Going, Going, Gone

It has been a while since we last posted. I haven't been very good about taking photos since Chris took the camera with him down to Florida during his work trip. He was glad to be home last weekend, but really tired. We went down to the Boulder Outdoor Cinema, but left early since Chris was falling asleep! We have gotten back in the grove of being back home and meet up with some friends on Thursday. This weekend we worked on the demo for the kitchen. We successfully got it all out and to the dump! The floors are going to be re-finished starting on the 14th and the cabinets will be delivered on the 21st!

Lucerne & Zurich

We headed down to Lucerne for a couple of days and then Zurich on our last night. We had a fun time, but the weather could have been better. It was really cloudy and foggy, so we missed out on seeing some of the big mountains and the Alps in the background of Lake Lucerne. It was a really nice town and interesting to see such old buildings. It was more challenging getting around since must people spoke German and the menus weren't in English, but we survived! The plane ride home went smoothly although we had to taxi for two hours before taking off due to some storms.

Birthday in Switzerland

We didn't have much planned for yesterday, so we took the train down to Interlaken and Grindelwald to explore. We had a fun day and had a nice break in the afternoon. We thought about paragliding, but decided we would just wait until we were back home. We got on the wrong train, so it took a little longer to get back to the Valley. We didn't feel like eating a big dinner so we picked up some snack foods for dinner and we bought some truffles to celebrate my birthday.

Later, we went down to the Horner Pub, which is where all the basejumpers hang out. They all bring their computers with the videos from earlier in the day and talk, talk, talk about basejumping. Kevin's friends are all very nice and fun. Another guy, Boyd, had a birthday the day before me, but didn't celebrate since they jumped the Eiger. Therefore, we had a joint birthday celebration and it got a little out of control...

Bike Tour in Switzerland

For our second full day in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, we rented mountain bikes and toured a view towns via mountain bike trails. I was glad to be on a bike since the tram and train lines have been hectic and crowded. The trails were fun and very scenic. We didn't realize that Julie had never been on a mountain bike before and I don't know if she ever will again.

We started off in Lauterbrunnen and then took the tram up to Grutschalp. We then biked to Murren, which was a lot of up hill. We had a very scenic lunch while we were there. We then rode over to Gimmelwald, which has a population of 120. We stopped for a beer. After that, we rode through Stechelberg and stopped by the Trummelbach Falls. It is one of the only places you can view a waterfall from inside the mountain. It was very cool.

It was another great day. We ended it with a fondue dinner at Hotel Oberland...but I didn't take the camera with me.

Switzerland Update

We have made it to Switzerland! The trip over went very well...no issues with any flights. On the first day, we stopped in Bern on the way to Lauterbrunnen. It was a nice visit in the City, but I was starting to feel pretty tired. We checked into our hotel and then went to watch Kevin and Jeremy do a base jump right outside of town. We really love our hotel room. It has a nice balcony and a great view of the falls in town.

Today, Chris and me took the train up to Jungfraugh. It was really nice and a fun time. We then did a combination of hikes and train rides back to town. It is the peak of tourist season, so it is really busy. The mountains are still similar to Colorado except we don't have cows walking around everywhere. Although we heard they are subsidized by the government for tourism. Still really cool.

Hope you enjoy the first set of photos!

Update on Tri for the Cure

I just checked the website and the results have been posted. There ended up being a total of 2980 particpants that finished the race. I am really happy with my results in the swim and bike, but the run could have gone much better. My IT Band was really holding me back, but I am going to get it figured out with Boulder Running Company when I return and Chris said he is going to work with me. I think I have him talked into doing one next year! Below are my results:

Overall Rank - 344
Classs Rank - 65 out of 335 (25-29 year olds)
Swim - 750m - 16:36 - 321 overall
Bike - 11.4 mi - 37:22 - 216 overall
Run - 5K - 32:38 - 1078 overall (very frustrating)
Transition 1 - 3:48
Transition 2 - 2:52

Final Time = 1:33:19

My goal was 1:30 and I am disappointed in the run, but really I can't complain too much. It took a lot of mental strength to keep running and I really wanted to stop since I was really in pain. I am glad I kept going!!

Tri for the Cure

Well the big race day has finally arrived! Chris and I headed down to Cherry Creek yesterday to pick up my race packet and spent the night at the Marriott since we had to be up so early. The day went very well and I raced really good. My swim went well and the bike went great. My IT band has been really aggrevating me lately, but I survived the run.

The race was huge...it is the fourth largest in the nation. There were over 3600 participants in the race. They haven't posted the results yet, so I will keep you posted.

Chris was a very supportive husband driving me around and carrying stuff for me. He did a awesome job taking photos.

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