Week in Review (September 2 - September 8)

Tuesday (10,702 steps) - Walked Olive before going to work in the morning. Gym at lunch - Peloton ride and a half hour on the treadmill at 12%. Took Olive for a walk when I got home. Dinner and Bosch!

Wednesday (17,040 steps) - Walked Olive before going to work in the office. Went for a run at lunch and it was a lot warmer outside than I expected, so it wasn't great. 

Took Olive for a walk when I got home. Ben’s birthday!! We drove down to Malone’s for dinner to meet up with Ariel - a good time!

Bosch!

Thursday (10,389 steps) - Work from home. Spent the morning doing laundry and cleaning. Debated going for a run and decided to just take Olive for a long walk instead. 

Did a delivery after work and met Ben at Torchy's for dinner. Skipped an evening walk because it the air quality is garbage with all the smoke. Bosch!

Friday (10,560 steps) - Had to skip a morning walk since I had my appointments at National Jewish. First up I had the echocardiogram, followed by a pulmonary function test (I should actually say testS since there were quite a few things that had to be done. Hoping to get some answers and treatment plan in place before next summer's adventures. 

Headed into the office. Worked until about 1:30 when I headed home so that I could take Olive on a longer walk. Finished out work at home. Met Ben at Parry's for a beer and dinner. 

Ben and I took Olive for a walk before more Bosch!

Saturday (11,464 steps) - Actually managed to sleep in. Decided we would do a small section of Dirty Biz for a run, only to discover that part of the trail we wanted to use is closed for two months for cow grazing. That's new. 

Went with Ben to pick up some parts for his truck and then checked out a new brewery that was nearby. Not the best beer (but not the worst) and they do allow dogs inside, we will have to remember that! 

Stopped at Salsa's on the way home for lunch. 

Ben has determined the food is too salty for us to ever go back. Sad. Took Olive for a walk. Worked on packing, ordered in Panda Express for dinner and Bosch!

Sunday (10,449 steps) - Slept in again! Ben picked up Dutch Bros. We decided to go to Golden for our hike/Olive activity. We walked along the creek path and then hiked up Chimney Gulch to Lookout and then jogged down. 

We ran into Tanessa - random! Walked back on the creek path to the truck and headed to New Terrain since the Blaster beer is on tap. Picked up more beer on the way home and then had another Bosch marathon.

Monday (11,932 steps) - Slept kinda terrible and got up much earlier than I needed to. Ben was going in to work late since he needed to drop off his truck, so he went with me on an Olive walk before I logged in for work. Took Olive for a long walk at lunch to the lake and did a short Peloton ride to keep my streak. Spent the afternoon packing and working. After work I went to Target to pick up my new inhaler - hopefully this will help with some of the breathing issues I’ve been having. Did a delivery on my way home. Ben and I went to Golden to see if we could do a temporary fix of A’s car - we were able to disable the horn for now, who knows what work we will have to get done to stop the random honking. Parry’s for dinner and an episode of Bosch.

Stats:

• 82,536 steps
• 11.07 miles run
• 12.57 miles walked
• 15 minutes of cardio
• 2 minutes of strength

Week in Review (January 12 - January 18)

Tuesday (10,676 steps) - Work in the office in the morning. Lucy's check engine light has been coming on once in a while over the last month. We initially got the light to go off by adding coolant, but the light came back on and she is idling rough, so I had an appointment at the dealership. I got a loaner from them so I could head back to work while she was getting looked at. The newer Minis are fancy!

When they finally contacted me to authorize work, I found out that Lucy is no longer under warranty (about 5,000 miles over, and time-wise two weeks expired!) so I did not authorize the work, planning on having a closer, local shop do the work. I had a 25 minute run on schedule, so I took a late lunch and got that done with Pika. Somehow, we managed to run into A's track practice, so it was definitely more of a tempo run than an easy one!

Picked A up from practice and headed down to the dealership to pick up my car. They had magically "fixed" her under a parts warranty and it cost me nothing. I'll set some money aside in case the problem comes back. As an aside, I do have a maintenance warranty that is good for another few years, it's just the manufacturer warranty that's expired. Sigh.

Wednesday (12,942 steps) - Work from home. Quick row in the morning, and a walk with Pika at lunch. We saw the bald eagle again!!

