Because Being Ordinary Is Boring: Runner's Edge

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Week in Review (December 5 - December 11)

Tuesday (15,383 steps) - Peloton before work. Picked what I thought was going to be a total body workout at lunch and it ended up being mostly upper body again. Walked quite a bit on the treadmill desk.

Wednesday (19,361 steps) - Work in the office. Treadmill desk, read at lunch. A vendor delivered Crumbl cookies, and I thoroughly enjoyed half of each of these:

Headed home after work, took Olive for a quick walk. Kristin picked me and Ariel up so we could go BACK downtown for the annual holiday light run with Runners Edge! For the second year we were going to be starting closer to Ball Arena and would have a lot to park in - which is so nice! It was once again a really nice night!

I loved that the horse had painted hooves!!

A pretty great picture -- and can't believe no one ruined our shot!

Alex had gotten a photo booth again, and as always, it's so fun to do those!

We had the ramen truck again - it is soooo good, and part of the event is that the food is free! We stuck around for a bit socializing, but it was getting pretty late so we were some of the first to head out.

Thursday (18,739 steps) - Work from home. Ariel and I went to get Dutch (I'm pretty obsessed with the candy cane cold brew right now) and then I had to go for my run. I had 14x70 "sprints" to do. Still being sore from the race, I wasn't super psyched about this one, PLUS, it was really windy. It went better than expected (and I appreciated I had a wide pace range).

Took Olive for a walk at lunch.

We had an exciting mail day! Ariel finally got her "hard copy" acceptance from Mines in the mail - which she said finally makes it official!

Friday (24,774 steps) - I was on the fence about going to walk in the morning since it was supposed to be cold, but since I woke up with time, I drove down. It ended up actually being quite a nice morning! Also, really enjoying the holiday menu at Stella's.

No recollection of the day, other than doing a lot of walking on the treadmill desk. Did a short core video and read my book at lunch. After work, we went to 4 Noses for one (seriously) beer - my first one in two weeks! Went to Costco to pick up a pizza for dinner and get groceries.

Saturday (25,956 steps) - We woke up to 5" of fresh snow and a planned long run that we were NOT looking forward to. We were to be meeting Tyler, Larry and Terri at Teller Farms for a run of undetermined distance. Terri claimed it shouldn't be "that bad."

So running in fresh snow sucks. It is chunky and slippery and about 10 times the effort of whatever the terrain would normally be. There were not a lot of people out (which was not a surprise) and we were some of the first people out. Thankfully, it was not windy and actually not as cold as I thought it might be.

Greg had given me a progression run of 3.5 hours. Ben stopped at 8 miles, saying that was plenty, but I continued on to get 10, because I agreed with Terri that driving that far deserved at least double digits. With the conditions, it took us a LONG time. We decided to get brunch. I had to add this picture of Tyler eating bacon - he used to be vegetarian!

Ben and I stopped at 4 Noses on the way home, then made Teriyaki for dinner since A was working. We watched random stuff. At some point I must have stubbed my toe because it hurt so bad by the time I went to bed.

Sunday (12,201 steps) - Up early to go to the Runners Roost team party. I offered to drive and picked Tyler up at 8:20 to get to the Denver store. Ben had taped my toes (apparently the only thing you CAN do if you break a toe?) and I was going to try to run. Unfortunately, I had to stop and turn around after about 10 minutes because it hurt. Ugh. This is annoying. Didn't take any pictures at the "party" and we got back home in time to take Olive for a lunch walk. Went to Torchy's for lunch. No idea what else.

Monday (12,264 steps) - Work from home. I didn't have any run on schedule since I had told Greg what happened with my toe, and we agreed walking and recovering was for the best. I took Olive for a three mile walk at lunch. Watched Get Out! while working. Glad I did the long walk earlier, as it was pretty cold by the time I took Olive for the second walk after I was off work. Dinner at home and Fargo.

