Some thoughts and discussions from me.
Blend Ticket & The Weekend
Hey all!
I meant to post earlier, but I woke up late for my 6:30 a.m. interval class I had to teach today, and slept like poo last night. I woke up at 3:00 a.m. last night absolutely wide awake, and couldn’t go back to sleep until about 5:00 a.m… 20 minutes before my alarm went off. Oy. I foresee a nap in my future.
Ha!
Luckily, my interval class didn’t take the brunt of my poor sleep – it was such a great class. I think it was especially great because of the alternative –
After I warmed the class up, I said: “OK, guys – we have about 40 minutes left of class. We’re going to spend those 40 minutes doing burpees every minute on the minute. A whole class of burpees! YAY!!!”
After about 20 seconds of death glares, I said the magic words:
APRIL FOOLS!!!!
muahaha.
Anyway, luckily I have a 3 hour window between two of my clients today. I probably really need the extra sleep after this weekend. It was such a great one!
It started Friday afternoon – Shane and I packed up some snacks and coconut water and drove into Rocky Mountain National Park for an afternoon hike:
(more on this in another post)
then we got dinner at my absolute favorite steakhouse – Twin Owl’s. I didn’t take any pictures, but we dined here about a year ago, and I had the best steak of my life!
Then Saturday it was sunny and in the sixties, so after teaching boot camp I headed over to do some hiking in Boulder with some friends:
(again – more on this later this week – this ended up being one of my favorite hikes this year!)
And then yesterday included FaceTime with family, church, a looong Niko walk (it was another sunny, perfect day, weather-wise.) And we rounded it out with a Sunday evening cook out at a friend’s house:
we stayed later than we intended and both drank a couple more drinks than intended – hence the poor sleep quality I’m paying for now!
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And now for some housekeeping items. This morning I am teaching a super early Interval BLAST class, so really quick:
Firstly – some unfortunate news. Due to some recent circumstances, I am no longer able to attend the Blend Retreat this year. Yes, it’s unfortunate. Yes, I’m sad. I wish it were here in my backyard again this year, but it’s not, so I’m going to have to give up my ticket. However, this means that if there’s one of you out there that has been thinking about going, you can now go at half price, because…
I’m selling a Blend ticket at HALF PRICE!
I bought my ticket to Blend, which includes my lodging for the weekend, for $273 – and I’m now selling it for $130 to the first taker. If you’ve been on the fence about going, now’s your chance! Email me (yourtrainerpaige@gmail.com) if you’re interested, and I’ll sell it to the first person who wants it.
Secondly – The Katy’s Kettle Popchips Giveaway ends tomorrow. Click here to enter to be one of two lucky winners to win a month stash of chips!
ah those views, I can’t wait for your hiking recaps. I am soo jealous of all the hikes you get to go on!
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I’m sad that you can’t make it to Blend, but understand! At least I’ll be able to see you all the time by then anyway. 🙂
I can’t wait to hear more about your hikes! Greg and I really need to get back to RMNP. We only went once (via Estes Park) and that was back in 2009! It was really foggy and drizzling that day, so we didn’t get to take advantage of many of the beautiful sights. It’s definitely on the to-do list!
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I hope to go on at least one hike this month when I visit Colorado in three weeks. I am hoping it continuess this warm weather!
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Ahh – I actually may not be able to go either! 🙁 I am bummed…
Hope everything is okay with you, girl! I got your comment on my last post and since we won’t be crossing paths in May – we should definitely chat some other way! 🙂
On that note – if someone buys your ticket and you have more than one request, forward them to me since I am like 75% sure I won’t be able to go!
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noooooo i will miss you both 🙁
I can’t wait to hear about those hikes!
Are you for freaking real???????????? 🙁
I am 🙁 Emailing you.
Can’t wait for the hike post. I love hearing about those 😀
aww sounds like you had such a fun weekend! i took a crossfit class a couple of weeks ago that felt like 40 minutes of burpees haha (it was 150) and with rowing mixed in between so it wouldnt suprise me if you did have a class of all burpees! do iiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. ANYWAYS i love your hikes you take with the hubby 🙂
Oh no!! I was really hoping to meet you in May… so sorry to hear it won’t work out for you. We’ll miss you!
I love reading your hike posts by the way, gives me inspiration to get at it once the snow melts a little more in the mountains here. I’m SO ready for spring!
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Oh no!! I really wish you could be at Blend! I hope everything is alright. 🙂
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I’m seriously bummed you can’t make it to BLEND this year! I’m going to miss you! I hope you’re doing well my friend. I’ve been thinking about you! Big hugs to you!
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I’m bummed, too 🙁 Thanks, friend – I’ll miss you all too!