Here and There

Ms. Slaughter has been visiting with us for the past couple of weeks. It has been rainy and a little chilly, but the sun finally came out today and it looks like it is going to stay. During the week, Chris got back on his mountain bike for the first time since the shoulder injury. We took a ride up at Walker Ranch, which has about 160 steps you've got to walk up with your bike. I had my second stroke and stride, but they had to cancel the swim portion due to the weather. However, we still need the run portion.

Random Thoughts and Happenings

Last Friday, our friend Melisa moved into a new house that has all new roommates. They threw a birthday/housewarming party. When the moved in, they found all these random hula hoops in the basement and when Melisa googled the address it appears that a professional hula hooper by the name of "Dizzy Hips". I included a picture of him to give you an idea. If you have some time, you should You Tube him...it is quite interesting. However, by the end of the night we were all hula hooping and I am looking into getting my own professional hoop to burn some calories while I am watching TV.

On Saturday, we went to the Farmers Market then headed down to Castle Rock and camped out at the fairgrounds for the Elephant Rock ride. Chris did 62 miles and I rode the 34 miles course with our friend Becky. We took several photos with her camera, but I am stil waiting on them. We both rode well, which was suprising since we only got three hours of sleep the night before. It was very difficult to get any sleep between the loud campers next door (of course the only ones in the entire place), trains blowing their whistles through town, coyotes yelping, and trucks on the highway. I don't think we will ever be camping out there again. However, it was worth it since the ride was beautiful with Pikes Peak in the background.

This week as been some crazy weather. There have been thunderstorms like crazy including some with hail.

Also, I did my first Stroke and Stride this week. I did pretty decent on the swim for it to be my first time in open water and think I would have done better if I had started further up in the pack. I finished my 750m in a little over 17 minutes. My 5K was a good time for me (32 minutes), but still slow. I have 5 five more to go!

Road to Victory

Chris was in Utah this week for work, but it wasn't too bad since the place where he was staying was beautiful. On Thursday night, I did the girls mountain bike ride at Heil Ranch. Chris came back into town on Friday afternoon. We hit up happy hour and then went to see Neko Case at the free seats at Chautauqua. On Saturday, we ran some errands and went to friends for some burgers. The big event of the weekend took place on Sunday. We did the Road to Victory charity ride. It was really fun and I rode really well. Chris was nice enough to ride with me through out the day. I ponied up and did the 60 mile course that included both hill challenges! All and all, we rode about 70 miles during the day and I felt pretty good afterwards. However, I did fall asleep on the couch for about an hour. We cooked out again for dinner with another friend, Joel. He is staying at his boss' house on the river by Eldorado Springs. It was the coolest house, but I was so tried and hungry, I forgot to take photos.