. Maybe this was the night that we started Yellowjackets. I have already seen all the episodes that are currently out, but since we are out of things to watch I suggested we watch this so I don't have to find time to watch when the last season comes out in November.

Friday (15,659 steps) - Ben joined me and Olive for a walk to the lake before work. It was a really nice morning!

Took her for a walk at lunch - definitely warm.

Took Olive for a walk. Ben ordered Dominos for dinner. Yellowjackets?

Saturday (47,181 steps) - Snow Mountain Ranch 33k (recap to follow).

We stopped in Winter Park at Wake N' Bacon for brunch on our way home. Food was pretty good and Olive was allowed on the patio. There was a little bit of rain and we both were wearing long sleeves, but seemingly fall is on the way!

Took a shower and then walked Olive around the block. Leftover pizza for dinner. We were hoping to watch the new Fall 2, but it's not out yet. We settled on Alien: Romulus. Kinda cheesy, but I've seen worse.

Sunday (15,015 steps) - Did some things around the house before going to Boulder for our normal Sunday hike.

Stopped at Runners Roost to 1). try to exchange my socks (which they wouldn't do because I didn't have a receipt) and 2). to try on the new Mount to Coast M1s. I would have bought but they apparently don't do a team discount on them, so I will wait and decide. We went to Resolute on the way home. I got a Ziggi's shaken pumpkin espression and Ben got us some Filipino food. Was pretty tasty.

Took Olive for a walk. Lioness new episode and then part of a Yellowjackets.

Monday (17,139 steps) - Walked Olive to the lake.

Went for my run relatively early since there was a chance of rain in the forecast. Spoiler, we got no rain. Run was good!

Blah day, but at least I was at home! Took Olive for a walk at lunch. We went to Costco when I got off work so I could get my glasses fixed. I really need to get a new prescription soon. Made dinner and then Yellowjackets. Glad I am re-watching this, there is a lot of new things I am noticing and things I had forgotten.

Stats:

146,570 steps
34.41 miles run
17.82 miles walked
20 minutes of cardio
20 minutes of strength
0 minutes of sauna

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Week in Review (August 25 - August 31)

Tuesday (13,772 steps) - Peloton and Olive walk before going to work. Gym at lunch for StairMaster, some strength training and a treadmill hike.

Another Olive walk after dinner and Criminal Minds?

Wednesday (29,707 steps) - Took a random work from home day since Joyce is still out. Took Olive for a walk to the lake before clocking in and another short walk at lunch. Had a workout, so went to North Table so I would have a hill for repeats. Thankfully it was a bit cooler than expected, but the repeats were REALLY tough - I should've picked a less steep hill!

Drove down the street to the bagel shop for a snack and to finish out the workday. Then headed over to Apex where I took a short walk before my volunteer shift of trail work started. I partnered with a gal named Sarah who hadn't done maintenance before, weather was cool and I was quickly reminded of how sore I get doing this!

Ben had ordered in Mod Market for dinner, and we barely had time to sit before it was time for bed already.

LONG DAY.

Thursday (20,999 steps) - Thanks to these eternally annoying meetings at work, I had to get up to run in the morning. I guess the run was fine, and I was lucky that I woke up before my alarm went off and started early because somehow it was longer than what I mapped out. Actually not bad.

Olive walk before driving to work. Waited a little longer to go to the gym in the morning for a quick workout in hopes of avoiding my boss, but NO, ran into her again in the locker room. Easy, quick full body workout. Stupid meeting at lunch.

Quick walk after around town and then took Olive for a walk when I got home. Took Robin to the vet after that for a follow-up. I wasn't sure if her abscess was healing well.

Since I had actually made an appointment we didn't have to see an ER vet, so it a). wasn't as much money, and b). we seemingly got more proactive advice. This doc seemed to think she was NOT too old for anesthesia/dental procedure and since they actually had an opening the next day for surgery, I snagged it. Unfortunately we would get a call a few hours later saying that they had messed up scheduling but could we do it Saturday instead? Usual trip to Torchy's for dinner.

Criminal Minds?

Friday (10,935 steps) - With Joyce being out and me having already told co-workers that Robin had a surgery scheduled, I decided to take another work from home day. Took Olive for a walk to the lake before logging in.

Another walk at lunch. Panda Express for dinner and another walk with Olive. Watched the livestream of UTMB!

Saturday (38,835 steps) - Up early to get Robin to the vet for her dental procedure.

Took Olive for a long walk while Ben went to Dutch Bros to get us much needed coffee.

We listened to the livestream of UTMB so we could hear/see the female winner cross. Inspirational! Up to Centennial Cone for the activity of the day.

We got the call from the vet probably 10 minutes into the run and had to stop to talk to him on speaker on Ben's phone since we had minimal service. Turns out the issue is NOT her teeth (he was going to take two out, but they were not the main issue). Apparently, she has a tumor on her jaw and he suspects it is bone cancer. With her age and other medical issues there isn't much to be done other than keep her comfortable. Did not ever think that would be the problem, poor Robin!

