sitting on the deck ...

oh man - what a weekend! thanks to dunc, i found an incredible route to train on for leadville. it involves hockley valley, and the hockley heights sidetrail, and if i knew how to use my frikken garmen thingy properly, i could have figured out the elevation! ffs's!! regardless, it was a super sweet day, and i dragged moose out with me. 'please tell us where to go little trail gnome ...'

after a really nasty set of climbs - i have no idea how dunc got his bike up there - we finally reached the top!

really kool little section just off the 15th sideroad!

after this, we did a bit of road and then headed back down the bruce trail through hockley valley. they had re-routed part of the trail just south of hockley valley road which provided yet one more long grind - followed by a really neat forest section. and - haha - as we got to the ski hill, there were still people snowboarding! good grief!!

all i know is, we did a shit load of climbing! i was feeling pretty good, and even managed to bump the pace after 3 hours - coach's instructions - although it almost killed me! poor moose hasn't been out much, so i kinda broke him. here's a shot of his final death march up the 5th line hill ...

i think i did around 17+ miles in 4 hours. i know, slow as shit, but who cares! it was a beauty day and i for sure want to get the rest of the 'leadville-ites' up here for a run or two.

after i did my 37 stoopid burpees, i went over to dunc's and hung out on the deck with him and indy for awhile. too nice!

on saturday, i kinda realized that i hadn't been on my bike since gawd knows when, so i decided to swap my easy 60min run for a spin on the rail trail. came across this guy with his 3 dogs! also realized my 'biking' muscles were sorely out of shape. got to get them ready for my 'coffee rides' coming up soon ...

i then headed into cf bolton to watch the mighty alex and father jimmy do workout 12.4. it was really wild! they had their wallballs done in just over 6 minutes ...

after a few stumbles on the double unders, they settled down, got them done and quickly moved on to the dreaded muscle ups!

insane! in just twelve minutes, they managed 150 wallballs, 90 double unders and 17 muscle ups! i can't even imagine!

i did mine on friday. and seeing as how i can't do a fucking muscle up yet - and may never be able to do one - i finished with 240 points (150 wallballs and 90 double unders). check out our new t-shirts!!

my super strong amazing friend lisa - i love this chick!!

oh ya - friday night club! alex and his ladies!

i have to laugh at one of my clients - mark. when i first started training him, i almost killed him. i made him skip a little, and thought he was going to need that heart re-starting thingy! he got better at that, even got his own rope, but then he got cocky - said the workouts were too easy. so i made him do squat thrusters! that shut him up for a bit. and then, last saturday he was heard saying that 'if he had a gun, he'd shoot that bitch' - meaning me, of course! and earlier in the week, he was complaining that he had hired the wrong trainer - 'look at those 2 over there with their trainers, they're just sitting around, why can't we do that ...' both of which i take as compliments! and then, check out the sign he posted on his back for our session on friday ...

close up ...

this guy is hilarious and is quickly turning into one of my favorite clients.

and finally, i leave you with a very un-graceful shot of me trying to get into a handstand ...