First race of 07!

Well more snow this weekend. That’s right! It makes five weeks in a row. We received 6” of fresh new snow today. Just as the temps started to warm up mid week another blast of cool artic air and warm southern moister hit Denver!

At least it held off until today, Sunday. Yesterday turned out to be ok weather wise for the “Chilly Cheeks Duathlon” which I participated in with a friend Jodi. The high at the start of the race was 20 degrees with overcast skies and a few snow showers. The course was to be snow packed trails and roads with patches of ice too. The first part of the race consisted of a 1.5 mile run on snow covered trails. This was true, but the part of snow packed was not true. It was all loose snow that once steeped in reached the top of the shin. It was a long run that seemed to go no-where fast. The deep snow made for a great high knee work out! The bike potion’s of the race where good with minimal patches of ice but tons of hard packed snow. I rode the course on my cycle cross bike which held up perfectly on the route. I did loose my water bottle on the second bike leg, which sucked as I had to turn around and pick it up. Not the biggest race with a clean up crew! The race only had 150 entrants and my goal was to not finish last…Which I didn’t. Placed 26th which I was happy with, considering it was a relatively hard run and moderate bike course. The next race will be on Feb 17th, on the same course but in different orders.



I must say that the race was good, with the beard as it helped to keep my face warm on the bike ride. Once the race finished, I chose to shave the beard off, which was great! I realized that I’m not a beard man. Some seemed to like it on me while, I didn’t think it was me. You can be the judge and let me know if you wish.



Other then this week’s race, training has been good and steady. A little cross training with the AMG Ballers (corporate basketball team) and weight lifting again has started to make differences in my fitness. I’m seeing gains in the running fitness level and overall when finished working out. I like it! My coach has a great idea of what is going on, and I’m able to be open with him, sharing ideas of what I’m looking for and hoping to do in the following week. He does a great job of creating the openings to play basketball and lift and bike.

Well nothing else new, except for the fact that my Pats lost today and I will not be taking a trip to Miami now. To bad, so sad, as I wanted to get to warmer climates. Now I have to root for the Colts, as it just makes it fun to root against my friends in Chicago…any takers...

Take care ya’ll and enjoy the snow and colder temps in the Midwest and New England.

more snow....ahhhhhh

More snow….

Well the first week of 2007 has not changed a lot weather wise from 2006. That’s right, Friday the 8th we had another snow storm in the Denver Metro area. Our office wasn’t open again as Boulder received 15” of snow through out the day. Since I don’t have a Trio yet, I didn’t get the memo until my boss called me 3 miles from the office letting me know that I didn’t have to come in. So from now on, I’ll be taking my work computer home mid-week just incase. During the next snowstorm I’ll be able to work from home and do as the company President and Vice President say in our emails; to go outside and build a Snow Fort and or Snow-Man.

This past weeks training was normal. With the exception of the fact that I started lifting weights again for the first time in what seems like forever. My body was telling me how much it didn’t like it too. I was sore for a few days. On Tuesday our corporate basketball league started in Boulder. We only had 1 sub for the first game. I felt like I was running all over the place. But it was a blast to play again. We lost by 4 points in the end, but as they say when you’re young, “it doesn’t matter unless you had fun”, I did.

By the end of the week, I was feeling a little tired and run down from lifting and helping my buddy move to a new apartment. Around Thursday I was feeling under the weather and wasn’t sure why. I thought I had the 24 hour stomach flew as I couldn’t sleep and felt sick and didn’t want to touch food. The more I thought about it, I realized that I probably had food poisoning from breakfast or from dinner. All I know is that I hadn’t felt so sick for a as long as I could remember. I tried to work on Friday and left early as I was white as a ghost and just a waste of space.

To fight the cold weather and feel like I fit into Denver, I have started to grow a beard. I'll be sure to add some images of this in the upcoming post. It's being taken off on 2/1/07. Due to client meetings. Plus it's really itchy

Once home and a nap, I felt better. As the day went on, I kept feeling better. So no workouts on Friday all day and Saturday I felt like a new man. Did a little running on Saturday and today I didn’t do anything but watch TV, clean and hang out with some friends at Gov’s Park to watch my Pats beat the Chargers!

So now everyone have a great week and be sure to keep your hands clapping for the Patriots as we’re getting ready to play those darn Colts.