It was a gloriously sunny and beautiful spring day in Colorado today. I did an hour kenpo p90X workout first thing in the morning while Nan was at a workout with her running team. Then later in the day we took the kids hiking over in Boulder and I got to sneak in a VERY fun but quick trail run. I ran about 3.5 miles in 9:18 pace. Time: 32:50. My last mile was a 6 minute mile, with the last half being 5:24. It felt good to go fast, but it required a straight smooth steep down hill for this 186 pounder to get going that fast for that long. I was pretty pleased with the 9:18th pace that felt totally comfortable and easy even though the run had 1000 Feet of elevation gain in the first 2 miles. The 2nd 1.5 miles back were down hill. Gorgeous sunny day: 
I realized after and during this run that I really like running with a hat when its hot, because if I don't I just have sweat pouring into my eyes. That's definitely going to be a new habit for me. When I came back down the trail I met up with the family who was hiking up and we hiked around for a couple miles. The kids loved it. We both thought it was about a billion times more peaceful and relaxing, and just as fun as Disneyland, and free, and in our own back yard. The kids actually seemed to have more fun running around and climbing rocks and jumping through rivers than much of the time spent at Disneyland. Although in LA we did go to the beach one night last week, made a fire and some s'mores, which was really fun, and the best part was watching my 4 year old Breanne who is a total dare-devil'ette'. She was just launching herself off this 4.5 foot ledge onto the sand with no regard, check out one of the better pics where she ended up just eating a face full of dirt and laughing it off. It was pretty awesome watching her go after this ledge drop over and over. 
It was an amazing sunset and a really fun evening playing with the fam and hanging out with my friend Ryan Nicholls and his family who we haven't seen in a few years.
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