It was SUPER windy again, so Tyler and I decided to postpone our trail run one day. I still had a 30 minute run on schedule, so I headed out right after work to get that done. After having a couple of pretty decent runs in a row, this one was NOT great and I had to take a few walk breaks in the first mile.

Thankfully, my calves loosened up and the back half of my run wasn't AS bad. Plus, it was pretty outside. Also, it wasn't nearly as windy as it had seemed earlier, so that was a bonus as well. 

After dinner I did a quick upper body video and band routine. LONG DAY.

Thursday (18,076 steps) - Work from home. 

Super short row in the morning. I was tired and not feeling it, so I cut it short. Went for a walk at lunch with Ben and Pika. After work, headed up to Boulder to run with Pika and Tyler. It was icier than last week, and Tyler took a nasty fall. I had remembered to bring batteries for my headlamp, since I knew they were getting ready to die. Unfortunately, my headlamp takes three batteries and I brought two, so it didn't help. My headlamp was super dim and kept flashing. Ugh. All in all, an "ok" run, but I need to remember to bring my spikes and keep extra batteries in my pack.

When I got home I did pilates/abs video. I really shouldn't have taken so much time off from the gym. Everything is so hard!

Friday (10,417 steps) - Work from home. Off day from running (woo hoo!) so I just took Pika for a walk at lunch. 

I did an abs and upper body video that was ok, and I may do it again. I planned on a row in the evening, but barely got into it before the doorbell rang and A insisted I needed to deal with it, so I gave up on finishing my activity. Oh well. 

In other news, our basement flooring is almost done (pictures to come soon). We also finally installed the kitty door so the cats can get to the litter box (but Pika can't). At first they weren't sure about it, but c'mon, it's so cute!!

Saturday (36,228 steps) - Up "earlyish" to head to Golden to meet Kristin, Joe, Jeramiah, Tyler and Maureen for a run! We had been planning a route all week and settled on Chimney Gulch to Beaver Brook, about 12 miles. Although I had planned to bring my spikes, I forgot them (again!) so that was not fun as there were some incredibly icy sections. I slipped a lot and fell a half dozen times. I spent most of this activity in the back and was really struggling (I don't know if this was worse than usual or not). Hopefully my dietary changes will help in this regard, along with more consistency.

Maureen got this picture of me. This section was a skating rink.

View from the top of Chimney Gulch at Windy Saddle

Maureen and Kristin are both in a plank challenge, and I joined in!

Everyone is happy, but we have barely done 3 miles, haha

At some point, Maureen got behind us and she called me, unsure if she was still on course. (Turns out, she was, but she was uncomfortable with all the ice and terrain, so it was probably better that she turned around a tad early). We turned around at about a 10K, but then of course we still had to go back to the car... the way back should be easier since it was mostly downhill, but the ice made things slow, plus we were tired!

OK, I guess this was still uphill

I sent Ben a text when we got back to Windy Saddle to have him meet us at Mountain Toad for a beer. Tyler and I decided to just walk there since it was only a few minutes away. I hadn't been there in a while - the beer was pretty good! I also grabbed some food from the food truck because I was STARVING.

In our seemingly never-ending house drama, we had to go to Home Depot to get new trim for the basement. I was not looking forward to making dinner, so I walked to Pho a few doors down and ordered takeout while Ben was loading up the truck.

Sunday (10,916 steps) - Ben had to work, and I didn't have any big plans for the day, so I tried to sleep in. I didn't really accomplish that, but I did stay in bed a while. Ariel and I got coffee, haircuts, Panda Express for lunch, and went on another REALLY WINDY walk. This time of year sucks, because if it is "warm" it is windy.

I made spicy sausage and roasted a BILLION vegetables. I love this dinner though. Once everything is chopped it's actually pretty easy to make. While dinner was getting ready I did a lower body video that I thought would be easy, and wasn't.

Monday (16,411 steps) - I had the day off, but managed to stupidly schedule a doctor's appointment for 7:15, so I was up early. Our contractor was supposed to show up 7:30 to start work on the bathroom, but it was closer to 9 before he got there. Immediately, we were informed that Ben hadn't done enough demo, so he didn't stick around. Ugh. Ben headed to physical therapy and I went for a run. I had 40 minutes on schedule. Once again, it was supposed to be an easy run, and it once again felt "easy." I didn't walk at all, and pace was very similar to the week before. Also took Pika for a walk. I did an upper body video that I really liked and will definitely do again. None of us felt like cooking, so we picked up Qdoba.