At some point Ben and I got separated, he had been having some cramping on/off, but we had planned for it, so I continued on.

Finished the loop and then went back to get him and finish up together. A relatively strong 15ish miles for me! We called the vet again and confirmed that by the time we got back to town that she would be ready for us to pick her up.

After we brought her home we went to Corona's for lunch. The rest of the evening was spent taking care of Robin and watching UTMB, then some Criminal Minds.

Sunday (16,765 steps) - Olive walk while getting some things done around the house before going up to Boulder for our activity of the day.

Costco and binge watched "Death of a Pastor's Wife."

Monday (21,102 steps) - Olive walk to the lake before clocking in for the day. Went for my run late morning before it got too hot. Not terrible, and they rangers are closing more trails :(

Another walk to the lake at lunch with Olive. Ben made dinner and more Criminal Minds.

Stats:

152,115 steps
33.87 miles run
20.36 miles walked
40 minutes of cardio
40 minutes of strength
0 minutes of sauna

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Week in Review (August 11 - August 17)

Tuesday (13, 375 steps) - Peloton and Olive walk (with Ben) before going to work. Realized on my drive to work that I had forgotten to grab my breakfast, so shortly after getting to the office I walked to Target to pick up some oatmeal. I guess it's been a while since I've been on that end of the mall - it was almost unrecognizable! Gym at lunch for some strength training and treadmill walk.

Did a delivery on the way home and then took Olive for a walk. Ben got Panda for dinner, yum! Started our next show, Dutton Ranch.

Wednesday (18,596 steps) - Olive walk before going to work. Went for a quick walk before my MANDATORY lunch meeting. I can't believe I have to give up so many of my lunch hours over the next month. Lunch meeting was blah. I planned another walk later in the afternoon, but it started to rain so I just came back to the office. Went to Runners Roost in Louisville for my run. Somehow, I got confused on the way to the bike path, missed a turn and had to cut through a parking lot to get to where I needed to be. Not sure what was going on, but that was weird.

Still walking the hills and I was pretty sore from Tuesday's cross training, so it was slow, but not bad. Went back to the store after, but didn't know anyone so I didn't stick around. Dinner and Dutton Ranch.

Thursday (10,816 steps) - Long walk with Olive to the lake before work. Peloton, Olive walk and upper body workout during lunch. Ben was delayed at work so I did a delivery before meeting him at Torchy's. Olive walk when I got back home.

Friday (11,266 steps) - Walk with Olive before we went to work. With it being a little cooler we were able to go to lunch at a normal time for our walk.

Second afternoon walk that we timed perfectly to miss rainstorm.

Little Caesars for dinner (yum) and more Dutton Ranch.

Saturday (30,189 steps) - Very early walk with Olive. Ben and I were volunteering at the Westminster Trail Race at Standley Lake, and I had picked the aid station closest to the house. We showed up at 6 am and... no one else was there.

The captain and other volunteer were both no shows. Luckily Ben and I have both volunteered a ton and we were able to get the aid station set up with ease. Weirdly, even with 50k being the longest distance we didn't do much other than give people water and coke. Most of the food was left untouched. I was also signed up to be a course sweep. Ben took the other spot since the other person that was supposed to help didn't show up. Jim dropped me off at the other aid station so I could start and try to avoid the rain. Spoiler, I didn't avoid the rain and the field area was SO muddy. Also, it is beyond me how anyone got off course in this race - I must've picked up a zillion picket signs and flags.

Got back to the aid station and Ben met me to finish the sweeping. We finished up at the middle school and then ran back home. Ariel had been volunteering at the finish line but finished up earlier and was hanging out with Olive. We decided to go to Corona's for a late lunch/early dinner. YUM!!

Maybe we finished Dutton Ranch?

Sunday (13,161 steps) - I was cleaning up the house and noticed that Robin was not looking well.

When Ben got back from picking up Dutch we took her back to the ER Vet. She has ANOTHER abscess.

This one was inside her mouth and was pretty gross also - we were there almost two hours while they treated her. Once we got home I gave her a snack and she ran away to hide for the rest of the day - kind of normal when she isn't feeling great.

This time she got half her jaw shaved :(

Ben and I took Olive to Boulder for a hike.

Then on to Runners Roost so I could pick up a pair of Mount to Coast shoes since they are finally in stock. Stopped at Rails End for a drink, the jewelry store for my semi-annual ring inspection. Mod Market for dinner.

Found out that Reacher had a few new episodes and we binged all three of them.

Monday (20,472 steps) - Walk to the lake with Olive before work. Went for my run at lunch. Still walking the hills. This felt hard, mainly because temps are back up.

Another Olive walk. After work was over Ben and I went to Costco and picked up some groceries and a pizza for dinner. Started Marshals, kinda meh about it, but at least it is only one season for now.