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looking back, looking forward
Jan. 17th, 2022 04:29 pm2021 has ended; it was a better year than 2020 (at least for me) but that's a pretty low bar. Have a meme (or at least some meme questions from which I have picked and chosen).
( Looking back, looking forward )
And my year in activities:
Running: 1404 miles, which pleases me, though I'd like to ramp up still more. I ran two 5Ks and the RTB relay; DNS a half marathon.
Biking: Garmin Connect doesn't distinguish between biking and e-biking, but, I'm using my e-bike a lot for transportation (even now, in the winter) and am up over 1900 miles on it. Mountain biking I've done a little less this year, but in addition to local rides we did several fun trips (our spring circumnavigation of the 4 corners, a trip to ride western CO dirt roads with a couple of friends, and our Thanksgiving trip to Arizona).
Hiking: I didn't post about it, but we finally got out to backpack this summer after a few years thwarted by fires, viruses, and injuries. It was great! We did six days in the Weminuche Wilderness with a group of friends, though not everyone had the same itinerary, which actually worked well because we e.g. spent one night with some people, and then did a side trip with some others, and when we got back to our "base camp" the couple that started the day after us were there. Unfortunately I was not in as good shape as I wanted to be, and some of us did an ambitious day hike that was...a little too ambitious for me, I almost broke down in tears a few times, but I made it. I feel like I'm way slower than I used to be, though, and I hate that. But I love backpacking and we have some spring and summer trips planned!
Skiing: Last season I got out quite a bit, which was great; I went several times with my friend June, as well as weekly with Britt, and it was a lot of fun despite the covid-19 precautions that meant that we had to eat our lunches outside (sometimes while being snowed on). After a week of storms between Christmas and New Year's, this year has been dry and sunny, and we've only been skiing once in December and once in January so far. There's no snow in the forecast for the rest of the month - we may end up just going mountain biking in New Mexico the way things are going.
I will try to revive this journal and post more! (See: New Year's Resolutions. :-)
( Looking back, looking forward )
And my year in activities:
Running: 1404 miles, which pleases me, though I'd like to ramp up still more. I ran two 5Ks and the RTB relay; DNS a half marathon.
Biking: Garmin Connect doesn't distinguish between biking and e-biking, but, I'm using my e-bike a lot for transportation (even now, in the winter) and am up over 1900 miles on it. Mountain biking I've done a little less this year, but in addition to local rides we did several fun trips (our spring circumnavigation of the 4 corners, a trip to ride western CO dirt roads with a couple of friends, and our Thanksgiving trip to Arizona).
Hiking: I didn't post about it, but we finally got out to backpack this summer after a few years thwarted by fires, viruses, and injuries. It was great! We did six days in the Weminuche Wilderness with a group of friends, though not everyone had the same itinerary, which actually worked well because we e.g. spent one night with some people, and then did a side trip with some others, and when we got back to our "base camp" the couple that started the day after us were there. Unfortunately I was not in as good shape as I wanted to be, and some of us did an ambitious day hike that was...a little too ambitious for me, I almost broke down in tears a few times, but I made it. I feel like I'm way slower than I used to be, though, and I hate that. But I love backpacking and we have some spring and summer trips planned!
Skiing: Last season I got out quite a bit, which was great; I went several times with my friend June, as well as weekly with Britt, and it was a lot of fun despite the covid-19 precautions that meant that we had to eat our lunches outside (sometimes while being snowed on). After a week of storms between Christmas and New Year's, this year has been dry and sunny, and we've only been skiing once in December and once in January so far. There's no snow in the forecast for the rest of the month - we may end up just going mountain biking in New Mexico the way things are going.
I will try to revive this journal and post more! (See: New Year's Resolutions. :-)