Training Log Archive: Yvonne

Hiking Cattle Ridge trail @ Broemmelsiek w/ daughter.

Speed-planning "Letterboxing" Brownie badge that I am conducting w/ 12-girl troop tomorrow afternoon. Admittedly misjudged the complexity of this one a bit. Letterboxing is sort of a low-tech twist on geocaching where you follow a set of clues to get to a weather-proof box in the woods that contains a hand-carved stamp - you stamp a notebook you bring along. The clues for this one were written in pirate-speak (e.g. "Look port, along the wooded edge for a large mast that has split from its shaft and folded over. Paddle ye dingy 15 strokes to the broken mast."). Somehow, we found the tiny box. The stamp was super duper cool! Obviously an artist made it.

Steady trainer spin.

Not the best trip for fitness - long days + long dinners. Good times w/ my colleagues though! Enroute to DIA, managed to swing by Rocky Mountain Arsenal Nat. Wildlife Refuge. Zipped through the cool Vis center then headed out for a power hike (running not allowed!). Bison, squeaky prairie dogs and magpies galore. Such an interesting history - from years of icky chemical weapons (napalm, nerve gas, etc.) to this.

Biz trip to Denver. DIA hiking w/ 25# pack. Logging it.

Another lame-ish trainer spin. Kiddos @ in-laws - hubby & I out of town first thing AM (separate trips unfortunately!). Missing almost all of kid's fall break. BOO