May 2026 Wrap Up

I'd like to say I significantly advanced fitness in May, but I didn't.  I grappled with prioritizing the right training, struggled in the miles that I was doing, often felt I was fighting my own body and felt my knee degrade more.  

But I got some running in.

May 4 - Monday - 6 miles in Broomfield heading around the Sterns Lake Loop
May 5 - Tuesday - 3 in BUR and 3.1 in MPK to start the day
May 6 - Wednesday -  with LF in BUR.  9.5 miles, was also joined by NK and SA
May 7 - Thursday - with LF in BUR.  10.2 miles
May 8 - Friday - a half mile.  Then I walked with KZ to the grocery store
May 9 - Saturday - 10.1 miles on Interlocken Ditch
May 10 - Sunday - just wandered off with JZ after a Mother's Day hike with the fam.  We hit the CDT.  8.1 miles getting above treeline

50.7 miles
11.5 miles of walking

May 11 - Monday - 6 miles out and back on the Dam in Dillon 
May 12 - Tuesday - 7.4 miles on the Ditch
May 13 - Wednesday - 8 miles
May 14 - Thursday - 4 miles on the Ditch
May 15 - Friday - 9 miles up in Dillon out on the Dam, over old Dillon Res and exploring back
May 16 - Saturday - 8. miles, out and back on Interlocken Ditch
May 17 - Sunday - 9 miles down at Colfax Marathon to cheer on GW.  Ran with JZ.  Started at Crown Hill Park
51.6 miles
7.4 miles of walking

May 18 - Monday - 6.2 miles
May 19 - Tuesday - 4 miles 
May 20 - Wednesday - 7 miles with some pickups with Coyote Crew
May 21 - Thursday - AM four miles, PM 3 miles
May 22 - Friday - 8.1 miles, out and back on Interlocken Ditch
May 23 - Saturday - 9.5 miles
May 24 - Sunday - 5 miles
46.8 miles
6.5 miles of walking

May 25 - Monday - 9.3 on the Tenderfoot Trail, getting up to about 10.5 above Dillon

May 26 - Tuesday - 6.2 out and back on the Dam Path in Dillon
May 27 - Wednesday - goose egg, came back down from Dillon
May 28 - Thursday - 10.8, getting killed by LF
May 29 - Friday - 10.4, first half catching up with GW
May 30 - Saturday - AM 5 miles, PM 3.6 miles
May 31 - Sunday - out and back on the ditch in Interlocken.  Saw a bunch of pelicans.  7 miles

52.5 miles on the week
5.6 miles of walking

Week ending 03MAY2026

Mon - 6 miles easy
Tue - 7 miles with GW easy
Wed - 7.6 miles draggin.
Thu - goose egg.  Thought I'd go in the evening but was too wiped at the end of the day to pull it off.  Didnt even walk the dog and went to bed at 8PM
Fri - AM - 10,3 miles, most of it with GW.  We did a 10 x a minute throughout the run to get in some hard breathing
Sat - went to Denver and ran with JZ around the Cherry Creek Rez.  Great way to start the day.  8.1 miles.  In the afternoon, I tacked on a ditch run - another 3.8.
Sun - 8.1 miles screwing around on the Mesa trail.  Sorta dead legged.  

Met up JT and his better half, Shad and Donnie over at Frolic Sunday morning.  JT was doing a 5k.  It was nice to shoot the grumpy old man breeze with the gents.  Debated if I am fit enough to pace Shad at HR.  I don't think I am.

50 something miles on the week - about 3500 of vert, and another dozen of walking

Week ending 26APR2026

57 miles on the week with some climbs over the weekend.

Mon - 7 miles, most of it with GW
Tue - 9.1 miles, most of it with LF
Wed - GW had a long one (20), I did 7.3 with him
Thu - 10 with LF
Fri - 7.6 with GW in the afternoon
Sat - Green.  Total struggle bus.  Up the front (Amp-Saddle-Greenman) and it was mostly a walk.  Came down Ranger Gregory but was moving so slowly on the rocks I decided to come down Flag road for a bit at the Ranger Cottage bail out.  I then picked my way back through King's to Gregory.  The one advantage I got moving so slow is got to see this big Tom above the Ranger Cottage. 

6.9 miles.  Knees pretty unhappy and over two hours

Sun - decided I needed to force more hills but chose for the Lion's Lair as a tamer version - less vert and less rock step ups.  9 miles.

