What a year!
Well I know that I missed a week with an entry and sorry for that. Since I last wrote, some of you may have seen the news and the weather we’ve had here in Denver. A small storm called a Blizzard! I must say that it was pretty cool and crazy to see first hand. Cool since I know how to dive in snow compared to what seemed to be 90% of the population here.
I was actually stuck in Boulder the day of the storm due to the highways being closed and so many accidents on the back roads. So I spent the night with my boss and his cousin who goes to CU. We slept on the floor and went to work the next day, only to find out that the office was closed! Sort of, we had a key so we worked a little while,with a few other diehards in the office. Once the highways (route 36) opened up again I headed home around 2:30pm. The road was a mess. Abandoned cars littered all over the road. I counted 60 cars in a 15 miles stretch of road. The snowplows actually drove around the cars on both sides of the road and even the middle too. The drive home to say the least was interesting. Due to the storm I had changed my travel plans home to leave a day later, on the 24th. Good idea to make sure I got on the plane, but a very profitable one for the airlines…lol. No matter it was great to be in Maine with the whole family and Kate and Aron who came from Florida too.
Yes while in Maine, I stayed true to my goal and my workouts, running every other day while there. The weather was great. Temperatures around the mid 40’s with very little wind. Even my run on Christmas day was very peaceful and relaxing as many people where not on the roads in the Sebago Lake area.
Then the trip home, just as I was getting ready to leave, the Weather Channel and National News was watching Colorado again for a possible 2nd Blizzard! Seriously, what’s up with all the snow? It snows in the mountains NOT in the Denver Metro area, not like this at least. The forecast for Denver and this storm on the 27th of December predicted another 18” of snow in a total of 2-3 days. The start of the storm was to hit its peak in the early afternoon hours. Of-course, just as I’m scheduled to land (1pm) at DIA…come one..give me a break and let the snow hold off so that I may land is all that I was thinking. I was able to land, and as soon as I did, the snow started to fall heavily. This time around it was wet and heavy snow. Great snowball, snowman snow! Compared to the light fully snow we had a week ago.
Since I’ve been back in Denver, I’ve been bitten by the cold bug. Not sure what I have and I feel that since a lot of my friends have been sick or walking around with colds, that I’ve become the pea-tree dish for all that they have/had. Yesterday I lost my voice and felt like I was hit by a semi. With a lot of rest and some good comfort food, I feel better today but about 80% not the 100% that I would love to be at.
No matter how I feel I still need to keep on track and work out. So my goal is to do what my competitors are NOT doing. That would be using their brain it seems. Today I rode up Lookout Mountain today twice on my cycle-cross bike due to patches of snow and ice still on shadow side of the road. I can say that it was a great ride and I was happy that I rode. It was very tranquil being on the road with very few cars and knowing that I was the only stupid one out on the last day of 06! The temperature was perfect around 33, but coming down was a lot different, the wind blowing on my face and hands hurt! More then skiing has. So once I hit the base of the mountain I was happy to start climbing again to warm up.
Well over all today was a great day to end 06 on. A great bike ride on my own, enjoying the views of Denver from above at my own pace with nothing by music in my ears and a goal in my heart to work hard and finish this race in June.
To all my friends who have read all these entries to-date, thanks and I wish you all the best in 07! Enjoy the photos from Lookout Mountain too. Jennifer, I hope these are good for you! I’m looking forward to starting new in 07 and getting the training in full swing.
Take care and keep in touch ya’ll
I was actually stuck in Boulder the day of the storm due to the highways being closed and so many accidents on the back roads. So I spent the night with my boss and his cousin who goes to CU. We slept on the floor and went to work the next day, only to find out that the office was closed! Sort of, we had a key so we worked a little while,with a few other diehards in the office. Once the highways (route 36) opened up again I headed home around 2:30pm. The road was a mess. Abandoned cars littered all over the road. I counted 60 cars in a 15 miles stretch of road. The snowplows actually drove around the cars on both sides of the road and even the middle too. The drive home to say the least was interesting. Due to the storm I had changed my travel plans home to leave a day later, on the 24th. Good idea to make sure I got on the plane, but a very profitable one for the airlines…lol. No matter it was great to be in Maine with the whole family and Kate and Aron who came from Florida too.
Yes while in Maine, I stayed true to my goal and my workouts, running every other day while there. The weather was great. Temperatures around the mid 40’s with very little wind. Even my run on Christmas day was very peaceful and relaxing as many people where not on the roads in the Sebago Lake area.
Then the trip home, just as I was getting ready to leave, the Weather Channel and National News was watching Colorado again for a possible 2nd Blizzard! Seriously, what’s up with all the snow? It snows in the mountains NOT in the Denver Metro area, not like this at least. The forecast for Denver and this storm on the 27th of December predicted another 18” of snow in a total of 2-3 days. The start of the storm was to hit its peak in the early afternoon hours. Of-course, just as I’m scheduled to land (1pm) at DIA…come one..give me a break and let the snow hold off so that I may land is all that I was thinking. I was able to land, and as soon as I did, the snow started to fall heavily. This time around it was wet and heavy snow. Great snowball, snowman snow! Compared to the light fully snow we had a week ago.
Since I’ve been back in Denver, I’ve been bitten by the cold bug. Not sure what I have and I feel that since a lot of my friends have been sick or walking around with colds, that I’ve become the pea-tree dish for all that they have/had. Yesterday I lost my voice and felt like I was hit by a semi. With a lot of rest and some good comfort food, I feel better today but about 80% not the 100% that I would love to be at.
No matter how I feel I still need to keep on track and work out. So my goal is to do what my competitors are NOT doing. That would be using their brain it seems. Today I rode up Lookout Mountain today twice on my cycle-cross bike due to patches of snow and ice still on shadow side of the road. I can say that it was a great ride and I was happy that I rode. It was very tranquil being on the road with very few cars and knowing that I was the only stupid one out on the last day of 06! The temperature was perfect around 33, but coming down was a lot different, the wind blowing on my face and hands hurt! More then skiing has. So once I hit the base of the mountain I was happy to start climbing again to warm up.
Well over all today was a great day to end 06 on. A great bike ride on my own, enjoying the views of Denver from above at my own pace with nothing by music in my ears and a goal in my heart to work hard and finish this race in June.
To all my friends who have read all these entries to-date, thanks and I wish you all the best in 07! Enjoy the photos from Lookout Mountain too. Jennifer, I hope these are good for you! I’m looking forward to starting new in 07 and getting the training in full swing.
Take care and keep in touch ya’ll
posted by Jon at 12/31/2006 05:26:00 PM
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