Monday, November 18, 2024

dogs and burgers

Not a whole lot accomplished on the fitness front over the weekend.  Kept busy with SAR stuff and dog sitting.

Did get up to Palmer Lake on Saturday, allowing me to drop by O'Malley's.  So damn good!

For the week:

run - 28 miles, 4.5 hours

ride - 33 miles, three hours

hike - 24 miles, 11.5 hours

I have the Rocket City 'thon in mid December, but other than that I'm pretty much in hibernation mode until December 23, at which point the days start getting longer again and I'll hopefully start moving again.

Friday, November 15, 2024

KF0SHF

Got my HAM call sign and have been messing around with my handheld radio.  Good stuff.

Mon - 44th Iron summit on the year with Mookie, then a nice 10k jog in the Garden.

Tues - bike commute 81, ten there and eleven back.  Quick half hour jog in the evening.  CityRock 114 at lunch.

Wed - run commute 64.  Five there, four back.  

Thurs - run commute 65.  Straight there and straight back.

Fri - bike commute 82.  Straight there and straight back.

Monday, November 11, 2024

snow

Odd weekend with the 100k recovery, a ton of snow, lots of SAR stuff, and cramming for my HAM radio license exam.

Got 34 miles of running on the week, and another 23 miles hiking.  Biking is non-existent right now as I get used to shitty weather.  We're pretty much melted out now, though the trails will be in rough shape for a bit.

The Rescue Run is one of SAR's biggest fundraisers of the year, hope to see all the locals there.  10AM start so hangover friendly.  I will not be running but I'll be out on course talking shit to everyone.

Friday, November 08, 2024

life goes on

Mon - sore, but got Mookie out for a four mile ruck in the AM, then an easy half hour run in the evening.

Tues - run commute 61.  Straight there and straight back.  CityRock 112 at lunch.

Wed - run commute 62.  Our first big snowfall and low temps of the year.  Five inches at the house, temp never got above 28F.  Plus it gets dark around 5PM now.  I'm ready for summer.

Thurs - more snow.  Got Mook out in the morning, he likes this weather a lot more than I do.  Did get out for a quick 30 minute jog before heading over to Fossil for snow beers later in the evening.

Fri - more snow.  Run commute 63.  Straight there and straight back.  At some point today or maybe early Saturday it is supposed to stop snowing.

Hopefully we melt out over the weekend.

Monday, November 04, 2024

24 (12) hours of Gnar

Headed up to Fort Collins over the weekend for the Colorado 24 hour run hosted by the Gnar Runners.  Good run for me, sort of.  For about 12 hours anyways.  Hit 50 miles in 9.5 hours but then the wheels came off and I ended up pulling the plug at 63 miles.  I have not been running that kind of distance lately so it was nice to get a good 50 in.  Had hopes of a longer distance though, but I just didn't want to walk the same one mile loop for another twelve hours.  Solid event though, can't rule out returning next year to see if I can get a few more laps in.