So life has been very very busy lately. It seems like it may finally be settling down but I know it will pick up again in less than a week as I will be leaving town for ten days to go home. I am excited! Anyhow the last week has been crazy. Tuesday we left town for our volunteer retreat in the Rocky Mountains. We were fortunate to only have to drive 3 hours whereas the other volunteers had to come in from as far as Seattle and Baltimore. We spent a great few days in the mountains participating in various fun activities including catching up with old friends, hiking, contra dancing, eating awesome food and so on. Below is my friend Ashley and me who is volunteering in Seattle and attended my same college. This is right before we got lost on our way back down to the retreat center. Oops.
Folowing camp we spent the weekend in Denver and Boulder enjoying various activities including a Coors Brewery tour (no me gusta Coors Beer), a Rockies game, more hiking, and the dreaded Bolder Boulder 10k that I have been “training” for the last couple of months. Unfortunately I was not as dedicated in training as I hoped I would be and thus I was not really looking forward to running 10 kilometers at a mile high. Thankfully it was a wet and cool day and the energy at the race was amazing. I also had a great running partner, Erin (second from right) who made it much easier. Our time ended up being about 73 minutes which is not great by racing standards but I was very pleased. You can see how tired I look after the race. It was really fun though and inspired me to be more dedicated to running. I think for my second race I will try a 5k though.