Biggest vert week of the year - and it is not that much (over 6k).  13 miles of walking with Sage as well.  880 plus on the year.

Week ending 19APR2025

Back to BUR.  A big week of work there but LF kept me honest-on track with running.  

Mon - 6 miles in the evening after a day in the office and travel to SF (with LF)
Tue - AM with LF - 7.4 miles (all these are along the Bay Trail)
Wed - AM with LF - 7.6 miles.  Running is certainly easier at sea level and on this flat.  Just ending up cruising just over 8 min pace most of the time.
Thur - AM with LF.   He called out 10 and so it was 10.6 when we were done.
Fri - travel back to CO and I was beat.  And then it was snowing here.  And I worked when I got home.  I scrubbed the day.
Sat - some solo catch up.  Ran into Colton and Sharkey and so I hung onto them for a couple of miles.  9.2 miles.
Sun - on the ditch out to Interlocken.  10.3 miles to round out the week at 51 ish.  Nada for vert this week though.

Had some good sushi this week with Matt.

Week ending 12APR2026

Mon - 5 miles in Surprise before heading out
Tue - 15 miles with about 7 and change with LF and another 5 and change with GW - and then some other in transit miles.
Wed - with the Coyote Crew super early and draggin ... uuf. 7.1 miles
Thu - 7 miles with GW
Fri - Sanitas with Lucas, up the traditional route and then back down Lions Lair.  6.1 miles.
Sat - 7.7 miles in Broomfield
Sun - 7.5 miles around Green, up the Second Flatiron Trail, over Greenman, and then back down Ranger / Gregory (with some Chaut add on). 

Good week with over 5K of vert, some speedwork and a longish day.

Week ending 05APR2026

Mon - super easy 6 miles in the AM
Tue - 7.5+ miles in Broomy in the afternoon
Wed - travel to AZ - 5.3 miles after getting here
Thu - AZ - AM 7.6+ miles,  afternoon 3 miles with JZ
Fri - in Surprise - AM 5 miles with JZ, in the afternoon 2 miles over to the in-laws before dinner
Sat - with JZ in Surprise - 10 miles before it got to hot
Sun - in AZ, post first ever pickle ball session - 7.3 miles.  Pretty warm (upper 80s) so just tried to keep it in check via HR (first keeping it sub 130, then 135 ... eventually it did tick up to mid 150s).  

54 on the week.  All pretty slow, not a lot of vertical given schedule.

Week ending 29MAR2026

Mon - 4 miles easy solo on the ditch
Tue - 10 miles in the AM with LF
Wed- AM - 10 miles with GW; evening easy 5 miles
Thu - AM - 4 miles easy on the Ditch;PM - 4.3 miles in Broomville
Fri - Dillon, out and back with JZ - 8 miles
Sat - cooked my shit good with a run out of Ptarmigan.  I went up about three miles out of the lot before the blow downs and snow were too much.  I then turned around and made the wonderful error of taking a different trail (I decided to do this knowingly) but it brought me away from the lot. 9.6 miles, about 2K of vert but seriously cooked.
Sun - 7.2 with GW

62 miles on the week with about 4K of vert.  

Week ending 22MAR2026

16MAR Mon - evening in BUR, 6 miles slow
Tue - BUR AM, 8 miles
Wed - same as Tues
Thu - 7.75 miles, including stuff on the MPK roof
Fri - 6.85 miles, having more fun in MPK
Sat - 10.1 with LF back in Broomville
Sun - 6.5 on Green.

And a bunch of walking back and forth to the office.

Week ending 15MAR2026

Looking to shake this bronchitis / cold / whateverthehellitis.

Mon - 7.2 miles
Tue - 8 miles solo.  
Wed - 8 miles, did an overdue call with TWK
Thu - 6 miles solo
Fri - 9.2 miles in the AM, most of it with GW.  
Sat - 9.8, most of it with LF first thing the AM.
Sun - snowed on the overnight.  Got out in the AM.  8 miles out on Ditch and back into Interlocken.  Slooow.   

Nothing of quality or hill this week.  I am still a bit wrecked.  I have shaken most of this but there is still a fair amount of crud in the top of my lungs.   56 miles on the week.  Watch is telling my sleep and HRV are shit these days.  

Studio time is a wonderful grind.  Spent 10 hours there over the weekend.  For me that was three songs.  Oof.  

