Welcome to my blog I'm a 20-something running my way through Denver.
2012 Races Colfax Marathon (5-20)
Boulder 70.3 (8-5)
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This weekend was a great one. I met a bunch of Colorado bloggers on Friday night:
From left to right: Heather, Courtney, Lynne, Tiffany, Lauren, me and Heidi. Picture stolen from Tiffany.
We went for sushi happy hour and then to see The Vow. Now you know I must have wanted to meet [...]
This post is a first in a series about some of my favorite Rock Creek Park trails. Please click here for more information.
Trail name: Deer Mountain
Highlights of this trail: deer sightings, feeling cool running over a fallen tree, no horses allowed. Cons of this trail: fear of falling when running over [...]
This weekend we had the most amazing weather in DC. Especially compared to last weekend’s out of no where snow.
Unfortunately, I had to continue my crazy work week Friday night through Saturday afternoon. I have a few strategies to stay sane during this mess.
De-stress strategy #1: Rock Creek Park. I made sure to [...]
I know I’ve been quiet over here. I’ve been taking the week to recover from the marathon and clear my head. Workouts
I took Monday through Wednesday off completely from working out. I did do a bit of walking around Denver. Thankfully, I wasn’t quite as sore as I was last year post-race (when I [...]
Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments on my National Half recap. I’ll admit, I was feeling pretty down in the dumps about not hitting my PR, but your comments really put things in perspective. There will be other races and I will break 1:50. I was also feeling down because I ended [...]
It is finally starting to feel like spring around here. Not only are the temps rising, but that extra hour of sunlight after work has been awesome. Thanks to the sunlight and warm weather:
I took Leela on a long walk after work yesterday. When it’s light we can take extra long routes and I [...]
This morning started out like any typical Monday morning. Alarm goes off at 6:30 am. I silently curse it as I get myself out of bed, change into a few layers of running clothes and drive with Leela to Rock Creek Park.
We were about .75 miles into our trail run, when Leela runs [...]
First off, thanks for all the great feedback on Tuesday’s post. It seems like a lot of people struggle with those last 10 pounds! This week I will certainly be using all my flex points, so we’ll see what happens. Flex points will be used because of the following events:
Tuesday night I went to [...]
As you may know, I have the rest of the week off work. I have grand plans to get a ton done during my “staycation” including:
Cleaning and organizing the house Baking and cooking Seeing friends and family Blog updates
My first day at home was incredibly busy so I can’t wait to spend some [...]
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