Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime…
That time of year we afternoon in Coors Field & cheer our local Rockies. First year watching the Braves. Crushed ‘em the night before 17-2, so expecting only good things. Something new? A winning record. Rockies have been last or next-to-last EVERY year I’ve lived in Colorado. Proudly (despite that dismal stat), boast a 4-2 personal attendance record 🙂
Game Day 2017 – Ash & Tom: Coors Light, Coors Field. Me/family chauffeur: SmartWater & nachos.
Top of the 6th, Happy Birthday Jim scrolled the Big Board [PS Audio’s ‘El Presidente’]. Not that I’m über competitive but – daytime skies will darken on MY day, Monday. HA! (August 21st: the Great American Eclipse)
Seventh-inning stretch. Said our goodbyes & stretched back home. Homies got clobbered!
Aw well, there’s always next summer.
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- the Boys of Summer
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- Coors Field 2017
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- not that I’m competitive but – daytime skies will darken on MY birthday 🙂
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- GAME face: Team Wilpiszeski
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- food, family & FUN
2017 – Braves 10, Rockies 4
2016 – Devil Rays 11, Rockies 3
2015 – Rockies 6, Diamondbacks 4
2014 (Jul) – Rockies 6, Padres 3
2014 (May) – Rockies 10, Mets 3
2013 – Rockies 10, Padres 9 (bottom of 9th homer)
2012 – A’s 8, Rockies 2
Nolan Arenado leaves with injury, Rockies get blown out by Braves 10-4
Other than that, the Rockies had a great afternoon.
by Hayden Kane@hwkane Aug 17, 2017, 5:03pm MDT
The Colorado Rockies ended an up-and-down series with the Atlanta Braves on a decidedly sour note Thursday afternoon. Nolan Arenado left the game early with an apparent re-injury to his left hand, and the pitching fell apart as Atlanta won by a final score of 10-4.
Pitching lapses in two innings cost the Rockies dearly in this one. Starter Jeff Hoffman surrendered back-to-back home runs to Ender Inciarte and Freddie Freeman in the top of the 5th inning. That broke a tie and made the score 4-2. Things were still in reach at that point, but things really fell apart in the 7th inning.
Mike Dunn, who has been a good reliever lately, regressed back to being a bad reliever on this day. The inconsistent lefty allowed three runs and recorded just one out. He handed things to Adam Ottavino, and unfortunately he did not fare any better, allowing three runs of his own.
That made for six runs total in the frame, turning this game lopsided and erasing the good vibes of the blowout in the other direction just one day earlier.
Steamboat’s Yampa River
Bib pickup for tomorrow’s trail marathon cutoff at noon. 3 ½ hours door-to-door, Louisville to Steamboat Springs. Early Saturday a.m. trek, breakfast stop in Georgetown (fave diner tradition).
Arrived at BAP, aka ‘the Little Red House’ on Oak Street with an hour to spare. Steamboat-based Honey Stinger sponsors 2 races: Mountain bike Saturday, Trail marathon Sunday. ALL proceeds to charity – the ultimate giving-back event. 10 minute walk to Howelsen Hill ‘Start’.
Last Saturday, ran my first 2017 trail race at Echo Summit (Lake Tahoe’s high Sierras). Tomorrow would trek-up another ski summit. Similarities: high elevation, 4000ft+ vertical gain.
Bridge-walked over Steamboat’s Yampa. Early dinner/early to bed.
RACE DAY: UP UP UP Howelsen Hill, one of Steamboat’s 2 major ski resorts. Unlike last week, first 7 miles were a CLIMB. ALSO caliber of runners today, a HUGE notch up. Pushed hard, lotta energy expended before Angry Grouse (First Aid Station). Refueled, breathed deep, settled in.
UP UP UP thru evergreen & Colorado Aspen. BIG HIKE up Stairway to Heaven, series of switchback climbs thru No Mo’ Blues & Wild Rose, HALF-marathon turnaround/2nd Aid Station.
Again, stopped/refueled/breathed. So different from road marathoning/super humbling. Mentally ON all race or risk tripping/going down hard. first-HALF GOAL: under 3 hours.
[7-hour time limit today, an hour faster than last weekend’s ultra finish.]
