Life is returning to normal, although our hectic schedule is slowing down its arrival a bit. Thursday evening we ran the annual Pearl Street Mile race. We had a good group of friends show up for a pleasant evening on the mall. Morrissey managed to place 8th overall in the general race with a sub 6 minute mile.

Saturday the cats got to visit the vet, which they always love to do. We had to use the vacuum cleaner to scare them out from under the bed. The experience will just add negative reinforcement to their vacuuming theories. They are both healthy for middle-aged cats, although I suspect the trip may have taken a year off of Zack's life.


Later in the day Kristen and I headed down to Denver to get her set up for her sprint triathlon. We met up with Katie and Jordan, the girls picked up their race packets, and we found our hotels. Bridget was also going to participate, but had a registration snafu which prevented her from being able to race.

Throughout the remainder of the evening Jordan and I offered up invaluable race day strategies to the girls. Even though he and I had never been involved in a triathlon, we were more than happy to give them every nugget of wisdom we could unearth. I think they were pretty sick of it by the end of the night, and luckily for them they basically ignored everything we said.

Kristen and Katie headed to Cherry Creek Reservoir around 5:30 am on Sunday to set up. Jordan and I made it there around 8:15, in time to see them queue up for the swim wave, along with 3,000 other women triathletes.


They both came out of the water strong after their half mile swim. Katie made great time, and Kristen was close behind. All the swimming at the farm must have paid off. Katie had some shifting problems on the 13 mile bike ride, but made it through alive. Kristen's ride was uneventful, and she seemed to enjoy it.


The 5k run portion was uphill on the way out, but downhill from the midpoint to the finish line. They both had a solid finish, coming in at just over the 2 hour mark for the entire race.


We ate a big lunch afterwards. The girls seemed a bit hungry, not sure why. Then it was back to Grand Junction for Katie and Jordan, and back to Boulder for Kristen and I.

The weather has been amazingly hot. Saturday Denver broke the temperature record with 103 degrees. Today is the 22nd day in a row of over 90 degree heat for Denver, which is another record. We did get a little rain tonight which really helped cool things down.

The upcoming week promises to be fairly normal, without a lot going on. A few more employees are showing up at work on Monday, and we should start transitioning into the new work routine.