Stats:

128,678 steps
21.68 miles run
30 minutes of cardio
35 minutes of strength

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Week in Review (December 6 - December 12)

Tuesday (8,173 steps) - Work in the office. Went for a walk at lunch. Ariel and I had plans to meet up with Doug and Allison for dinner at a soft opening of a new sushi restaurant. This was delicious AND fun!

Pumpkin Dragon - one of my favorites!

Crab CLT - yum!!

LOTS of plates...

We stopped at the grocery store on the way home for a few items - including cheesecake. We were both "too full" to eat until a bit later, haha.

Wednesday (7,382 steps) - Work in the office. Another walk at lunch. Nothing else? Must've watched TV, but no recollection of anything.

Thursday (14,354 steps) - Work from home. I had to take Robin to the vet because she has been having an "oozing" eye. Went to a new location and they were very prompt and easy to work with. They put dye in her eye and didn't see an actual injury or trauma, so they gave her a shot of antibiotics and a gel for me to put in her eyes. She did REALLY well.

After work I headed down to Denver for the annual Runner's Edge holiday lights run! For the first time, we were starting from a new location - one that actually had FREE PARKING. Wooo!! Only being a few days out from Brazos, I wasn't sure how running was going to go, but I had plans to run with Maureen and Colfax, so it's not like we planned on breaking any land speed records. Turns out, I was feeling pretty good! It had been windy all day, but it was fine downtown, probably perfect running weather!

We were in for a real treat when we got to the Civic Center. I didn't know that every hour they do a music and light show! It was pretty impressive.

For the first time since pre-Covid, we were able to run through the light-up Christmas Tree - which is always fun.

Alex, the new head of Runner's Edge, did a wonderful job with this evening! He had a food truck that gave us free ramen or teriyaki bowls, a keg of beer, and lots of snacks. What a great evening! Of course, by the time I got done eating it was LATE.

Friday (7,266 steps) - Wash Park! It was extremely cold and Rocket was really struggling, so Lisa, Pete and I did a very small loop. When we got back near the car he suddenly collapsed and wouldn't even try to move. It took us quite a bit to get him into Pete's car. (We found out later he is actually doing ok, he IS 15, but he is almost completely fine and the vet thought he just freaked out). Stella's afterwards. Work in the office. Nothing else.

Saturday (18,326 steps) - Up early for Runner's Edge! Kristin picked me up to go to Roost in Lakewood. It was the same loop we did back in October, only we were going to be doing it in reverse. I wasn't sure how this was going to go. Hung towards the back of the pace group and it actually ended up going pretty well! Zero pictures and seven miles. Spent some time at the store with Kristin shopping and me not! Once home I had lunch and took a shower. Then got dressed and met Ben for a beer at New Terrain. That didn't go great, sadly.

Then it was down to Denver to Brittany's house for the runner's Christmas Party!

I just love this baby!!

Good snacks and friends, I stayed until maybe 9:15, but it was late and a long drive home. Once at home watched a bit of TV and in bed way later than planned.

Sunday (14,397 steps) - Up early for the Runner's Roost team run and "party." Stopped at Costco for gas, so I was a bit late getting here. Ran about 4 miles with Mo and Colfax.

Sadly, did not win any of the raffles. Boo. Also managed to resist shopping again! Went home for a shower and then Ben picked me up to take me to lunch. After he had heard that I was ok eating sushi, we went to get some. It was fantastic.

Went grocery shopping. After A got home from work we binged "Bumper in Berlin." Not sure why they made it a mini series instead of a movie. We did watch it all in one sitting, haha. We also watched a weird thriller, "Mid-Century."

Monday (17,317 steps) - Work from home! It was supposedly warm outside, but cloudy all morning. Finally around 12:30 I got the motivation to go for my run, which was supposed to be zone 2, EASY. It felt easy, but around the last mile, my heart rate spiked. I have to assume it was from the wind that picked up.

For the SECOND time, I actually ran up the whole hill at the lake! I am really impressed with how Greg's coaching plan has helped me. Twice now, I've run 6 miles on the trails without walking. Woo! Ben came by after work to get some things and move the truck. A is pretty psyched to be parking in the garage now that it's winter.