Howdy! How goes it?? How has your start to 2019 been? Any special goals this year?
We have a lot of things being juggled right now, but overall things are going well! Ken and I are diving head first into endurance training/fitness this year. I pretty much took last year off from competition and I am more than ready to jump back in this year! Ken is signed up for a couple races in the next few weeks and we are excited to get into the swing of things.
First things first…Jasper is obsessed with his Alpaca. Seriously, the thing ends up everywhere!!??
We have been getting hammered with snow this winter. As in, running out of places to put it! It is only January and we have far exceeded the total from last year. Sometimes it gets a bit windy too…
Good thing Ken is tall so he doesnt get lost in the snow banks!
To give you an idea…this was last week and it has snowed at least 18 more inches (probably more). Ken’s bike is also an extra Large. That’s a lot of snow.
My sweet sister, Alle, got me the Run Fast, Cook Fast, Eat Slow cookbook for my birthday and I have been having a blast trying a ton of new recipes! So many delicious and healthy things to eat. This week, I made one of the smoothies from the book. Brooke was not impressed with the green color (kale), so I got to finish that one off myself. It was delicious!
Lots of snow playtime=lots of Vizsla naptime.
One day, we got so much snow that our neighbor decided that his equipment was better suited for the quantity. I didn’t complain about the help!
Seriously, though.
My kid is the biggest snow fan…she is stoked on all of the snow we have!
Jasper is unsure. Hahaha. He loves the snow, but going just about anywhere in the yard is a challenge!
Tired of snow pics yet? This has been life for the past few weeks!
We did make a trip to Costco last weekend. It is right next to the Vail airport. This bad boy flew over our heads as we were heading in. So loud!
Brooke dressed up as an astronaut and headed to space with her cat…made sure to take her microscope too 😉
We had a home school group activity this week and headed to Stagecoach for some ice fishing. We lasted about 1.5 hours and then decided we needed hot chocolate. A few of the kids caught fish and it was so much fun! (Have I mentioned that I LOVE home schooling her!?!)
Then we got more snow. aaaaaaah!!!
Ken got in his 4 hour ride yesterday with his buddy while I stayed home and rode the trainer. Today, it was my turn to get out. Gorgeous! 19 miles in 2 hours and only one crash (ice is slippery). Wonderful weekend!
That’s what we have been up to! Just enjoying all the winter things!
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For those that are training curious, my week looked like this…(had a bit of a cold, so took a break from running but it will be back!)
Weekly Workouts:
M: 2 hours on the trainer-base (Ken was off from MLK Day)
T: 1 hour on the Trainer – Intervals
W: 1 hour on the Trainer-recovery
TH: REST DAY
F: 1 hour on the trainer FTP Test (2×8 min all out)-almost puked in the basement + easy 4 mile run (8:52 pace-super slippery)
SAT: 2 hours on the trainer-base
SUN: 2 hours on the Fat Bike. 19 miles/1417 feet of climbing
Totals:
Riding: 9 hours
Running: 4 miles
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