updatey
So today I was going to run the Canyonlands Half again, for the first time in some years, but (probably to nobody's surprise) it was canceled due to the need for social distancing. The company that has taken it over, Mad Moose Productions, offered runners the choice to run 13.1 on their own and send in the GPS track or Strava link to receive a medal and t-shirt, or a 65% credit on a future Mad Moose race up to and including next year's Canyonlands, which is what I opted for as I'm terrible at making a race effort on my own. We had originally planned to just go to Moab anyway and go mountain biking, but the weather's terrible, off-and-on rain with hail and lightning all day, and really, it's not so bad being stuck in our beautiful house watching the storms go by. This is a photo from off our back patio earlier in the week, sunrise fog rolling through the valley:
I've been riding my e-bike a lot again, and it's great; also running, and last weekend we got out on the mountain bikes and did a little dirt-road riding. The ski area claims 11" from these past storms, after pretty much zip for the last three weeks, so maybe we'll go skiing again on Monday! ETA: Nope, Governor Polis has closed all ski resorts for a week. At first I thought that was silly, because how do you spread/catch a virus when you're all bundled up in mittens and parkas? Well, duh, when you stop for lunch at the restaurant, or use the restroom, you take off your ski gloves - and lift lines (not that we have them at our tiny place) and chairlifts put you closer than 6 feet to other people. So I'm bummed, but I get it.
Originally posted on my primary journal at https://ilanarama.dreamwidth.org/175224.html; please comment there. OpenID and anonymous comments are welcome.
I've been riding my e-bike a lot again, and it's great; also running, and last weekend we got out on the mountain bikes and did a little dirt-road riding. The ski area claims 11" from these past storms, after pretty much zip for the last three weeks, so maybe we'll go skiing again on Monday! ETA: Nope, Governor Polis has closed all ski resorts for a week. At first I thought that was silly, because how do you spread/catch a virus when you're all bundled up in mittens and parkas? Well, duh, when you stop for lunch at the restaurant, or use the restroom, you take off your ski gloves - and lift lines (not that we have them at our tiny place) and chairlifts put you closer than 6 feet to other people. So I'm bummed, but I get it.
Originally posted on my primary journal at https://ilanarama.dreamwidth.org/175224.html; please comment there. OpenID and anonymous comments are welcome.