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.

Stats:

• 117,875 steps
• 19.6 miles run
• 19.33 miles walked
• 45 minutes of cardio
• 50 minutes of strength
• 0 minutes of sauna

Week in Review (April 21 to April 27)

Tuesday (13,661 steps) - I hadn't bothered to set an alarm since I had plenty of time to get to the car rental place to drop off the car and my flight wasn't until 3:00. Breakfast was supposed to be from 7 am to 9:30 and I went just after 8 and the buffet was already over. Uh... why have such long hours if you aren't going to have full food options after a certain time? I still was able to get some coffee and there were some croissants out. They did also make me a couple poached eggs and sausage. 

I headed back to the room to finish up packing and debated about finding somewhere to stop along the way to get a short walk in. Finally decided I was just tired of dealing with the car and driving and that I just would feel way less stressed if I went to return the car. Drive was uneventful, other than the tire light still being on - but not that much traffic once I got on the highway. 

Then things went from mildly annoying to worse. The same guy who helped me with the car was the one checking the car back in. They must have made a notation in my account when I called about getting the flat tire because he beelined right for that tire. First, he claimed that the replacement tire was the "wrong one" - even though we replaced with the exact same size that had been on in the first place and was the same size as the other tires. Another one of the tires had a "bulge" on the sidewall and he also claimed there were new scratches to both the wheels on left (passenger) side. He says "don't worry, your insurance company will reimburse for this but you agreed to the pricing when you rented the car." ANY GUESSES ON HOW MUCH I GOT CHARGED????? Just under $1,800 USD. On top of the $200ish I had already paid for the first tire. I WAS LIVID. Are you serious?!?! The video that I had taken when I picked up the car did not show a ton of detail on the tires/wheels and it was raining at the time. I was more looking for dents and chips in the windshield. I have been renting cars for over 20 years and have never in my LIFE been charged for any damages. I will update if/when I get resolution from the credit card company.

Took the shuttle back towards the airport and still had to get on the underground to get to the terminal. When I had checked in for my flight I got a notice that since the flight was full I could check my carryon as well. I was REALLY happy to get rid of that as well and have just the one bag to carry around. I had a lot of time to kill before my flight so I had a second breakfast and coffee before going through security. 

One GOOD thing that happened in London is that they have increased the fluid size for going through security! I was able to bring a full unopened liter of water through security. Hopefully the rest of the world catches up with that.

I wandered around for a while since in Europe they don't tell you what your gate is until like 45 minutes before departure. Towards the end of the boarding groups, but the flight was nowhere near full. Not that I minded! Tried watching 28 Years Later and it was so bad I stopped and watched Dead of Winter instead. Also not great, but gave me something to watch. Watched some Gossip Girl episodes. SUPER restless on this flight. 

We landed like 35 minutes early. Deplaning took barely any time. LONG walk to customs that seemed to go much faster than I remembered, my bags were some of the first to arrive and I was out the door and waiting for Ben to pick me up before our flight was originally even supposed to land. Fun thing that happened was running into someone I used to run with at passenger pickup.

We headed home since I wasn't really hungry to stop somewhere. Took Olive for a walk and then started, did some unpacking and started laundry since I had a lot of stuff to go through. Ben ordered in Panda for dinner. 

Had plans to maybe watch something but decided I was too tired and went to bed early - thanks to the time change I had nearly been up for 24 hours again.

Wednesday (12,911 steps) - I probably could have gone to work but decided I didn't want to. Had a very productive morning! Did a short and easy Peloton ride in between doing laundry and finishing unpacking. Took Olive for a long walk to the lake. 

Headed up to Runners Roost Louisville with plans to visit with Lisa and walk. 

We did a couple miles and picked up trash for Earth Day. Ben picked up a pizza on the way home for dinner. Once again, decided to skip watching anything in favor of going to bed early. 