Caught Salmon Friends at Rails with the boyos Saturday night.  

Back to the Bay next week.  

Week ending 08MAR2026

Lousy week of running.  Got hammered with a cold / fever early in the week and it spiraled me for its entirety.

Mon - 4 miles out and back on the ditch.  ooof.  The crap started to build by the afternoon.  
Tue - off ... feverish. 
Wed - AM dragging - 6.2 miles with some with TZ
Thu - AM - GW joined me for part of his long run.  I did 4 miles. 
Fri - AM shakeout trying to move crud - 4 miles
Sat - it was nice out and I felt a little inspired.  Thought I might get out for 10.  After the first mile, which came easy, the bottom dropped out.  I could see the measured output of my HR notifying me that I was 
"zone 4"ing it while jogging at what should have been an easy pace.  Called it and made it a five miler.  
Sun - started with TZ and kept it easy after that.  7.5 miles.   Felt heavy legged and I could feel the HR looking to spike at easy HRs.  

Only 30 something on this week given the illness

Yeah, I signed up.  

Another 8.5 in walking. 

Week ending 01MAR2026

Another week in BUR.

My days in BUR are long.  I run early, walk about a mile to the office by 8, figure out my day over breakfast, meet / work / connect with people until about 7, and then walk another mile back to the hotel.  It is fulfilling but a long day.  

Mon - 7 miles in Broomfield - easy.  With LF.  
Tue - 10 miles with LF in BUR on the Bay Trail.  Ended up moving way better than expected and averaged 8:05.
Wed - 7 miles solo in BUR on the Bay Trail.  Slow
Thu - another 10 with LF but this one was even easier (HR based) and still averaged 8s.  The second half was all easy under 8.  
Fri - back from BUR and jogged super easy with TZ and KZ in the evening.  5 something miles.  
Sat - sort of dragging.  7 miles around Broomstock.  Watched the HS kiddos do their mile time trial.  
Sun - a bit of a cold in the mix for sure.  Headed to Shanahan Ridge and headed up Fern.  It has been a minute ... and I recalled why.  Popped pretty hard.  7.3 miles, 3100 something feet and way too long for it.  Ooof.  

Week was 54.6 miles, 4235 feet of climb,  and about 10 hours (with over a quarter of that coming on Sunday).  Another 10 plus miles of walking on the week.  

Week ending 22FEB2026

Bit of a hodge podge week ... 50 mile week.

Mon - 9 miles in Broomy with GW.
Tue - 6 miles in Dillon with the lad on the Rez path. 
Wed -  6 miles in Dillon, snowing.   Down to the Blue.
Thu - Nada.  Drove back down from Dillon
Fri - 5.4 miles with LF over Flag, down Gregory.  1700' of climb.
Sat - 10 miles in the afternoon, dragging.
Sun - 9.4 miles, some with GW in the AM.
Sun PM - 4.2 miles on the ditch.  Felt tired.

Week ending 15FEB2026

50.3 of running on the week.

Mon - 11 miles, with a good chuck with LF to start the day
Tue - 7 miles
Wed - 7 miles at the EOD, including 6 x "State Hill" - which was about 70-75 second for me.  I could feel this on the legs post
Thu - 7.1 miles, AM start of the day with GW
Fri - 4 miles, started with TZ and then got on calls for the rest.  Work killed me on this one .
Sat - 8 miles, out on Interlocken Ditch and back.  I was draggin' on this one.
Sun - 6 miles, over Flag, down Gregory and other messing around

Another half dozen plus miles of walking.  Shit for ancillary exercises.  TZ is on me about it but I have been a bum.  

Week ending 08FEB2026

A lighter week of sorts ...

Monday - 7 miles with GW
Tuesday - off.  Got a knee shot.  

Wednesday - 7 miles with GW
Thursday - 7.1 miles
Friday - 7.5 miles with GW
Saturday - 7 miles, including 8 by Stonehenge Hills.  
Sunday - decided I might as well do Green given the low mileage week.  As I started I noticed JV and BW in the meadow and so I was given the gift of the round trip with them.  5.5 miles.

About another 7-8 miles of walks in there too.

Album recording is plugging along. 

Week ending 01FEB2025

60 mile week. 

January - finished with 258 miles according to Strava.  Only 9000 something feet of climb though - reflecting my not heading to the hills of Boulder because of snow and trips to LVS and the Bay. 