5 miles to Cow Creek (Aid Station to Aid Station). ALL downhill, fastest splits of the day. Flew past tens of runners (June’s REVEL Rockies training). ‘On your left’, jumping over rock. ‘On your left’, bending with tree-limbs as I hugged mountain curves. 11 miles in, 15 minutes under the 2 hour-mark.
Mile-half on dirt road, water stop – then 6 ½ miles of warm trail UP. More hike than jog. Switchback return’d UP to Aid Station 2, ran outta water this leg. Refueled, good 5 minute stop. 7 miles-ish to go. Not a lot left in the tank but well ahead of goal.
2 miles up/over Quarry Mountain then DOWN. Steep rocky drop: ‘Little Moab’, but remainder of the course, easy rolling trail. Let gravity carry my heavy legs forward. Exposed meadows last 3 ½ miles, quarter-mile past the rodeo grounds – marathon SUCCESS!
2nd trail FINISH in 8 days. Just under 6 hours.
2017 STEAMBOAT STINGER TRAIL MARATHON
88 HAGA K R 5:52:18.29 Louisville CO
POST-MARATHON: Strawberry Park Hot Springs. Surrounded by Aspen, soaked for HOURS in 104-degree mineral water ❤
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- Olympian Hall
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- 1956 Winter Olympics (Cortina, Italy)
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- UP UP UP Howelsen Hill
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- 4000ft+ vertical gain (Strava stats)
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- 2nd trail FINISH in 8 days
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- TRAIL marathon
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- Strawberry Park Hot Springs
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- surrounded by Colorado Aspen, soaked in 104-degree mineral water
Shakespeare & classic 70’s tunes – the connection? Enjoyed both OUTDOORS this week in Boulder County.
Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Boulder) – “Half-moon outdoor arena, center aisle seat, Flatirons sunset, temps in the low 70’s – yep, pretty much PERFECT.” Stole the line from 2015; saw Othello that summer.
Fast forward 2 years: 2017, the Festival’s 60th Season.
Hamlet, Julius Caesar – nope, threw my money at Henry VI Part III. Absolutely no idea what to expect. Yep, completely on purpose.
Different kind of performance. Similar to Shakespeare’s time, actors were given just 20 hours to learn their lines. Introduce Hadley [Kamminga-Peck], Dramaturg & Prompter. Kinda fun to see actors miss lines, turn to the lady seated off-stage & request dialogue.
What else was unique? Audience members were provided red or white flags (Lancaster or York) – & encouraged to root for their ‘House’. “Take off his head” I screamed. 20 minutes later, booed/hissed when a member of my House, Clifford, was slain.
Typical Shakespeare – inconvenient marriages, 2 families vie for King, whole lotta slaughter. Unfortunately, nite didn’t end well for Team Red.
Tonite’s STAR – Queen Margaret, House of Lancaster. Wore a sword, led an army. The crowd cheered ‘Henry’, I bellowed: MARGARET!!
NOT the Shakespeare of my youth. Far exceeded all expectations – FAANNN-frickin-TASTIC!
[2014] Kicked off the weekend at Louisville Street Faire listening to live outdoor music, filling up on pizza & ice cream…
[2015] Bowling, “Toy Story” Uno (family game night), Louisville Street Faire – and blink…it’s time for all to go home…
Street Faire (Louisville) – All summer, every Friday night on Front Street (just off Main). Food, booze, crafts & LIVE music. Not sure what excuse I was floating last year – but 2017, happy to be back in the WIN column. Loser streak over.
Louisville residents skew mighty GRAY. Tonite’s band: Firefall. Honest, had to Google-search but strangely remember their late ‘70’s-era hits. [thanks Mom 🙂 ]
Super FUN nite – LOVE LOVE my Colorado home ❤
Firefall is a rock band that formed in Boulder, Colorado in 1974. The band’s biggest hit single, “You Are the Woman”, peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard charts in 1976. Other hits included “Just Remember I Love You” (#11 in 1977), “Strange Way” (#11 in 1978), “Cinderella” (#34 in 1977), “Headed for a Fall” (#35 in 1980), and “Staying with It” (#37 in 1981) with female vocalist Lisa Nemzo.
Street Faire 2017