Thursday (10,206 steps) - Woke up stupidly early because apparently my sleep is all out of whack. Ben got us Dutch Bros. to start the day, yay! Another easy Peloton ride before my first day back to work after being out for almost two weeks. "Only" had 305 emails. A decent amount of those were because I forgot to turn off court notifications when I covered Celeste's attorneys before I went on vacation. I was caught up within a few hours so it wasn't terrible. Ariel showed up and we went to Einstein's for a breakfast sandwich. Took Olive for a long walk at lunch and used the sauna. After work I did a delivery before meeting Ben at Torchy's for dinner. We took Olive for another walk when we got home. Finally sat down to watch tv! First up was "The Cutoff" - a film about the DFL runners of Cocodona. We got about halfway through an episode of Good Wife before going to bed early yet again. 

Friday (10,382 steps) - Woke up before my alarm yet again. Slept a tiny bit better, but still not great with ankle pain waking me up. Took Olive on a walk before going into the office for work. Took Olive for a walk at lunch.

After work I dropped Olive off at home and met Ben at 4 Noses for happy hour. We didn't stay too long and ordered in Thai food for dinner. 

Good Wife.

Saturday (11,767 steps) - We managed to stay in bed until something crazy like 7 am!! We were lounging around having coffee when I saw the Facebook reminder that Nikki's Celebration of Life was later that morning. I decided I would walk Olive and then head up to Broomfield. I don't think there is anything more depressing than a service for a teenager. Ben had gone to Costco to pick up some groceries and got us both lunch from the cafe. While we were eating lunch I realized I had a missed call from Ariel. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. We didn't have any plans PREVIOUSLY, but our new plans included going to Golden to see what is going on NOW with Ariel's car. After doing some troubleshooting, Ben thinks it is the clutch slave cylinder. Yippee. Left Ariel with my car and then Ben and I took Olive to Fairmont trail for a walk.

Went to New Terrain after. It was a zoo, so we didn't stay too long. Ben ordered in Cupbop for dinner.

We watched Scream 7 (how many more of these can they possibly make?) and started an episode of Good Wife.

Sunday (10,964 steps) - Ben picked up Dutch while I did a Peloton ride and used the sauna. We decided we would go up to Boulder for a hike. I had mapped out a little bit of a different route. The sky looked pretty moody, but we didn't really think anything of it.

The "new" trail section was quite nice! Single track and we hardly saw anyone out. Of course that could have been because they weather was iffy.

We were just a couple tenths from meeting up with the main trail when it started to rain. No big deal, how hard could it possibly rain? It hasn't rained in ages? Well, the answer is - IT POURED. We started to run down when the thunder/lightning started. That was not in the plan at all!! We were all completely drenched by the time we got back to the truck. I was wearing a regular hoodie that was saturated and my pants were just as soaked as when I was running in Wales. Olive was also unamused.

We still went over to Rails End since Ben had extra hoodies in the truck. We didn't stay too long, mostly because we were both freezing. Home for a shower and smorgasbord of cheese for snacks. Good Wife!

Monday (11,147 steps) - YAY FOR WORK FROM HOME!! I had to schedule the tow for Ariel's car, but the good news was that once the car got to the shop they said it was in fact what Ben suspected and they would be able to get it fixed same day.

Did a Peloton ride, laundry, worked, took Olive for a long walk at lunch.

Ariel showed up right as I was getting off work to pick me up so we could switch cars. I REALLY HOPE THAT IS THE LAST OF CAR STUFF FOR A WHILE. Took Olive for a walk when I got back home and Ben made dinner. We watched a few episodes of "Zillow Gone Wild" before more Good Wife.

Stats:

• 81,038 steps
• 3.7 miles run
• 17.57 miles walked
• 50 minutes of cardio
• 0 minutes of strength
• 45 minutes of sauna

Week in Review (October 14 - October 20)

Tuesday (12,281 steps) - Peloton and Olive walk before going to work in the office. 

