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Thursday, November 27, 2008
High Quality Thanksgiving
Took a drive this morning to Boulder, Colorado to meet up with Tim to share a Thanksgiving trail run and dinner. It was gray and cool but we were upbeat about getting in a run in a new area and also spending some time with a fellow trail runner! We're climbing what?!?! We had a very gracious and patient trail guide today as we headed out (and UP) on the Mesa and Bear Canyon trails. Thanks Tim!
Nearing the top of one of the steep climbs.
This was a familiar view of Tim today - he's a speed goat!!! Yes, really! Not only is he super speedy, he's a member of the Wasatch Speed Goat Mountain Racing Team.
Candid trail moment!
We were climbing above the famed, and very beautiful, Flatirons on the west side of Boulder.
COLD group photo at the turn around point at the top of Bear Canyon - we did not stand around long here!
Tim had a chance to take a breather coming down out of the canyon...
... finally we caught up to him. We really had a great time today, getting in almost 10 miles on some awesome and rugged trails with nearly 3000' of elevation gain. We have much to be thankful for today - so many blessings - our health, our families, old friends, and some new friends!!! Happy Trails!
We have not ever run it - however, we have wondered what it would be like to run with 50,000 people!! We might consider it if you would like some company! :-) K
We love trail running and biking in the mountains of Colorado and the desert Southwest. We enjoy spending time together, seeing new places, and meeting people who enjoy the outdoors like we do! We were thrown a little bit of a curve ball in March 2011 when Kathleen was diagnosed with Graves Disease, an auto-immune thyroid disorder. After trying to treat the disease with an anti-thyroid drug for a year and not achieving the results we had hoped for, she had radio-active iodine treatment (RAI) in February 2012 and is now in "wait and see" mode. We hope to have her back up and heading toward normal function some time during the summer of 2012 and back to true Happy Trailing. It has caused a little change of pace (slower) and a bit of a temporary life 'detour'. This is new and unexpected territory so the journey should be interesting, challenging, and hopefully still fun!
'To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.'
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.-John Wesley
We will miss our sweet girl, Sage
Dec 1997 - Jun 2010
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3 comments:
Great time today! Thanks for making it so good. You're both super trail runners and bonus that Pippit likes you.
Tim
okay- I'm lovin the candid moments.
(((hey- I think I'm coming back to CO to run the bolder boulder this year. Have you ever run it?)))
We have not ever run it - however, we have wondered what it would be like to run with 50,000 people!! We might consider it if you would like some company! :-)
K
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