Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! What an amazing day it was! The past few weeks have come and gone so quickly. I feel like there is so much going on around me... at home, at school, work, in training. Today, I took time to relax, sit and do nothing for an extended period of time and it felt great. Don't get me wrong, I was still incredibly busy, but in a good way. My Mom, Aaron and I headed up to Boulder bright and early to have brunch and so Aaron could show my mom his office. You wouldn't believe the views from Aaron's patio... see below.

We had brunch at The Kitchen and wow... it was delicious. We even had dessert after brunch... that was irresponsible. :) It was such a perfect day in Boulder, but back to Denver we went.... I had some work I needed to do. 

I had a long bike ride planned for the afternoon. How long? I wasn't really sure. I'm 4 weeks away from my first century ride (100 miles), so I knew I needed to spend some solid time on my bike. I headed out toward Chatfield Res. and wouldn't you know, the path was closed. So, I turned around and headed north along the South Platte River. Before I knew it, I had gone 20 miles in one direction and felt great. When it was all said and done, I rode 46 miles and felt like I could have continued for hours. Legs felt great. At the turn-around, I looked back and could barely see the Denver skyline. I knew I had really covered some distance! 

Whew! It is days like today that make me so excited to continue pushing my limits. Before my first half-ironman, I had never been more than 26 miles on my bike (half-ironman is a 56 mile bike). My second half-ironman, I BARELY touched the bike before the race. I'm training harder, earlier in the season than I have before and I'm really starting to reap the benefits of increased fitness. It's only going to get harder, but great days like this make it exciting, not daunting. 

Have a great week, thanks for stopping by.