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I'm a 20-something running my way through Denver.

2012 Races

Colfax Marathon (5-20) Boulder 70.3 (8-5)

Squeezing it all in

This week is busy, but short and sweet.  Tonight we’re flying to Portland, OR to visit our best friends Lauren & Dave.  It’s weird because I feel like we just got back from vacation – I am not certainly not complaining though!

Lauren is one of the few friends from high school or college [...]

Works Well with Others

I usually don’t workout with other people – mostly because I just run from my house when it works with my schedule.  Sunday, however, I had two workout dates.

Workout date #1 – 40+ mile bike ride with Jessica, Beth, Victoria and Suzanne (left to right in the picture below).

When I woke up [...]

Unplugged

Thank you all for the vacation well wishes!  I had a great time.

When we got there, I discovered we didn’t have Internet or cell phone service, and only intermittent TV when the satellite worked.  The Internet started working on Thursday, but at that point I was really enjoying being completely unplugged and decided to keep it [...]

Triathlon Camp

I’m currently driving up the east coast to Lake George, NY.  It’s a long 8.5 hour drive, but I’m hoping it will go by quickly because I’m so excited for this vacation.  We’re renting a lake house with a big group of friends. The next week I’ll be spending quality time with some of my [...]

The Best Exhaustion

I’m so tired right now as a result of an awesome, non-stop weekend.  After a 30 minute swim with Nyema Friday, I worked from home for the day.  This meant I could take Leela on 2 walks in Rock Creek Park – I love seeing her run again after her injury.  She met a dog [...]

What Not to Wear

Longtime readers will remember that thanks to a tibial stress fracture, I was sidelined from running from the beginning of March until the end of June 2010.  Basically I missed all of springtime running weather.  For those of you are injured, I completely feel your pain when you see people out running in the gorgeous [...]

Countdown to Summer

In the last week, I’ve pretty much finalized my race and travel plans for the summer and it is shaping up to be an awesome one.  It will culminate with my brother-in-law and brother both getting married at the end of the summer.  I’m so excited!  Here is what else is happening:

June:

One [...]

Do What you Can

Sorry for the long posting hiatus. I think it was the longest I have ever taken off from blogging. In the last two weeks I have taken 4 flights, spent over 24 hours road trippin’, and stayed in 4 different hotels. Needless to say I’m excited to get back to normal life.

This weekend I [...]

Fit-spirations

On Tuesday, we celebrated my dad’s 68th birthday. While it is scary to think my dad is getting so close to 70, I’m amazed he is in such good shape.

It got me thinking about people in my life who inspire me to be the healthiest I can be – my fitspirations if you [...]

Weekend Recap: Roommate Reunion Edition

Thank you all so much for your ideas to cheer-up on my last post.  I’m sorry if I have been a downer lately, but this weekend was a great start for getting myself out of my funk.

My college roommate, Lauren, came down after work on Friday.

Me & Lauren freshman year

I [...]