A Week full of Awesome

Last weekend was the Rock and Roll Marathon. A great race to end the summer running season. Though I solemnly swear to train harder next time I sign up for a full marathon. Although I finished this race in 4:52:04 I walked a lot. I ended up finishing the last half o the race with a serial marathon runner who was using this run as a long slow training run for his next marathon. He was walking 1 minute then running 1 minute and I joined him for miles 13-26.

Then Sunday Adam and I volunteered at October Fest selling beer at the Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue booth, to raise money for the shelter. Beer for Cats! Little did I know that would be a great start to an epic week of volunteering.

Tuesday after work I got a message from my friend Alisha because they didn't have enough volunteers setting up for the Project Homeless Connect event at the Convention Center, so I went over there to set up chairs and tables for the event the next day. The Project Homeless Connect is an event held to help the homeless of the city get connected with different services available. At the event people are given medical exams, referrals for shelters, food banks, clothing, etc as well as help finding different services. It seems like a really great event; directly serving the homeless population.

Yesterday Liz, Lupita and I went to the CH2M Fall River Sweep volunteer event to clean up the South Platte River Trail. We ended up working with the new batch of Americorps NCCC Team Leaders, cleaning and painting the green railings around the trail. It was a great event with tons of people and a great picnic lunch after!

And finally a big shout out to my sis: Little Molly for running her first 5k yesterday!!

Adam at the RMFR Octoberfest booth!

Rock and Roll Denver!

This Saturday is the Rock and Roll Denver Marathon! Am I ready? Nope!

I haven't been working out as much since the Rattlesnake Triathlon. So I'm just going to wing this race...How hard can it be?

Two weeks ago I ran the Denver Half Marathon. That was a pretty epic day for me. The race was in Aurora, at Cherry Creek State Park. It was a trail race, scenic, beautiful...14 miles away from my apartment. So I had to leave the house before the sun came up to bike there on time (about 14 miles). I biked probably about 30 minutes before the sun touched my skin. I was freezing! My the time I got there my toes were numb. I arrived mere minutes before the race started (approximately with enough time to spare to eat half a banana). While running from the parking lot to the starting line I managed to work the kinks out of my muscles and warm my fingers and toes. The race was amazing- beautiful, good weather, about halfway through I took my sweatshirt off and tied it around my waist. It was in the same racing series as the Louisville Half, but the trail was better marked (I didn't get lost at all!) Finished in about 2:18 and then had a leisurely bike ride home. The ride home seemed much shorter, and I'm pretty sure was downhill the whole way.

I've started taking classes- I'm currently enrolled in Seminar in Not-For-Profit Organizations, and Practicum in Nonprofit Organizations. I've read a couple interesting Case Studies so far, and have really been learning a lot.
 
Sunday Adam and I are going to volunteer at Oktoberfest- working at a beer booth to raise money for the Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue. Sounds like a super fun event, and something cool to do together!

Last weekend Liz and I went rock climbing at Garden of the Gods. It was so much fun! I would love to learn how to set up the ropes, and rock climb all the time! We had a blast, then hung out in Colorado Springs for a bit (lunch and visiting my favorite used book store).
Below are some rock climbing pictures.