Yep! i went snowboarding on Sunday - @ Loveland Pass. And had a great time! I was so nervous to be out on new equipment. (I've had the same board/bindings for 15 years!) My new gear is so comfortable and so flexible, i looked good out there! lol - i crack  myself up! anyway, i felt good and did well for my first time out. (don't i look like such a ( Read more... )

Friday night i went and did the fun run with my new training group and guess what? it WAS fun and i met some nice people.  I even met Ivy Koger as he is the week-day coach of the Holiday program.  He seems like a really good guy. I also met a woman who said she will help me to find a real Bikram yoga studio here.  I'm glad about that. i miss my ( Read more... )

well, i'm trying really hard not to freak out. i just signed up for a training group here in Boulder. i'm nervous, wanna puke ... what if i'm the slowest person, the fat-est (sp?) person, what if i don't fit in, what if no one "gets" me, what if no one likes me ...

naked pumpkin run!

weather for Friday night @9pm:

Temp (F) - 54
Dew Point (F) - 23
Humidity - 29%
Wind - 9mph West
Conditions - Clear
Precipitation - 0%
Cloud Cover - 17%

Saturday, 10/23/08, I went to the VeloSwap. And i could have spent a large fortune there! there were some B-E-A-Utiful bikes there - all kinds; new, used, vintage, sinlge gear, fixed, road, tri, cyclo-cross, mountain - even a unicycle or 2! i was drooling over a $9800 Pinarello - it was to die for! I came home with some great bargains - not a bike ( Read more... )

My mom and her sister (my aunt / CousinBarb's mom) came in to town 10/23 - 10/27. It was a v.short visit ... v.stressful visit ... i love them, i miss them, but in the future they must visit separately ( Read more... )

Mr.Deankat and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary on 10/24/93. wow - that's a long time! some time it feels like "just the other day" that we got married and other times - not so much (fortunately, those times are far and few!)

I've been doing really well of getting back to a work-out routine (though i still cannot find the nerve to get back in the pool and swim - i miss the BS group swim thing...). I go to my cold, scratchy towel gym Monday, Wednesday and Friday for spin/conditioning/core.  On Tuesdays, i elyptical (sp?) at my complex fitness center.  And on the weekends ( Read more... )

2 local ski resorts, Arapahoe Basin and Loveland, have been open since Oct 15! I've finally gotten all of my gear - i got a new snowboard, boots and bindings! (a sweet Ride / Canvas "Tokidoki" board!) I am excited (and a little nervous) to try out my new gear on Sunday.
The funny thing is, we are having an extended fall season in Boulder.  The ( Read more... )

yep! we are having unseasonably warm weather here - so the rattle snakes have not gone into hibernation yet ... good for them, not so for me (and other trail runners).  Yesterday, mr.deankat and i headed out for a "hike"; him to walk and me to run on a set of trails very close to our apt.  I was having a great time - no achilles pain, no tendon ( Read more... )