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

Day 4 - The Rut 11k & Yellowstone

Sunday

I got just a few hours of sleep, A didn't seem too grumpy, which was good since she had to race. It was obviously much faster getting to the start since we didn't have to pack anything up. A decided she wanted to start in the second wave, so we did some pictures and I watched her head out.

I hiked up to watch the runners come out of the single track. I saw A much earlier than I had expected, and got a series of pictures of her with another girl - stride for stride - heading into the finish.

Checked results and found out she got 2nd in her age group, so we would need to stick around for the awards ceremony. So proud of A!!!

We drove into West Yellowstone where we got lunch (grilled cheese, tater tots and taco pizza).

We stopped at the market to get stuff for sandwiches (and more ice) before heading into the parks. Unfortunately, with it being a Sunday, there were a MILLION people and it took forever to get in. The first place that we stopped didn't have any available camping, so we drove to Lewis Lake - luckily there were spots available, so we set up camp and then headed out to go hiking. We found a trail headed toward Heart Lake, but at the trail head decided we would only go out for a mile then come back (it was over 7 miles each way!).

We were getting hungry, so we stopped and got giant ice cream cones before going back out for more hiking.

We stopped at a few of the basins - Black Sand Basin and Biscuit Basin.

Why did the buffalo cross the road?

We planned on hiking to Fairy Falls. Ended up just being a long walk to nowhere - got some cool pictures though.

On the drive back to the campground, we encountered what we think was the same buffalo walking down the middle of the road - he/she didn't seem happy.

Leftover pizza for dinner, Netflix and bed.