A Totally Cloudless Weekend in Boulder: Saturday running and Sunday riding

Man, I really can’t believe what’s happening with all the fires on the west coast. All the people who have been affected, displaced, injured, etc. I think I’m even more sensitive and aware of the situation because we got a tiny taste of it this summer when smoke descended on our town due to the …

Colorado’s first snowfall of the season: September 7, 2020

Earlier this week Colorado got its first snowfall of the season. But the season is still summer, so that’s kinda crazy. I shouldn’t be surprised after living here for three years because by now I’m very familiar with freak snowstorms that come of nowhere, blow through town in a couple days, and leave beautiful warm …

Friday things: Cycling is back! Le Tour, Labor Day Plans + a morning ride

Coffee cheers to Friday! My last half day Friday : ( Or I should say: coffee cheers to Friday and not spilling on my white shirt on the way to work! Yay! Yesterday I had a bunch of meetings that were just easier to do in person, so I decided to head into the office, …

A Friday Edition of updates + things: my favorite meal this week and new podcasts

Happy Friday from me and a cup of instant coffee. You read that right. I have totally been making instant coffee every morning instead of a pot of drip coffee as if I have somewhere to be every day in a hurry. I don’t. Our company has been working from home since the middle of …

Two Classic Trail Runs in Boulder, CO + podcasts

Just like the last couple weeks (aside from when my friends were in town) I really had no interest in getting on the bike this past weekend. The downside of that is I’m probably, definitely losing cycling fitness. But one of the upsides of trail running instead of riding is that I’m done fitness-ing for …

A Friday Edition of updates + things: running, cycling, podcasting

Good morning and happy (summer) Friday! I get to close my laptop and start my weekend at 1 p.m. today and I couldn’t be happier about it. Like last week, I might check out a new trail this afternoon, but it all depends on what the weather does; I’m looking out my window at gray …

Training In A Pandemic: Highest Mileage In Awhile

After last week’s daily quarantine posts, it didn’t feel right to keep writing about my days that are mostly very boring. Because being bored these days is a privilege. I am not a healthcare worker putting in endless shifts caring for others. I am not a cashier at a grocery store coming into contact with …

THE FLU! I Learned My Lesson The Hard Way

Ok, so let me level with you. Are you ready? Grab a coffee. This is a super long and very detailed story about the flu I got last week and which then ruined my entire weekend. When I got to the very anti-climactic end of me getting better and going back to work on Tuesday…I …

The Best Running and Cycling #Content I’ve Consumed Recently

This is not a favorites post. I repeat: this is NOT A FAVORITES POST. I don't love those, especially because most of them are filled with stuff to buy, and I don't think we need more THINGS in our lives (unless it's bikes or running shoes, let's be serious). Instead, I'm sharing lots of great content I've …

Podcasts! What I’m Listening To

I don’t even remember commuting or workouts or, hell, grocery shopping before podcasts. If I’m in the car and the drive is more than five miles, I’ll pick a short one and drive really slow. I like being talked to. I like learning. I suppose it’s why I read predominately nonfiction and biographies and keep …