We ran into some shitty weather with snow and super cold temps, so it was an up and down week.
run - 32 miles, six hours
ride - 37 miles, 3.5 hours
hike - 21 miles, nine hours
Sunday was a track meet up at UCCS. I was a bit hungover from Manitou Mardi Gras on Saturday, but I still ran fairly well. 11:15.22 for the 3000m and then I doubled back to go 5:17.81 in the 1500m. Did not finish last in either event, and in fact I won the slow heat of my 1500m. Track is now over for a while.
Decent weekend on the mileage front. On Saturday I got out for a 45 mile ride. Was hoping for a bit more but the Santa Fe trail kept getting soggier and soggier the more north I went. Had the Wings of Blue doing some training overhead while I was on the Academy.
Ran up to Barr Camp on Sunday. Lots of snow and ice which made things slow, but it was good to get out for four hours.
For the week -
run - 34 miles, eight hours
ride - 110 miles, 10.5 hours
hike - 22 miles, eight hours
Good Monday as I got in a 7.5 mile Garden road run in the AM, then a 24 mile ride in the evening. On Tuesday I woke up with some form of crud, so I only got in the minimum Toby miles with a four miler with Mook. Supposed to get a ton of snow tonight so Wednesday might be limited as well.
Mon - four mile Garden trail run with the Mook, 14 mile COVID loop on the bike.
Tues - bike commute 14. Went over 500 bike miles on the year. Applied for my passport, which I'll need to get into Canada this July. Guy beside me was getting his passport to begin the Seven Summits. Four mile trail run with Mook in the evening. Then watched Pitt destroy Louisville to move into a tie for first place in the ACC.
Wed - bike commute 15, 25 miles on the day. Good guitar session in the evening. Lithium by Nirvana. I still suck at barer chords.
Thurs - woke up to snow, so I got to do some shoveling. Then ran to work. CityRock 15 at lunch.
Fri - five friggin' degrees this morning. Very chilly bike commute 16.
Supposed to warm up a bit this weekend, hoping for a long ride on Saturday and a run up to Barr Camp on Sunday.
We hosted the CRUD fat ass on Saturday. Solid turnout, saw some folks I haven't seen in a while. I ran two hours, some went as far as 30 miles.
On Sunday I ran a mile at the UCCS indoor track. Officially 5:37.13. Went much better than the 1500m a few weeks ago. I have one more indoor meet on the schedule, I think I'm gonna try for a sub 5:30. Nine fellow old farts in my heat, and it was nice to not finish last for once (I was 7th).
Mon - very cold, but I got out for a five miler on the Garden trails.
Tues - very cold, but I got in bike commute 11 and a four mile run with Mookie on the Garden trails.
Wed - very cold, but I got in run commute five. Guitar lesson in the evening.
Thurs - finally a break in the weather. It was still cold, but not so much that I was worried about frostbite. Bike commute 12, four mile run with Mookie in the evening.
Fri - it hit 50 today! Global warming FTW! Bike commute 13.
Busy weekend. We're watching two other dogs, hosting the Fat Ass, track meet/Mook school/Fossil happy hour on Sunday.
Pitt hoops looking more and more like a lock for the Big Dance!
Pretty good month given two trips and some really sub par weather.
run - 137 miles, 27.5 hours
ride - 421 miles, 44 hours
hike - 108 miles, 43 hours
Plus ten trips to the climbing gym.
None of the bike miles were spectacular. Just grinding away on slippery trails, trying to keep my fingers and toes from going numb. But it was a lot of time in the saddle for me, and it sets me up nicely to start getting my ass ready for the Divide.
Dry January went alright for me. I knew the trips to the Fort and Wisconsin wouldn't be beer free. And the shitty winter weather broke me the final weekend of the month, when I visited Fossil on Saturday and Sunday. But I did go 23 days of the month without any alcohol. I don't feel any better or worse. Even when I ran off twelve straight booze free days to start the year, I didn't feel any different. As a bonus, drinking this past Sunday allowed me to meet a wolf.
