I was in Denver this week. I attempted to run a trail up a mountain. I don't know how far I climbed. The trail weaved and winded. It was near the Red Rocks amphitheater. I aborted the running plan and opted for just hiking. I decided that hiking it was just as good of a workout and smarter for me to do considering I was alone and feeling a little dizzy from the altitude. When I got to the top I felt like I was going to throw up! I did discover that I love hiking in spite of this. There were 3 other people running this trail.. it was amazing to watch them. What a skill. Running up a mountain trail over a rocky terrain... that's just a whole different sport than what I'm doing. You have to be really agile and alert to maintain forward momentum up such a unpredictable trail. If I lived in Denver I'd have so much fun trying to learn this! Even more impressive was that I saw 2 guys on mountain bikes go up the same trail. They didn't even get off the bikes once. They somehow managed forward momentum but jumping the bike and who know how... I still can't figure it out... there were rocks everywhere. Denver is so much fun in the summer! Max temps were only 85 degrees. Whereas, here in Fort Worth it has ranged between 103 and 107 all week. I have to go run at 4:45 am to run at only 85 degrees in Fort Worth! In Denver the mornings are like 65 right now!!! How refreshing!! I'd have to get into biking if I lived there. And camping ... and fishing, even (my husband wanted me to try it). There's just so much to do outside. I wanted to climb every mountain I saw! I'd love to move there, but I'm still not sure I'd like the winters there. I love to ski but I don't know if I'd want to live with snow. | 