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A Special Visitor As I mentioned last week, Pablo and his humans (our son and daughter-in-law) were visiting for the week. We enjoyed lots of walks, cuddles, and spoiling him with treats. Sadly, they are leaving this morning and our house will be quieter without his little toenails tapping on the floor as he runs […]
Overview of the Week Before getting into each day’s workouts, here’s an overview of my workouts from this past week. Scroll beyond the infographic for daily details… Sunday Cycling: 52 miles • Bike: Life Fitness Lifecycle GX Spin • Average speed: 15.2 MPH • Surface: N/A • Elevation gain: 0 feet • Start time: […]
New Goals for 2025 With over half the year behind me, I decided to update my 2025 cycling mileage goal. At almost 700 miles ahead of pace, I’ve change my goal mileage from 5,000 to 6,000. With the new goal in place I’m 130 miles ahead of pace and will need to average around 115 […]
Making Our Way Back East Our country is huge and as we made our way back east to Virginia from Montana, we spent far more time sitting in our SUV than moving our bodies. Other than my guaranteed twice daily back exercises and stretching, the only thing consistent with my usual weekly workout routine was […]
Animal Encounters Along the Trails A week ago I would have told you’d I’d rather go on a fast paced walk rather than a hike, but my opinion changed this week. In Big Sky Country you can see for miles… if you take a moment to look up from the trail. That’s my problem, when […]
Our Old Stomping Ground Our week was filled with events around Logan, our old stomping ground. Two specific events were the highlight of the week: hiking around Tony Grove and cycling out of Blacksmith Fork Canyon. Tony Grove was a favorite place for hiking when we lived in Logan from 1981 to 1983; and one […]
Altitude Acclimation Suddenly, this girl who lives at 250 feet is working out at 5,000+ feet. Luckily, I haven’t had any problems adjusting to the altitude… so far. We spent most of the week going on short hikes as we drove from park to park which seemed to work in our favor as we gradually […]
Road Trippin’ Whether or not you’re a Willie Nelson fan, the title of my blog just might have gotten you singing along. My husband and I are on the road again, but you’ll have to follow along to see which national parks we visit this year. Road trippin’ (and now we’re all mentally singing along […]
Breaking up the Drive When my husband asked if I’d like to take our bikes with us and stop for a ride on our way home from the farm, it seemed like a great way to break up the ride. I’d run the trails at Carvins Cove back in the fall of 2021 and I […]
Two Worldwide Fitness Days in One Week The fitness communtiy enjoyed two big days this past week. On Tuesday we celebrated World Bicycle Day and on Wednesday we celebrated Global Running Day. World Bicycle Day: • Encourages riding bicycles over other modes of transportation • Celebrates health and well-being • Promotes environmental sustainability • Provides […]
Memorial Day As we enjoyed time with family and friends over a three-day holiday weekend, it was important to remember that Memorial Day is a day set aside to remember and honor our military members who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. These heroes gave the ultimate sacrifice defending our freedom. […]
EBikes, eScooters, and eMinis Two eBike incidents within the past week have gotten me on a little bit of a soapbox, and quite frankly concerned for everyones safety… Let me start by saying that I think pedal assist eBikes are fantastic and allow people who wouldn’t normally be able to ride very far on a […]
Bike to Work Day For the first time the DC Metro Bike to Work Day was moved to Thursday, a day earlier than the actual date, the third Friday of May. It’s a huge event organized by the Washington Area Bicyclist Association and Commuter Connections with more than 100 pit stops in the metro area. […]
We Made it to DC! Our Dawn Patrol team made it across the country to DC from La Push, Washington in our virtual Great American Ride, finishing in 12th place! We’ve decided to continue logging the miles as we turn and immediately start working our way back to Washington state by June 6th. I had […]
National Fitness Day Yesterday was National Fitness Day, a day set aside to encourage and promote physical activity and healthy lifestyles. Considering I’m in the fitness business, it’s a day I embrace! I teach a fitness orientation class twice a month at a local 55+ community and this seemed like the perfect day to hold […]
Catching Up to Goal Pace I’m having a lot of fun participating with my Dawn Patrol teammates in the Great American Ride. It was just the push I needed to get back on track with my goal to ride 5,000 miles this year. I’d fallen to well over 300 miles behind pace (after being about […]
Giraffes Versus Parrots And just like that I’m back to starting my workday at 6:30 AM four days a week after one of my clients who I see four mornings a week returned from a three week vacation. In order to get my own strength training workout completed before starting my workday, I’m up at […]
Great American Ride My Dawn Patrol friends and I are participating in the Great American Ride where we will log our outdoor and indoor cycling mileage as our team makes its way virtually across America. On Saturday, April 5 we started our journey in La Push, Washington working our way toward DC, arriving Friday, June […]
Unintended Threefer I had absolutely no plans to extend my Weekly RunDown into three weeks, but so it happened. I developed a post-op complication so there has been lots going on, but not much to report. There’s been lots of waiting for follow up doctors’ appointments and the most important one (with a urologist) will […]
Sleep Seems to be Ruling My Life I’m shocked at the amount of sleep I’ve needed since my appendectomy. My goal for the past few years has been 7 hours per night, according to my Fitbit (Fitbit subtracts out restless sleep and any time I wake up during the night). Since surgery I’ve needed 8-9 […]
