Sunday, April 20, 2008

Weekend number 1....w/o skiing

So Friday was the first Friday night I've had that I wasn't driving up to Winter Park. It almost put me in a state of panic...what is Colorado without skiing? So I ended up doing a run at Red Rocks Amphitheater. Red Rocks park has a natural amphitheater and is located right in the foothills. The landscape over there is amazing and makes for a great workout. I usually park my car in the nearby town (Morrison 5800ft) and run to the top of the one of the foothills (~7200ft). That climb is a killer workout and you can see all of the foothills and Denver from the top. So the climb from hell is well worth it.
You can see Red Rocks just below the mountain in the background. The hill I climb up is on the right side of the hill.

When I finished I called up Rae and we got some people together to play Euchre, then headed out to Lodo's (the bar that was in Real World Denver) because two of Rae's roommates work there and we get free drinks. So we headed up to the bar and had a couple of drinks and some guy tried to pick a fight with me because his friend's girlfriend was talking to me. Of course the guy was really trashed, so I decided that this conversation probably wasn't worth it.

Saturday was a very lazy day for me. I decided to take advantage of not having anything to do. So I watched Superbad (hilarious), did a short 3 mile run, read my book (How Soccer Explains the World), watched Good Will Hunting and ate Dinner. I love that book by the way. It ties soccer into Globalization and Terrorism - thank you Samantha. After dinner I decided to do something that my family may not approve of (don't worry I didn't get a sex change operation or tattoo my face or anything) - but I have decided that you guys will just have to wait til I get home for the surprise. I then met up with Rae and headed over to Cheeseman's Park to throw the disc around for a while. I guess there's ultimate frisbee summer leagues around the Denver area and some frolf courses somewhere. That would be absolutely perfect.


Well today is supposed to be gorgeous again, so i'm headed off to Bear Creek Lake to do a long run and then probably working on lesson plans for the rest of the day. Here's a picture of the start of my run :)

1 comment:

Alecia said...

So, if you did something that your family would not approve of , I am guessing that it is something that I DEFINITELY wouldn't approve of. Am I right? :-P