Woke up early this morning to hit the treadmill.

There are many wildfires in Colorado at the moment so I have been keeping my runs indoors.

2.5 miles to get the day going feels good even if it’s indoors and I have been LOVING watching Running the Triple Crown. Running shorter distances more often is working well for my injury recovery.

It is an awesome kick of motivation in the weird time.

We spent the day doing things we usually do:

Enjoying mango smoothies

Playing at the park

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Wearing matching Halloween PJs (never too early)

Cuddling with Humphry

And enjoying a dinner brought to you by Costco. This is an amazing bagged salad (kale and brussel sprouts) and a Beyond Burger. Have you tried them? They are my new favorite plant based burgers.

Lastly we need your help. Our family is deeply divided on Cannon’s hair.

I won’t name names, but half of us think he badly needs a haircut, the other half love his floppy locks. So what is your vote, team cut it off or team let it grow?

Finally after being able to string a few short runs together this week I feel like I am digging out of the pit of injury that I have been in since early July.

Now that I am finally running agin I can’t help but think about BIG goals.

What has been on my heart for years and I want to ALL IN on is running a 100 mile trail race. I am not sure if one will happen in 2021 for me because everyone from 2020 will be rolling over and you just never know what life will throw at you but I am going all in to make it happen in the next couple year. I would love it to be the Leadville 100 but I am open to other races if I can’t get in.

I had really wanted to run a 50 miler this year, it was my big goal. But with quarantine, no child care and an injury that goal has had to be postponed. But I really don’t want this year to end without at least running a marathon.

With everything cancelled or unsafe I am hoping to run a virtual marathon in December (anyone know a great one connected to a good charity?)

In January I am hoping to run the Arches Ultra 50k if things are safe enough by then. I ran the half marathon back in 2019 and loved it.

Then we will see where the year leads and what races I can get into.

I am calling this All In because going from couch to 100 mile is going to everything I’ve got. I plan to do everything I can to achieve this goal including: strength training, stretching, rolling, learning about nutrition, working on form, learning as much as I can along the way and sharing it here!

So come along with me, what BIG goal are you chasing?

If you need inspiration while all the races are cancelled, here is Billy Yangs video about Leadville:

Just like most people this summer we have been itching to get away and camping has seemed like the safest way to get away from home.

Camping is always a popular option in Colorado but this year it’s even more in demand than ever. We were trying to plan a last minute trip and couldn’t find any spots open in Colorado. We expanded our search a bit and found Hog Park just north of the Colorado – Wyoming boarder.

It was about a five hour drive but the scenery was beautiful.

We took plenty of breaks for a picnic lunch and a playground along the way.

We were so happy and impressed with the views from our campsite.

This was also our first trip with our camper. The Sienna towed like a dream and the kids loved it, it’s like a clubhouse to them.

The lake was cold like most mountain lakes but so beautiful and great for kayaking or paddle boarding.

We spent our time playing by the lake, hiking and chatting with our neighbors (who ended up living just a few miles from us in Erie).

We stayed for two nights and wished we had more!

The mist on the lake was incredible.

The camper was great for cold mornings.

(and hot chocolate)

As well as nap time for Emmy.

If you are near Colorado and are looking for an amazing camp site we can’t recommend Hog Park more!

Happy camping!

AAAANNNNDDDD just like that July is over and we are moving into August! July flew by and this weird in-between (upside-down?)

Currently Buying – A couple big purchases this month:

I am completely in LOVE with this car. It has been so fun running around in our Sienna.

Also we jumped on the bandwagon and bought a camper.

Currently Spending All Our Time – Camping. Cory and I both grew up camping with our families and love being outdoors. And while we LOVE car camping in tents we want to travel more and fell in love with the camper lifestyle when we spent a couple weeks RVing around Germany, Switzerland and Austria (posts here).

We are easing in with a pop-up for now to make sure that we actually use it, then plan to upgrade to a travel trailer in a few years. We have big plans for a September trip but have already enjoyed some trips closer to home and Wyoming.

Currently Loving – Smoothies!

Love that these kids are into green smoothies.

We have also been loving playgrounds, pools and popsicles.

Looking forward we still haven’t heard what Cannon’s school will be doing this fall. And we don’t really know if we will send him regardless.

So many things to decide, so many unknowns. Head up friends, we are going to get through this.

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What’s current with you?