Workouts

Fri

40 min run w/Steve

Cycling class

Sat

The Pink Link 10K

Sun

Rest

Mon

Run 5.5 mi w/Steve & the dogs (3 mi w/Gidget, 2.5 mi w/Brewer & Guinness)

Tues

As many rounds in 20 min of...

4 dips, 4 p/ups, 8 30# dumbbell swings

(I forgot to keep track of how many rounds I completed)

Wed

5-5-5-5-5 Squats

(95# w/up, 95-95-115-115-125)

Row 500M w/up

1 min on, 50 sec off, 1 min on, 40 sec off, 1 min on, 30 sec off, 1 min on, 20 sec off, 1 min on, 10 sec off, back up the ladder... (maintained ~215-225M/min)

Elliptical 25 min

Thurs

REST! I'm currently being a lazy sack on the couch. Lovely.

Workouts

Mon
Rest

Tues
Strictly Strength class (drop sets - 8 reps max, drop weight, 8 reps, drop weight, 4 reps, drop weight, 4 reps)

Row 250M wu
4X 250M

Wed
Run 3X 5 min (ran each set with a different dog)
Cycling class

Thurs
20 min elliptical wu
4X 50M walking lunges, 50 crunches
(I think I may have been off on my meter estimation, but I think I overestimated so I'm not too worried)

3 weeks since my last post?!?

My apologies to all...it's been a crazy 3 weeks. Lots of traveling & family time = little to no blogging. I have much to catch up on, but here's a rundown/highlights of the past weeks...

~Trip to Boston for Steve's cousin's wedding
~Day from hell on our return trip
Highlights:
-A flight attendant looking like Willem Dafoe in drag (see The Boondock Saints, except with a blond wig) & acting like Queen Bitch
-An ill man requiring medical attention, thus diverting our flight to Buffalo, NY. If you're 58 with high blood pressure, diabetes and in generally poor health with a laundry list of issues, DO NOT fly the day after you get married, as you've probably spent most of the night drinking way too much and sleeping far too few hours. As a gentlemen behind me put it: "He got married yesterday. He probably just realized what he got himself into." Not only did it take them 20 minutes to get the poor guy off the plane because they couldn't figure out how to get him out, we sat in the airplane for a total of 2 hours waiting for Buffalo to get their act together & send us on our way. Thankfully the guy was recovering & not experiencing a true medical emergency, otherwise it would have been a body bag. When you land at the airport BEFORE the ambulance arrives, despite the fact they had at least 20-30 minutes notice of our landing, you know you're in for trouble. Note to self: don't land at the Buffalo, NY airport with serious medical emergency.

~Wasting away 8 hours in the Salt Lake City airport because Casper, WY has only two flights in from SLC. At least they have a few good brews in the airport to help pass time.
~Flying to Eugene, OR to see the family.
~Hanging out with the family, Peter, & Tom in Sisters, OR (my new favorite town)
~Running the Sisters Poker Run (punked out & ran 20 miles instead of 32...fair enough)
~Flying back home, seeing my pups & Steve & getting a chance to breathe from all the traveling.

Great American Beer Fest 2009!

Last weekend, we made the trek to Denver for the glorious Great American Beer Festival. We met up with friends from Laramie for a weekend of relaxing & plenty of beer tasting. Friday night, we arrived in Denver in time to have a beer in the lobby of the hotel before heading up to the room to hang out with the crew. As you can see from the picture above, when you have a floor to ceiling cabinet in the hotel room, what better than to see if everyone can fit in the cubby holes?? Apparently that is a strong cabinet...

Saturday morning, we woke up & decided to go for a short run to stretch the legs & prepare for the onslaught of delicious beer. After cleaning up, we took a picture (top picture) before heading over to the convention center - it kind of looks like I'm farting on Steve & everyone else is kind of upset about it...but I swear, I wasn't. We proudly sported our "pretzel necklaces" - a nice way to bring in "food" to munch on while drinking lots and lots and lots of beer. The festival itself was great! They added more floor space this year, allowing more room to spread out. They also added more bathrooms, which is KEY when tasting beer for four hours. We had some excellent beers & a few not-so-excellent beers. (To my dear sister-in-law: Kona Brewing Company now has a Coconut Brown; if you're a coconut fan, I think you'd love it! Not sure when it will be in production).

Saturday night, Steve & I headed to a Flogging Molly concert at the Red Rocks Ampitheatre. Neither of us had been to the venue & we not only enjoyed the incredibly cool concert venue, we loved Hepcats (opener) & Flogging Molly. They put on an excellent show!

Sunday morning, we woke up early for a 10K run I had signed us up for: Das Husslehoff 5K/10K. It was not the best run for either us - in our defense, we had been standing for several hours the day before for beer fest & the concert AND we were very dehydrated from hours upon hours of beer drinking. However, it was an excellent way to wake up for the day, the course was nice, & we saw several funny costumes. Who wouldn't have fun at a race that is based solely around Oktoberfest & Germany's most noted star, the one & only DAVID HASSLEHOFF?! Genius. After the race, we went back to the hotel to clean up & hit the road. A fun weekend had by all.

We had a great time & if anyone ever considers attending beer fest in the future, I highly recommend it. Especially the more expensive "Members-Only" session on Saturday afternoon.

Workouts

Fri
Cycling class

Sat
3 mi run around Denver

Sun
Das Husslehoff 10K (more on that to come later)

Mon
5X 10 cannonballs, 10 pullups
Cycling class

Tues
Rest day

Wed
0.3 mi wup
2X 1 mi
Cycling class

Thurs
5 mi run
Strictly strength class

Fri
21-18-15-12
55# deadlift
Knees-to-elbows
30# dumbbell swing

Cycling class