Week in Review (December 16 - December 22)

Tuesday (10,631 steps) - Peloton ride and Olive walk before going to work. Went to the gym at lunch and did strength training and fast hiking on the treadmill with incline. Ben and I (mostly Ben) did the initial cleaning and organization of the basement in prep for my Chrismukkah present to myself. We got some Cupbop delivered in. Absentia, I think.

Wednesday (15,878 steps) - Olive walk before going to work. I think it was busy? I had planned on going to the gym at lunch and then an Outlook reminder told me I had a Qdoba lunch, woo!!! Home to let Olive out and get ready for the annual Runners Edge holiday light run - back after sadly skipping last year. Kristin picked up Tyler, Ben and me for the drive to the new start location of Crazy Mountain. After a week (or longer) of some pretty intense training, this did not feel quite as "easy" as a fun social run should feel! It's been insanely windy all week, but thankfully we only had a few sections that were windy during the run (and those felt like being sandblasted). Overall, a great time! 

We stuck around for a beer and BBQ - plus the mac and cheese was SO good. It was a very late night for us, I don't think we got home until 9:45??

Thursday (10,885 steps) - Work from home. I had the sauna delivery scheduled to be between 8 and 12. I finally got a call around 11 that they would arrive in 10-15. They DID show up, but unfortunately they only had one of the three boxes I was expecting. UGH!!! They seemed to think that the other boxes could be delivered another day without me needing to be home and that dispatch would be contacting me. 

MOM, TIME FOR A WALK, GET YOUR COAT

Took Olive for a long walk to the lake, then did the 45 minute Taylor Swift Eras ride - I haven't done a ride that long in AGES. By 3:45 I still had not heard from the delivery company, so I found all the numbers I could and made a bunch of phone calls and the only person I was able to get a hold of said I had to call my "local" warehouse and then proceeded to give me number with a Dallas prefix, which no one answered. Torchy's! Finished Absentia and then started a new show, Black Rabbit. Not sure if this one will stick or not.

Friday (11,629 steps) - Skipped the morning walk since I thought "just maybe" I would get a call and need to be home in the morning for the delivery. No one called, so when Olive and I got to work I made MORE phone calls and sent an angry email. I FINALLY after almost an hour got someone from the Denver warehouse on the phone and she said the boxes were out for delivery now. Ok, well no one called me, so I am at work. Not kidding that a few minutes into the call, but the guys showed up to bring the boxes. Ben talked to them through the ring and they left the boxes in the yard. Goodness. Took Olive for a walk at lunch. After work, dropped Olive off at home and then went to 4 Noses to meet Ben. Had an NA and tried out the new food truck. The brewery has stopped contracting trucks and have their own now. Food was pretty good - burger, fries and cheese curds. 

Took Olive for a walk when we got back and then an attempt at movie night - the new Knives Out, but we only made it about halfway before going to bed.

Saturday (38,372 steps) - Tyler picked me up just before 7 to go down to Denver for our long run "with" Runners Edge. I use quotes because we were running longer than everyone else and starting early. I had some major GI distress a few miles in, thank goodness for a bathroom (!), but after that I had a pretty great run! It was definitely cooler than I expected it to be and I kept my jacket and gloves on the whole time. 

Honestly, probably the most solid 16 mile run I've had in a VERY long time. Tyler and I had both thought we were going to breakfast, but everyone else had things to do, so we just headed back home. Ben had assembled the sauna while I was running (YAY). 

After a shower I had the inaugural sauna session - I AM SO HAPPY!! 

Olive is unsure what is happening but wanted to be nearby?

Took Olive for a walk. Did some reading and watched Gossip Girl while Ben went shopping. Pizza for dinner and we finished Knives Out - which got more interesting the longer we watched it. 

Sunday (17,825 steps) - Lounged around and did some cleaning before we headed up to Boulder for our activity of the day - a repeat of last week, but going up a bit higher for more elevation gain. 

The weather was nice (not windy, yay!) but I swear I am just colder this winter. We stopped at Rails End on the way home for a snack. 

Did a yoga video and sauna time before dinner/couch time. Watched "Fight or Flight" - which was pretty decent.

Monday (19,958 steps) - Work from home. We decided to not get a Christmas tree this year, so I set up the little one that we used to use before Ben lived with us. I think it's adorable!

Ariel went with me to take Robin and Olive to the vet. Robin needed a follow-up from her eye appointment last week (it's MUCH better) and Olive just had her annual appointment and had to get some shots. 

We stopped at Dutch Bros on the way home. Took Olive for a walk and then went for my run. It was low 70s - VERY warm for December. Unfortunately, it was very windy by the lake. 

Did a delivery after work and then took Olive for a walk, did some stretching and sauna time before dinner and Black Rabbit.

Stats:

• 125,178 steps
• 31.61 miles run
• 11.31 miles walked
• 60 minutes of cardio
• 65 minutes of strength
• 75 minutes of sauna

Week in Review (December 17 - December 23)

Tuesday (15,731 steps) - Peloton and Olive walk before going in to work in the office. Went to the gym at lunch and did the StairMaster - climbing the Petronas. 

Also did some upper body. Took Olive for a walk when I got home. 

Wednesday (27,223 steps) - Olive walk before going to work in the office. I had a workout at lunch, and I thought it would be relatively warm, but since it was cloudy I wore my jacket for most of the run.

I've got a long way to go, but working on the speed...

Headed over to Denver Runners Roost for the "holiday light run" that is usually downtown. It was really good to see so many friends, but it is NOT the same as running around downtown, which I've done every year for at least a decade.

Thursday (13,140 steps) - Work from home. Did my Peloton ride and rowing in the morning. Took Olive for a long walk at lunch and did my strength training (the full body Backstreet Boys class was so fun!) Torchy's for dinner, although A was sad about that because there really wasn't anything that she could eat. Decided to take Olive for a longer holiday light walk in the neighborhood. Some good displays out there!

Friday (10,800 steps) - Random day off work to hang out with A! Took Olive for a walk in the morning. We watched Smile 2 and then we took Olive for another walk, went to lunch and Ariel made Goosie another holiday outfit. Adorable!

Ariel and I met Ben to pick up our Christmas tree - yes, we waited way too long to pick that up. Stopped to get a beer at the tap house on the way home. Another walk with Olive and Ben accidentally had Smile 2 on, so we watched it again...

Saturday (26,444 steps) - Headed up to Boulder for a long run. It was warmish and sunny. Still icy in spots and always feels hard, but a nice day.

Took Olive for a walk.

Shower, and then it was time to take Olive to her grooming appointment. She never wants to go back with them, but she looks so good when she comes out and is always so happy to see us. Had beers at 4 Noses with Terri and Larry while we were waiting for her to be finished.

Yellowstone.

Sunday (17,220 steps) - Procrastinated getting out for a run. Did some reading, got Dutch Bros. Took Olive for a walk with A. Ben and I had an hour recovery run, so we did the loop around Rock Creek that certainly could've been worse. Saw a bald eagle pretty close up.

4 Noses for a beer and lunch.

Another walk with Olive before more Yellowstone.

Monday (18,346 steps) - Work from home. Went for my run fairly early. It was not horrible!

Took Olive for a walk after that.

Did a delivery after work before meeting Ben for a beer at 4 Noses and picking up more groceries. BTW, stores are horrible to go to this close to Christmas. Yellowstone.

Stats:

• 128,904 steps
• 24.47 miles run
• 22.15 miles walked
• 86 minutes of cardio
• 40 minutes of strength