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3-day Labor Day weekend – where to go? How ‘bout a stay-cation? Lame. Well…not if your favourite blogging pal Sarah is flying in from Canada. Super fun, right?
Set the alarm for 530am – ’cause it’s Saturday of course. LOL> Reserved two spots for a hot air balloon ride – couldn’t be a better way to show off my home state, Colorado.
Not a lotta prep required for newbies – just hold on!
Daybreak. Watched the team first fill the balloon with cold air, then switched on the fuel. 8 of us jumped in, then up up & away we sailed high above – AMAZING views of the Rockies.
Beautiful experience. WOW!
Activities complete? Heck no. High elevation hike, fancy eats at 8000ft, Garden of the Gods & a Monday marathon in Colorado Springs. Just started with a balloon ride – wait & see 🙂
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- Colorado sunrise
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- turning up the heat
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- up, up & away
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- our local Flatirons
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- WOW, WOW, WOW!
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- LOVE LOVE my Colorado life!
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- GREAT day to share a ride HIGH in the Rockies!
Ballooning in the Rockies
Only 3 weeks away – time to book my flight to Russia. About time, don’t ya think?
Registered for the Moscow Marathon last February, applied for my Visa in April. However because of recent health issues, kinda drug my feet committing to travel plans. Crazy far away – so very foreign.
No worries. All in now, 100% – flights booked, hotel near Red Square. Trip’s gonna be AMAZING! #noregretlife
The Promsvyazbank Moscow Marathon route offers a spectacular tour of Russia’s capital, from the embankment of the Moskva River by Moscow City, to the Garden Ring, across Krymsky Bridge, along the Boulevard Ring and on Tverskaya Street, through Teatralny Passage and under the walls of the Kremlin before finally reaching the finish line at the Luzhniki Olympic Complex.
…participants will be able to see more than 30 world-famous attractions, including the Kremlin, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow City, and four of the Seven Sisters skyscrapers.
Denver ⇨New York ⇨Milan ⇨Moscow
Moscow ⇨Amsterdam ⇨New York ⇨Atlanta ⇨Denver
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- former workmate’s been training all summer
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- Anastasia Myskina, 2004 French Open champion
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- just posted a 1:40 Half — WOW!
Run the Year Motto: Run, Crawl, Walk, Conquer, Dominate 2,016 miles in 2016
August 2016 update: BIRTHDAY month – week on Cape Cod, chicken soup for the soul 🙂
Similar to July, fell behind on total miles but overall trained consistent. Issues mostly mental while awaiting a diagnosis. Solid [medical] plan now in place – will catch up run totals this Fall. Biggest struggle? GERD diet. Not an easy adaptation.
2 month focus (September & October): STAMINA
Marathoning 7 of the next 9 weeks. Ran 14 consecutive weeks Fall 2015 – totally doable. Mentally on board, gonna finish STRONG.
Race ReCap: Kept the streak alive at 33 months. Finished marathon #68 in Santa Rosa CA (new California PR time).
Mileage ReCap: Lagging behind, ended August at 1,313 miles (31 miles short of goal).
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- ended August at 1,313 miles
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- AbFab 2016
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- Milestone 1200
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- Milestone 1300
…remember, if you want to change your body, exercise. If you want to change your life, become a runner.
