Great race!
I was really impressed with how well organized the race was and how well setup/supported it was. I went into the race hoping to run <1hr and also hoping to beat Dave (Hill’s dad). I was thinking I would be able to as two weeks ago at the Barking Dog I had [...]
Well, first off, I am sure all of you are waiting to know- I ran the WHOLE race!!!! On Friday, my physical therapist said that I could run but if my hamstring tendon started to hurt even the tiniest little bit, I was to immediately walk the rest of the race. There was no pain [...]
I have decided that maybe it is time to share some of my favorite recipes with the world. On the menu for this week, a yummy Asian salad that I came up with. The recipe serves 2 with a little extra for a kiddo to nibble on. Here you go:
Grilled Asian Salad
Marinated [...]
Lately, I have been feeling a little overwhelmed about how much “stuff” we have crammed into our house and I was at the point the I felt the house was going to cave in around me. When I was at my breaking point, my dear friend Sonja was a brilliant ray of light. [...]
Our friends, Sonja and Annie, came over today to build wire cages for our tomato plants. Sonja is growing an entire vegetable garden in pots on the balcony of her apartment and has inspired me to give a tomato plant a try. Just so happens, she has the additives I needed for the tomato plant [...]
Today, I decided that I’d had enough of the dreadlocks Tana is trying to grow on the back of her head. I took her for her first haircut this morning at Lollilocks. She did really good! She sat in a car and watched Shrek, while she got her hair trimmed. It [...]
Today was a good day -
I was able to ride my bike to work and take in some great scenery. At lunch I did a ~4.5 mile recovery run at zone 1 heart rate (really slow), and it turned out my pace was the same as my early march 30min time trial effort which [...]
English Viola
Lemon Balm
Herbs
Sun Gold Cherry Tomato
Bridges Penstemon
Quinalt Strawberry
Mmmmm, bokashi!!!
Ben, Tana and I went and wandered around the Botanic Gardens again today. They had a [...]
Today was the first of the Mile Hi Duathlon series – the Barking Dog Duathlon at Cherry Creek State Park. The format was 5k run, 30k bike, 5k run using paths and roads all around the park. The weather was so so – drizzly as we pulled into the parking [...]
Today was the annual plant sale at the Denver Botanic Gardens. My friend Sonja and I decided to go during the members only hours and pick out our plants while the getting was good. Everyone else in Denver had the same idea. The herb tent was the first selection of plants after [...]