Category Archive: Adventure

48 Hours in Denver and Boulder

Thursday afternoon we left Pittsburgh for Colorado with one mission: find a new home in Denver to move in June. The Type A person that I am I lined up about 15 appointments… Continue reading

Tuscany 2012

I just spent the most wonderful week in the little Tuscan hilltop town of Cortona. Last year the Boy and his Big Brother were at a charity auction where they did what brothers… Continue reading

My favorite things for travel

I travel a lot for someone who doesn’t travel for business. In the last six months I’ve been to Boston (twice), New Haven, NYC, Philadelphia, Bozeman, Billings, Seattle, San Fran (twice), San Diego… Continue reading

GU Pro

As I make my move to Denver I’ve been chomping at the bit to get back into racing. I’m toying with ideas like Pikes Peak, Leadville, and Ride the Rockies. I am so… Continue reading

Ashtanga Yoga

In light of last week’s events, I made an effort to keep myself as busy as humanly possible this weekend as a means of distracting myself from a lot of hurt around me.… Continue reading

Climbing Wall

In the week since I found out I’m moving to Denver I have bought new ski pants, talked to my nationally-ranked skiier friend about what skis I should buy, researched and test drove… Continue reading

P90X

I’m a sucker for New Years Resolutions. Pretty much every year barring injury I’ve completed my New Years resolution: it’s how I ran my first marathon, did my first triathlon, got involved in… Continue reading

Vacation

The Boy and I worked hard all summer and rewarded ourselves in September with a bit of a vacation out West. We visited friends in Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego and had… Continue reading

Being Active

When people find out about my athletic history the question that I am always asked is: “What’s next?” The problem is I don’t know. And the good part is that I kind of… Continue reading

Children’s Hospital Open Water Challenge 5K

“There’s a 5K swim tomorrow- you should do it” Usually people who have not swum in over a year do not agree when people say something like that. I am unusual. I was… Continue reading