Stats:

• 115,666 steps
• 25.2 miles run
• 23 minutes rowing
• 87 minutes strength training

Week in Review (August 8 - August 14)

Tuesday (13,915 steps) - Barre with Sasha.
Wednesday (21,820 steps) - Met up with FRXC at Lyons Park in Golden for the scariest Wednesday night run yet... Chimney Gulch. I knew it was going to be hilly, but what I didn't really know was that this trail is the trail way to get up Lookout Mountain. Oh boy. Run started easy on the bike path for maybe a third of a mile before we eased onto the trail. There were two groups running - one that was "faster" and going to go all the way to the top of Lookout, and the shorter run was going to go to the saddle. Of course we were going to go short! There were only 5 of us (with one that was going to run even shorter) and they were nice about waiting. The early climbing was actually the worst, and I found that I was able to jog a decent amount as we got closer to the saddle. I think the view was worth it! We then headed up an even steeper section (A said, "and this is why we have switchbacks!") to get a view of the valley.

See that road waaaaay down there? That's how high we climbed!!

Met back up at the saddle (the group that had gone long was there waiting) - took a group picture and then had a glorious run down.

The weather had looked a little sketch, but we only had a little sprinkling on the way up - which really helped to cool things down. I can't believe how much we have lucked out with our trail running this summer!
Thursday (15,394 steps) - Barre with Sienna. Surprised to have Ben in class this morning. I had every intention of walking at run club, but Dulce was in the mood to run. It was a slow pace, but surprisingly hard. I guess not THAT hard after a crazy hilly trail run and a barre class.

Friday (14,421 steps) - Dinner on the patio and packing!
Saturday (35,002 steps) - Out the door by 5:40 for the Frisco Run the Rockies trail races. Recap to follow.

We stayed after the race talking to Tom and Lynette until after 1:00 - we were the very last people there! We weren't able to check into our campsite until after 2, and the weather looked iffy, so we decided to drive into Breckenridge to walk around. We went into a few shops, didn't buy anything (other than a mini personalized Colorado license plate for A). Around 3:00 we decided we were starving, so we stopped at the Flip Side. It was still fairly nice out, so we asked for a seat on the patio. We both got burgers and shared an order of truffle fries. About halfway through lunch it got colder and started to rain. Camping was seeming like a bad idea. By the time we walked back to the car and actually drove to the campsite the rain had stopped and there were blue skies. Thankfully we had reserved a spot as the campground was full! I "helped" A set up the tent, and then we just sat in our camp chairs and talked. Just before sunset we drove into town so I could have a "new-to-me" beer (which was tasty). In bed shortly before 9.

Sunday (33,113 steps) - Up at 5:30 to break camp. Left right as planned at 6 to drive to Beaver Creek. Made a quick stop in Silverthorne at the new Dunkin' Donuts for coffee. Arrived just after 7 and headed to the start for the Beaver Creek half marathon - recap to follow.

After the race we drove back to Breckenridge. We met Daniel at the gondola only to discover it was closed for lightening! Luckily the rest of the gals had not checked in yet and they drove back down from Peak 8 to pick us up. It was a TIGHT SQUEEZE getting all of us into a Pathfinder.

We spent a few glorious hours in the hot tub (first inside, and then we moved outside when the skies cleared again), before going
into town for a very late lunch.

This is the life!

After we all got dropped off at our respective cars, A and I went back into town to pick up cookies (that we planned on saving until we got home). We left Breckenridge at 5:15 and I was fully expected to spent the rest of the day in mountain traffic. It was a blissfully "short" drive as we got home just after 7. Unpacked the car and still had some time for TV before bed.
Monday (17,334 steps) - It was stormy in the afternoon again, but thankfully it cleared up so we could go to the New Terrain run club. This time Dulce and Matilda joined us! After our weekend of racing I let them know that we would be hiking the climbs and they didn't need to wait for us at the trail junctions. Dulce had never been to North Table, and I was really glad to hear that she liked it!

Skipped sticking around for a beer since we desperately needed to go to the grocery store.

Stats:

• Steps - 150,999
• Miles run - 38.5
• 2 barre classes