IMPORTANT NOTHINGS

Today’s snowstorm run was about 100x safer and more fun than today’s drive home from work. #adventurerunning #snowstormrunning https://www.instagram.com/p/BtkEQkelrd6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7jmuhbyleknn

2009 vs. 2019 #10yearchallenge Every useful port apple removes and every new adaptor I have to daisy chain to my laptop and devices and monitor shows me how far the advances in technology have truly come. #technology #thisdesignerlife #apple https://www.instagram.com/p/Bswou0ulJBP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=115i6gliimbmb

Sketches from the canyon. Trips that include my sketchbook are soul nourishing. It’s so important to my well-being to carve out this time which for me is like meditation. Even when I’ve gone out at 6:30am to catch the sunrise and it’s 25 degrees F. #sketch #sketchbook #naturesketch (at Grand Canyon National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqqHbAnFT3H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ru07ux99ndth

This trip was a bucket list trip. For 5 days and 4 nights we hiked and camped through the Grand Canyon. We got permits 4 months ago for a route that I would call “an adventurous challenge” and Andy would call “interesting fun” and I mentally made backup plans and discussed if I needed to turn around, which didn’t end up being necessary. We finished exhausted but in awe of the beauty. We went to bed at 7pm every night and woke up at 7am, had an encounter with a Raven raiding our food and stealing the pb and cheese, and made it out right before a serious downpour and hail and ice. We lost and gained about a mile in elevation from top to bottom. The trails took us alongside cliffs, up and down steep and rocky terrain, and in and out of canyon walls and views. Even a little free climbing involved which wasn’t the scariest part compared to the exposure in places. We finished on Thanksgiving and ate all the salty food we could and were overwhelmed by modern society. What an adventure. (at Grand Canyon National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqiOSlDlYNu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bdzdh9v0n895

Loving all the voting happening today. 🇺🇸#OldThingsIDesignedThatAreStillRelevant #Vote #GetYourCivicDutyOn (at United States of America) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp28mjnlFUg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=g84iwzyei70w

Wedding weekend, y’all! #southernstyle (at Chattanooga, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoF6yTqFI2e/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19g4tkik2y7e4

7 years ago, we went to a midnight showing of the second movie of the 7th book, today is Harry’s (and my brother’s) birthday, and it’s the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter books being published. #HP4ever #harrypotter #Nerd https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl6i_8OFKgK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12hsukeh74hat

Latest wood panel drawing complete! I never quite know when drawings are done, sometimes I think they need a little more detail here, a little more blur there, a little more highlight or contrast, until it feels about right (or it’s the deadline), or else I leave it to finish another day. This one I finished today depicting another beautiful place in Utah. #Canyonlands #drawing #naturesketch #charcoal #woodpanel (at Canyonlands National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl1MLfYFOcj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o4sy1j2myu93

Tri-d a new thing I’ve been wanting to do for awhile yesterday! Tri Boulder Olympic distance (.93 mi swim, 26.4 mi bike, 10k/6.2 mi run). And I learned a few things if I do another. 1. The swim in open water not being able to see anything underwater or anyone right next to me until they ran into me or markers around me without looking up and swimming through waves and into the sun was a little overwhelming and difficult. I had a small moment of panic in the first part of the swim about making it back, but it passed (they also had kayaks you could rest on periodically and people on jet skis watching and driving around). 2. Finally accept that if I want to go really, really fast on the bike I need to just get clip ons and not wear running shoes for the bike :) 3. Work on transitions. Some people had 1 minute transitions in between? Impressive. 4. Practice more dual activity workouts, like swim to bike and bike to run. 5. I might be more competitive in the half Tri since it’s longer and more running heavy. Well that was fun! And exhausting! #FirstTri #Triathlon (at Boulder Reservoir)

From asking the right questions, to having the necessary people and teams involved, to being accountable and adamant about ethics, to effective feedback loops, this year’s Mind the Product was a great conference all about building digital products. #mtpcon #tech (at San Francisco, California)

Run-sploring SF and being a total obnoxious tourist about it. The bridge really is spectacular around every changing view of it from the Marin Headland trails. #running #runningtourism #trails (at San Francisco, California)

Running trails and sweating out ales in Washington. #trails #itsarunnerthing #matchingshirtseveryday (at Washington)

Chi: “Wanna trail run/hike the full 17 miles of the Boulder Skyline Traverse, 5 peaks, with over 6000 ft of elevation gain on July 4th?” Me: “Sure! Looks like it’ll be about 85 degrees.” Chi: “Ok let’s start early.” Me: “Sweet.” Friends who suggest the types of crazy masochistic adventures you’d be pushing are the best. #trails #thisactivelife #crazyinagoodway (at Boulder, Colorado)

Thanks @colotechasn for putting on a fantastic Women in Tech conference today! #WIT2018 (at Spruce Mountain Ranch)

“Are you training for anything?” “No, not really. I mean I run and bike almost every day and backpack and hike and rock climb and I have races coming up but that’s just more like a way of life.” #sweatyselfies #thisactivelife #fitfriends #fitfam #loveit (at Minneapolis, Minnesota)

“You look like a group of fit people who run a lot and do marathons and stuff.” Minus Colin. #itsarunnerthing

Nothing like “tapering” for a 10k on Monday by doing a 48 mile ride to Cherry Creek Reservoir and back and taking a dip in the middle of the ride! #biking #ride