September 6, 2009 |

Early Fall is good

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If I played guitar, I’d be Jimmy Page. ~ The Beastie Boys



Just got back from watching It Might Get Loud. Good flick. Really cool to learn more about Jimmy Page, Jack White and Edge and see them interact. If you are a fan of music, you won’t be disappointed.


Pete and I jammed down to Denver to see the flick then came back up to Boulder and did a nice little run up the Creek path. Felt pretty awesome and did a few surges. Feeling really strong right now, which is just excellent. Hoping to keep ramping up the mileage and staying healthy.


This week has been particularly busy but I have been able to get out consistently. Did a fun run with Sean last Sunday on and around the Habitrail in Ned. Just a mellow, “long” run that ended up being 1:54 and 9.75 miles. Good to get out and explore some of the new trails in that area. I haven’t been riding lately so my normal exploration of this trail system has been lacking. So many variations out there now. Good and bad, I suppose but there are some really fun sections for sure.


Tuesday I ran in Boulder on the Creek path. Surges again but all on pavement since I started on the east side of the path. I was hoping to do my workout on the CU track but apparently it is closed to the public and I didn’t feel like getting yelled at (or arrested) so I just did some surges on pavement and called it good after about 50 minutes.


Wednesday was a blast with a fun tempo run in the woods. Feeling pretty great about the amount of distance I can cover when I hammer and am even starting to get faster while running slowly. The leaves are starting to change up here so things are getting a different kind of beautiful before winter sets in. It has definitely been cooling off and the nighttime air has a distinct, fall-esque snap to it.


Thursday featured just a short, recovery run during which I got a little lost and my watch batteries died so I don’t really know how far I ran. That was actually somewhat refreshing, to be honest… just out running with nothing to distract me.


Rach and I also checked out Inglourious Basterds on Thursday. Great, fun, fantasy film by QT. One of his best efforts, for sure. Terrific performances abound.


Work has been quite active as well of late and we signed several new clients in the past couple of weeks. All in all, early fall has been great thus far.


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