Week 36 (ending 06SEP2026) August 2026

Monday AM - some miles with LF.  11.1 easy
Tuesday AM - before travel to east coast, run with JZ, 7.1 miles.  We did 10 x min on, min off
Wednesday AM - in Narragansett, 7.3 miles, got in a few with KZ too.  Rolled through 1800 miles on the year on this one.  Also turned 57.
Thursday AM - got in some with JZ, humidity was ridiculous - looked like a drenched rat.  8.2 miles
Friday AM - 7 miles, sorta dragging but hit the beach, so kept motivated

Friday mid day was also a 4 mile paddle, which was pretty sweet.

Saturday AM - solo, 7.8 miles, with a good chunk on the Gansett Loop trail.
Sunday AM - met JZ over at the Narragansett HS track.  Did 10 x 200, with them coming in a 43+ to 46+.  6.5 miles

55 on the week.  Bunch of walking too

Pix from this vacation coming in a future post.

Week 35 August 2026 (week ending 30AUG2026)

M - travel to Burlingame and then work obligations, so this was a zero
Tu AM - 8.4 miles with SS and AS from work along the Bay Trail.  Super easy
Tu PM - was sitting in the hotel in the evening so headed out again ... 4.5 miles easy
We - dragging in the morning.  7 miles.
Th - 8 miles in BUR
Fr AM - back in Broomstock, tied up for time.  3 miles.
Fr - PM - 5 miles on the loop
Sa - post a Pinebox gig, so legs were dead.  Got out with GW for some and ended up with 7.6 on the day.

Su - headed over to Green.  Up via the Enchanted Mesa to Mesa to Bear Canyon, and then up whatever that last stretch is now called (West Green?).  Back down the Ranger Gregory route.  11.5 miles.  

Managed nice zone 2 ish effort on the climbs, maybe tagging 3 on occasion.  Took it super easy on the down, babying the knee.  Round trip was about 3 hours.  I should have brought water - I was pretty parched post two hours.  

Shit ton of lady bugs on the summit.  Glasses were battery dead at start so went "raw dawg" for the run.  It was nice.  The weather was a huge help - nice and cool for most of this one.  

A 55 mile week - not bad considering I missed Monday.  

Week 34 August 2026 (week ending 23AUG2026)

Rolled through 1700 miles on the year this week and generally felt good.  A couple runs with GW, a workout with the Coyotes Wednesday AM, a run up Green with JV on Friday AM and some basic miles for the rest of the days.  

52.5 on week
M - 7.2 miles, most with GW
T - AM 4 miles on the ditch, PM 4 miles on the ditch
W - 5:15AM with the Coyotes.  4x700, 4x400.  6:30-6:45 pace on the longer ones, 95-98 on the quaters.  8 miles
Th - solo, and dragging.  8 miles
F - Green, up ASG, down over to Flagg, then down Ranger/Gregory with JV and Bill W.  6.6 miles.  Slooow.
Sa - AM with GW for a good chunk, 7.2 miles
Su - mid day so in the 90s.  Kept it mellow, trying to keep HR low.  7.3 miles out to Interlocken and back on Ditch

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Pikes is a month away and I will have at least three of those weeks at sea level.  I'll need to take my wedding band off for race day, as I am sure I will be pretty swollen at the top.  Might be a good time to churn through this classic.  Also, as I was chatting up results with JV,  I was sort of surprised to learn that only four people in the 55-59 AG have broken 5 hours.  And all those guys were 55.  

Then as I thought about it some, I was not so surprised.  

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Today marks 642 days of being free of alcohol.  What started as a "I need a break for a week" that turned into a month, then a quarter has trended now to a habit.  It is not that big of a deal.  If anything, freeing to not be thinking about any number of things, like driving.

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Leadville yesterday on an altered course.  Not sure how much it impacted times or not.  Hearing the 10 mile aide station ran out of water.  My Goggins voice wants to say you need to be prepared for that, but my customer voice wants to scream - WTF, how do you run out of water at a 100 mile aid station?

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The latest Rolling Stone interview with Geddy and Alex from Rush is great.  The latest live album drop from The Tragically Hip is great.  Just two things out of Canada this week that are delivered free of tariffs and great.

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I have been doing a fair amount of walking.  This week (as of this writing) it was 7 miles, last week 12 plus.  It varies between 3 to 15 miles a week as measured walks (not just walking around the house).

Week 33 August 2026 (week ending 16AUG2026)

I have been plugging away with 50 mile weeks.  Hardly enough vertical to be considered a mountain or trail runner and so I will feel that next month if I line up down south.  I tend to bumble along around 9-9:40 pace, occasionally throwing in a day where I will do a some sub seven work, and occasonally even sub six.  

Yesterday, I did some bike riding with TZ up on the St. Vrain Greenway.  I looked at the watch and saw we were crusing at 11.5 mph.  I felt disgruntled and amused and a bit nostalgstic at the same time ... it used to be 10k pace on foot.  Ah, well.  

This past week was in Burlingame CA which meant AM runs along the Bay Trail.   These are almost always a grand pleasure.  

Been pretty consistent on the year so far ... 1670 miles.  

M - BUR evening - 7 miles out to Seal Point
Tu - BUR morning with SA - 7.3 miles out to Seal Point
We - BUR morning with NK - 7 miles out to Seal Point, PR'd the hill as NK kept me honest.
Th - BUR morning - 7.2 miles
Fr - afternoon before heading to ball game (so back in Broomfield) - 4.4 miles with some fartlek
Sa - later afternoon - 9 miles, sorta dragging on Interlocken ditch
Su - out on ditch towards HF, 8 miles, dragging again in the rain

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 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.