Mon - travel to BUR, 4
Tue - AM with LF on Bay Trail.  10.2 miles. 
Wed - AM with LF but NK and LK also joined for a few in the middle.  11.1 miles.  Bay Trail of course.  
Thu - AM with LF on the Bay Trail - 10 miles.  
Fri -  Back to CO.  6 miles in the afternoon.  Stiff.
Sat - 9.4 miles, out to Interlocken and back.  Shaking the trip.  
Sun - 9.1 miles.  Started with TZ for the first two.  Heavy legged. 

Last January was 2 miles, so this January is progress over that.  Today marks 1 year since my dad passed.  It feels like that amount of time.  Still haven't put together mentally how when he was my age I am now, I was the age of my daughter.  And he seemed so much older at that point.  

Week ending 25JAN2026

60.4 mile week.  Was a tad challenged at the end of the week with a single digit cold snap.

Mon - 11.2 miles in the AM, most with LF
Tue - 8.1 miles, most with GW in the AM

Wed - 7 miles in the AM solo
Thu - 9 miles on an early start with LF
Fri - got out in the AM solo to bang out 3 on the ditch; in the PM connected with GW and got another 6.  It was cold.  
Sat - 7.2 with JZ out to Interlocken and back
Sun - 8.4, first mile with TZ.  

Back to SF next week - so will see what I can pull off with some warmer temps / work challenged schedule.

Week ending 18JAN2026

Mon - 7 miles
Tue - 9.1 miles, a bunch with LF
Wed - AM with the Coyote Crew:  6 on 3:30, 75 seconds rest.  8 miles.
Thu - 15 miles!  A handful with LF and then over to meet GW for a bunch.  
Fri - late in the day and a cold front blew in.  Kept it short - 4 miles.
Sat - 8.7 miles with GW on most.  
Sun - 8.2 miles out and back on the Interlocken Ditch, doing 10 by minute on, minute off on the return.

Long overdue I guess but I landed a lifetime pass to the National Parks as a veteran.  Didn't know that was a thing.  

60.2 miles on week.  

Week ending 11JAN2026

Most of the week was in Vegas for CES.  

Vegas is Vegas.   A strip of ridiculous opulence, glitz and wealth adjacent to all the issues a city and each of us face otherwise.  

Two days of the crush of humanity of CES was more than enough for my wee brain.  

Monday - 6 miles solo, sorta dragging.
Tuesday - zero.  Travelled to LAS, had a full day.  Walked a stupid amount.
Wednesday - 6:30 start with LF and did 8.6 out from the Strip to UNLV.
Thursday - another 6:30 start with LF and did 10 heading west from the Strip.
Friday - back to CO.  Tired and 6 miles
Saturday - got some new Nike Vomero Plus.  Tested them out on the ditch sidewalk up into Interlocken.  Nice.  10 miles.
Sunday - 10 miles, about half of it on the front with GW.

So - a bit over a 50 mile week.  Nothing great on intensity but my runs with LF end up being a bit faster than I would self select for an easy run.  

Connect has me at 5.5 miles of walks but that is what I fired the watch up for.  Tuesday was something like 25k steps of walking with the conference.  Anyway, 86 miles of running on the year which is almost 50x what I did last January.

I do need to get back to body weight exercises.  

Week ending 04JAN2026

Happy New Year.  

Again, taking advantage of stupid warm for December temps and some down time in work and getting out for some miles.  

Mon - 7.3 miles, a few with GW
Tue - 8.1 miles, with the Coyote Crew at BHS track, 8 x 3 minutes on, 90 sec off.  
Wed - 14.1 miles, a bunch with LF and then headed over to BHS to jog with GW a bit as he coached IW
Thur - 8.1 miles solo, out on Ditch into Interlocken and back
Fri - 10.3 miles, most of them with Don B - who I have not run with in over a year.  Need to correct that
Sat - 7.3 miles.  Tired.  Solo.  Guessing I was a bit beat because I got the Covid and flu vax yesterday.
Sun - 9.9 miles, a few of them with GW.

This put me at 65.2 miles on the week, with 13 more of walking (as of this writing).  I felt it a bit ... just a bit tired.  Luckily I had some time in the afternoons to grab a nap or two.  I am expecting a bit less next week as I will be on the travel bus to CES.  

2026 plans in a post soon.