Went to the gym at lunch and did some strength training and a walk on the treadmill. Headed home after work and took Olive for another walk. I had received a notification earlier in the day that we were having an internet outage - it ended up lasting all evening, which meant NO television!! I still have all my DVDs but no player. We also basically live in a cell phone dead zone. SO, that meant cleaning up the mud room - it's been an overwhelming task but we got a great start on it.

Wednesday (23,345 steps) - I actually had to get up early so I could get my workout in before work. I had hill sprints to do and wasn't sure I would have time to do it after work, sooooo up at 5:10 and on the trails within 15 minutes. I did pick a good hill for the springs, but I unfortunately misread the workout and it ended up being about 20 minutes later than I had planned, so I had to semi cut it short and do a less steep hill closer to the house, PLUS cut the cool down short. Better than nothing! 

Olive walk before going to work in the office. Took a longer walk at lunch since the weather was nice. Olive walk after work. We made dinner and watched "Nobody 2."

Thursday (11,136 steps) - Work from home!! Was pretty busy with work all day. Took Olive to the dog park for a run/walk. 

Got in a short ride on the Peloton and more strength training. After work met Ben at Torchy's for dinner. We are running out of things to watch, started a show called "Dark Wolf" that isn't terrible. 

Friday (10,378 steps) - Olive walk before going into the office for a half day. Left at lunch so I would have time to walk Olive before the guys showed up to blow out our sprinklers. After work we met up with Ben for happy hour at 4 Noses - their NA beer is really pretty terrible. Took Olive for a walk.

Home for dinner and Dark Wolf.

Saturday (30,041 steps) - We were supposed to run with Christina, but she texted early to say her son was sick so she was going to run solo. Took Olive for a short walk.

Impatient - "MOM LET'S GO"

On to plan b, running in Boulder. This was... ok. Not good, not bad, not awful. With about an hour left a front seemed to blow in and we were happy there was no moisture accompanying it. 

Went to 4 Noses and thankfully we were able to sit inside since we didn't have Olive with us. We took Olive for a walk when we got home. After that, not sure what else we did. Dinner? Watched "Play Dirty" which wasn't great, but probably better than the 3 stars it was given. Tried a new NA beer. Taste wasn't bad, but there was... chunky/pulpy things in the bottom? I guess the key is to not drink the very end of it.

Sunday (17,180 steps) - Up early to head to Louisville for the Roost "fall party." I had a workout on schedule, so Ben, Olive and I went for a run on the mesa. It wasn't bad, especially considering Olive doesn't super enjoy running. 

We got back to the store to find out that everyone was delayed leaving so we headed back out to meet Maureen and Colfax. 

Stuck around for a bit before heading towards home. Stopped at Ziggi's for a protein smoothie and a trip to Noses for Ben. Food truck looked delicious, so we got something to eat - the bacon was phenomenal. 

Nap, shower, took Olive for a walk and then I went out driving for a bit. 

Did my pilates video with Olive and Ben ordered in pizza for dinner and watched "Locked" - which wasn't great. Tried another NA - this one didn't taste like a juicy IPA, but at least it didn't have weird stuff in the bottom of the glass.

Monday (16,449 steps) - Work from home! I had a run to do and hoped that if I went early the wind wouldn't be too bad. Spoiler, it was already horrible when I woke up. I dressed crazy warm for it and was relatively comfortable until I was heading back towards home and had to take off the jacket. 

All in all, I was dressed fairly appropriately. Took Olive for a walk and then did laundry, ran the dishwasher and took a shower. Ariel came home for the day and we went to get the new latte from Dunkin. Delicious!! 

Watched the Haunting of the Queen Mary while finishing out the work day. Took Olive for a walk after work. Made dinner and started the documentary on John Wayne Gacy. Definitely learned some things!

Stats:

• 120,810 steps
• 28.89 miles run
• 14.61 miles walked
• 30 minutes of cardio
• 80 minutes of strength