Week's runs

Sunday - Evergreen with friends. So high up, all hills (and by hill I mean, mountain). I felt like this was one of the hardest runs I've ever done in my life. Wow, I was hurting. Very, very pretty, though. 13

Monday - 5 easy

Tuesday - Loops around Wash Park with friend + baby stroller - 7

Wednesday - 6

Thursday - day off

Friday - 6

Saturday - Highline Canal with a bunch of women. Fun (and hot). 14

Week's Total: 51

Feels like summer

So, I handed in a paper yesterday and did a little work this morning but took the afternoon/evening off. Really off. No e-mail, no computer, no sitting inside. Got some fabulous pizza at City, O' City, played Bananagrams at the patio of some Mexican place playing great salsa music. Then, went to the Rockies game for FREE, courtesy of Jeremy and the RMSC. Amazing to watch the sunset over the mountains on a warm summer night at the ball game. Took some photos. Don't even bother asking me who won.

How do you see the world?

I'm exhausted, so this will be short! During warm-ups and stretching at Frisbee practice in college (shout-out to Venus and Bower field!), I used to pose a question to everyone and we'd go around and answer it. Mainly, they were random, random, questions you'd never think to ask because you just assume everyone else is the same or does the same as you. Anyway - surprise surprise - we were all shocked to hear each others' answers. The first shock is that people live differently from you. The second shock is actually what is revealed about the other person when you learn the way she lives. I guess another shock is that people actually have a thought-out method for the things they do, no matter how petty or trivial the action. I think it's cool to hear how/why people act the way they do. All in all, it was always fun and made us laugh. I plan on asking one of these "How do you see the world" questions every once in awhile, so, here's my first question:

How do you organize the clothes in your closet?

ME? I organize my clothes by type (shirts, skirts, pants, winter/outerwear, fancy dresses). Then, within each section I organize by color. Yes, my shirts look like a snazzy rainbow. I love it. I do it this way because usually I have picked out pants/skirt first and so what shirt I wear really just comes down to what color matches best. Plus, it looks cool. I love colors and rainbows just ARE aesthetically pleasing. :)

a Photo a Day

I am sure there is a lot of hidden beauty here in Denver, so I want to be ready for it when I see it. To help, I'm trying to bring my camera around with my more often. I like how it puts me on watch, always looking around with a creative eye. It makes me pause and think for a second, "Huh, would that make a good photo?" or "Wow, that's so absurd." I'm training myself to look take another look, and then to look even closer. Here are some photos so far - nothing spectacular, but it's a start.

A full rainbow:



A summer thunderstorm leaving me in its wake:



This just struck me as ironic, simple, and profound all at once:



And, today, I saw a flutterbye - it even stayed in place while I took some photos. Look!:

Running Week

Well, here's how the week went running-wise:

Sunday - off

Monday - alarm clock broken, woke up late. Squeaked in 5 miles and managed to find an iPhone AND fall, scrapping my knees big time, dripping blood, etc.

Tuesday - felt GREAT. I don't understand when I feel awesome in the midst of so many bad runs. I felt like I was finally running, not just shuffling along. 9.5

Wednesday - Confirmed that the alarm clock was broken. Ran at night - felt terrible again. Ended my run back at school where my bike was locked up. Rode the bike home. 7.5

Thursday - a.m. Ran at Highline at 7 with 2 friends. Felt even worse! 6 miles.

p.m. Wanted to run a bit more to shake out and hopefully feel better on Friday. 2 miles.

Friday - planned to run at exactly 4:45 before going to a 6:30 dinner. Got home at 4:40 from studying. When did the hail/rain/thunder/massive lightning start? 4:45. When did it end? 6:00 p.m. FAIL. Did manage to use the foam roller and stretch for about 20 minutes.

Saturday - felt pretty decent! Cooler out, but super humid. Cherry Creek path flooded over, dodged people hanging on the sidewalk waiting for fireworks. I'd also like to personally thank Bjork, The Knife, DJ Tiesto and Regina Specktor for this great run. 9.5.

Total: 40