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Happy Thanksgiving 2013!
Thankful for so many things – family, friends, great health, sunshine, mountains, snow & my Colorado home (of course).
Found myself completely caught up in the holiday spirit this year. Signed up for not one but TWO 5K charity runs.
The trick was finishing Louisville’s 9am Turkey Trot (supporting Flood Relief) & driving to Boulder in time for the 10am Community Food Share 5K. Backseat full of non-perishables for 9am’s charity & canned goods for the 10am run.
Crazy huge turnout for my hometown Turkey Trot. Excited to see 2 trucks filled with donations. Feel super lucky & blessed that my home & most of Louisville was spared from September’s epic (500 year) flood.
Ran this first 5K mighty fast, almost breaking 21 minutes. Quick photo with Santa — in the car & off to Boulder.
Community Food Share’s mission is to ensure that no one in Boulder and Broomfield Counties goes hungry.
What better mission than to feed our neighbors. Dropped off 3 bags of canned goods. Big smile.
Sunshine, warm weather – and another big crowd, all ready to run. Beautiful view of the Flatirons, just east of CU campus.
Ended the day at M’s brother’s home for turkey & fixin’s. No holding back this holiday – already ran off my calories 🙂
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- Louisville 5K Turkey Trot – supporting Flood Relief
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- 9 a.m. start time – gotta run fast….next charity race starts in an hour
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- finished 10 seconds ahead of the little dog (who photo-bombed my pic – LOL!)
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- quick shot with Santa, then off to Boulder
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- Community Food Share 5k – supporting homeless in Boulder County
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- check out that view – LOVE LOVE Colorado!
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- winter residents
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- 2 5Ks in under 46 minutes – ROCKSTAR day!
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- Happy Thanksgiving 2013!
“The mountains are calling and I most go” – John Muir
Ironman training, right on track. Bad news – really missing the mountains. Gotta find a healthy way to juggle both.
Drove to Loveland Pass – destination Mt Sniktau. Not just hiking, hiking in heavy snow. Big smiles.
And although we haven’t received much snow yet in Boulder County (couple inches in October, 4 or 5 inches last week), the mountains have been getting socked with winter precip. All ski resorts now open – life is good in Colorado 🙂
Sniktau is considered the easiest of our 13ers.
An initial false summit, 2 lesser summits, then BAM – there’s the peak. Hike no more than 4 miles roundtrip.
Ro couldn’t have been more excited. He’s BAAAAACK! Completely covered in snow, ice formed on Ro’s beard & coat – creating doggie dreads. Temps stayed just above zero so found myself jacket shedding early on – well layered this day.
Top of the first false summit – BEAUTIFUL! Quiet, stunning, everything WHITE. A-Basin, Keystone, Breckinridge & Loveland all visible. Grizzly Peak & Torreys too. Better than a class reunion – I missed you guys!
Ro & I pushed passed both lesser summits & caught a glimpse of Sniktau – probably another 45 minutes ahead. Snow flying, visibility diminished, blowing wind. Layered back up – yep, even a jacket.
Quick shot of the peak, good enough – today was about the journey, not the destination.
Ended the day with chili & nachos in Idaho Springs. Mighty good to be back in the mountains.
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- November mountain hike
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- beautiful blue skies (for an hour anyway)
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- Sno’ Ro is BACK! Check out that beard!
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- Hello Paul & Terri – what are YOU two doing here?
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- SPECTACULAR!
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- fast moving clouds
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- yep, all smiles
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- Grizzly Peak
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- Sno’ Ro & Sniktau (another hour out) — we’ll conquer this 13er another day
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- WHITE-OUT hike return
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- proof this boy can eat — chili & nachos…YUM!
Most of us support charities thru direct giving or donating/sharing our time.
I support Autism Speaks; autism afflicts a very important person in my life, David.
Additionally I run local races to support other causes close to my heart – Community Food Share on Thanksgiving (no individual should go without food), Juvenile Diabetes (for Michaela), MS (for Sheila & for Lyndon).
My efforts are small.
For 5 years, Cliff Lungaretti has been ALL-IN in his support of Movember. Autographed Cliffy baseball cards, cozies, t-shirts, hats, Clay Cliffy – like I said, ALL-IN. Selfless. ALL proceeds go to rid the world of ‘man-cer’ (man cancer).
I was lucky enough to have hired Cliff years back in NYC as he was climbing the corporate ladder. Super smart, super funny, amazing character, honest guy. It’s a-ok to recognize those around you who truly Inspire. Cliffy – you ROCK!
Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises awareness and funds for men’s health.
At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants known as Mo Bros then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their Mo (slang for moustache) and along the way raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues – specifically cancers affecting men.
The average life expectancy for men is five years less than females.
Men lack awareness about the very real health issue they face, have an attitude that they have to be tough – “a real man” and are reluctant to see a doctor about an illness or to go for regular medical checks.
The aim of Movember is to change these attitudes, make male health fun by putting the Mo (moustache) back on the face of fashion and in the process raise some serious funds for men’s health issues.
If you would also like to support Cliff & Movember, here’s his link https://us.movember.com/mospace/2155
