December 31, 2015

2015.

2015 was a pretty fun year, full of travel, family and love. Here’s a look back at some of the highlights:

I started a new job early in the year

Ran on as many Boulder trails as possible

A quick trip in March to Moab for the Behind the Rocks Ultra

Cory did great on a wind, cold, wet day, #proudwife #BostonMarathon #BostonStrong

Traveled to Boston to watch Cory run the the Boston Marathon

Beautiful morning for a graduation #hopefullynotthelasttime

In May we traveled to Santa Fe to celebrate my graduation

Last workout of the day done! Lots of wildlife out, pelicans, great blue heron, bunnies and one wild pug #IMTraining #IMCanada #WinstonThePug #ironpug

June/July was lots of training for summer races

Bikes racked and ready it's almost go time!!! #teamsoas2015 #weareSOAS #IMBoulder70point3

Ironman Boulder 70.3 brought the heat and the fun

Whisper really is stunning! Also looking forward to getting home and plotting new adventures

July took us to Whistler where my Ironman was cut short by ridiculous weather but it was still well worth the visit

Super inspiring weekend cheering and volunteering at the Leadville 100 #lt100 #ultramarathon #trailrun

August brought more training and volunteering at the Leadville 100 again (I am putting in my time so when my year comes around I will get in for sure!)

In September we headed to California for Ironman Lake Tahoe

In October Cory and ran off to Disneyland for one last trip with just the two of us, we knew we were planning on starting a family and everything would change soon

In November we added a family member in the form of a French Bulldog named Humphry, he is the sweetest little clown

Cory is excited to match our little one for next season #gobroncos

In December we celebrated with family and finally announced that we are expecting a (human) addition to the family in June

Overall 2015 was pretty great but we are mainly looking forward to 2016 and all of the new exciting changes.

January 2, 2013

Hungover Half Marathon

Happy New Year! I hope you have recovered from all the fun you had last night and a ready to take on the new year. Cory and I slept in and then set out for our tradition of running a half marathon on New Years day. There isn’t an official half in Colorado (that we know of) so for the last two years we have just ran a self supported 13.1 mile on a local trail. This year we decided that we really wanted to get up into the mountains. It was only 12 degrees so we tried to dress warm loaded up our hydration packs and headed out.

Two hats, two pairs of pants and two coast kept things from being two cold but I won’t go so far as to say that I was “warm”. But the trail was beautiful and the sun was shining so I can’t complain. We were even sheltered from the wind by the heavy cover of trees.

It was difficult to eat and drink well on the run because our water and food froze. Luckily the view was worth it!

The plan for tonight is to eat a new chicken curry slow cooker recipe (will share if it’s good) relax and get ready to go back to reality tomorrow.

What did you do on your first day of the year? Do you go back to work tomorrow?

December 27, 2012

Wonderful Holiday

Hello out there! It’s been a little while, I have been taking my time transitioning from my old MacBook that served me well for 5 years but had started to slow down a lot in the last six months. So after much thought I

upgraded to a new MacBook Air, and I LOVE it. Although I am still transferring all my files over and getting things re-setup.
It’s amazing how much I had set up and took for granted over 5 years on my old computer!
I hope you all had as wonderful of a holiday with your family as I did, it was a wonderful time and I was so spoiled

We had such a good time and I can’t wait to try out all my new triathlon gear! I was lucky enough to get some Lulu running clothes, cold weather biking gear and recovery tights to make sure I can get back at it.

Notice the pug photo bomb….he was not invited.

So I guess it’s time to get serious about Ironman Lake Tahoe training! We have one more Christmas gathering with family then it will be time to put away Christmas and focus on the new year. I am SO excited about 2013 but more on that later.

Did you have a great holiday? What was your favorite gift?

December 5, 2012

Race Medal Ornaments Revisited

I have received a few questions about what to do with race medals so I thought I would repost this from last year about how I turn race medals into ornaments. One medal that wont be getting snipped this year:

Maybe Cory will want to put his on the tree? but not me!!!

For most of the year the race medals that Cory and I get sit in a pile and collect dust. We could get a fancy medal hanger and display them but instead we save them until Christmas time so we can turn them into ornaments.

It’s fun to think back on the races we have done over the year while decorating the tree. This time of year is a great time to think back on all the fun we’ve had this year.

It’s pretty simple but I thought I would share how I make medals into ornaments.

Step 1: Cut the ribbon in half

Step 2: tie ribbon in a bow if you like it, if you don’t want a big bow on your tree you can remove the ribbon and use a metal ornament hanger.

Step 3: Hang on your tree and enjoy for years to come.

Simple and easy, just the way I like it!

November 25, 2012

Turkey Day 10k

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I enjoyed a full day with my family but I think my favorite part of the day was the start, a family race. My brother and dad raced the 5k together

While Mom, Cory and I ran the 10k

Cory and I have done this race the last tree years and mom joined us last year. This year the temperature was perfect for running in the upper 50s. Mom and I both decided to wear last years’ race shirt so we ended up as twins.

While the temps were great there was a wicked headwind on the second half of the race which was also the uphill section. This made it practically impossible to negative split. Mom said that’s not her style anyway.This year was a new course which we didn’t like as well but the first part through the park was nice. Cory, mom and I all ran together. My mom is coming back from a few injuries and is doing awesome. Her big goal is a half marathon in June and she is going to KILL IT! Even with the difficult conditions she as able to get a PR of 1:00:28 to win her age group. Cory and I had a great time running with mom and were happy to see her do sowell. We hung around to watch Dad and Erik (big brother) finish up the 5k The race wasn’t doing awards that day so we grabbed some water and our race t’s before heading out

Normally I really like readline runnings shirts but there was a mix up with the shirts and there is no graphic on the t-shirts. Also our arm-warmers did not come in. I feel a bit bad for the race director as it seems a lot of things went wrong but I wasn’t stoked about all the changes from last year. Next we we all decided we want to race the family 5k together.

November 21, 2012

Thanksgiving Eve

Happy Thanksgiving Eve! If you are one of the millions who are traveling today I wish you safe and easy travels. I am not traveling today since my parents conveniently moved to Colorado last year.

Even though I am not traveling I am still busy and trying to fit a bunch in today so I can relax and enjoy tomorrow. I got up early this morning to fit in a 90 minute easy spin, this helped to flush out my legs after yesterdays long run. I am hoping to get some yoga in tonight when Cory gets home. This afternoon I am trying to get some school work in before starting to cook tonight. This year we are in charge of Thanksgiving desert and post race treats. Cory decided to make homemade cinnamon rolls (I am SO looking forward to that) and I am in charge of pies!

I am going to make classic pumpkin

and dutch apple all from scratch

I love baking but I don’t do it very often due to dietary and time limitations. Cory is a great helper and by cooking the pumpkin and peeling apples for me!

Are you cooking the full meal for Thanksgiving, just a part or just showing up?

Chasing My Joy

My journey to becoming an Ultra Runner and Ironman