Old Man Bull

Opening up Microsoft Word to a blank page reflects my activities for the next 30 days. A few weeks ago, our Prospective Member class at Alpine completed our 24 hour overnight training, which consisted of navigation, multiple patient packages, evacuations, rappelling , medical assessments, radio communication work, and an overnight in some frigid temps without a sleeping bag or tent. It was awesome to be a part of this experience with a team of others all working towards a common goal. I realized I was allowed to do this by my doctor, and that a follow up visit with her loomed. I was able to see her today. The doctor has ordered no running or activities at altitude (including hiking or flying) for 30 days. This may be easier to cope with if my leg was broken, or I was otherwise incapacitated. The thing is, every part of my body works fine, and every part of my body wants to go- none more than my wandering mind. It has only been about an hour since hearing the news, and al...

On the drive up to Beaver Creek on Friday night, before the Tough Mudder, Amanda asked me "If you could give your excitement level and nerves values that add up to 10, how would they be distributed?" To put it simply, more excited than nervous, I think I said I'd give excitement a 7   and nerves a 3 . We arrived at the Vail Marriott around 8:45, and walked around Vail Village for a while.  Neither of us had been to Vail Village before, so it was really cool to check it out.  We were both pretty pooped from the week, and were ready to crash, so we went back to our room.  When I say room, I actually mean Presidential Suite!  The room was amazing! Vail Marriott was amazing!  Working in hotels, I have seemed to become hyper-critical of every nuance when I stay somewhere, but Vail Marriott was top notch in my opinion. Sweet view from the deck waking up... In the morning, we got going, got coffee, got our act together and drove the 10 minutes over to Beav...

Funny thing happened the other day when I woke up...I had this card on my night-stand!  What a great surprise from Amanda!  I hadn't planned on doing this race-but was ecstatic when I woke up and found out I had been entered!  Thank you A:) A few days after the Bolder Boulder is the Tough Mudder.  This race will be starting in Beaver Creek, CO at an elevation of 8100' and is looking to be quite the kick in the pants.  Here is the info on the course: Length: 10 miles Base Elevation:  8,100' Summit Elevation:  11,400 Total Elevation Change:  4,250' Racers: 5,000 Along the course are a few obstacles as well.  Cargo nets, wall climbs, swamps, hauling logs, greased monkey bars, live wires, oh my!   Here is the link to the website: http://toughmudder.com/ Oktimetotrain.