Boulder to London

We’ve been in Barcelona since Sunday and are having an amazing time.  We’ve enjoyed plenty of tapas, cava, Gaudi and Picasso.  Ok…actually we’ve had a lot of tapas and cava and a little Gaudi and Picasso, but you can’t do everything in one trip.  The weather has been sunny, but very brisk and we’ve managed [...]

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I finally made it back to London on Friday and have spent the last 40-some hours sleeping in, spending time with Melisse and catching up on the things that don’t get done when one is out of the country (paying bills, laundry, grocery shopping, etc).  The weekend has been great, but it looks like it [...]

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I woke up this morning to a pleasant surprise…there was not a cloud in the sky!  What I thought was going to be a cold and wet day sitting inside watching football, was suddenly full of possibility.  Since it was still early, I went down to the gym and got a quick work out in.  [...]

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I got our for a 5 mile run this morning along the lake in Chicago.  I use the Nike+ system with my iPod nano to track my runs.  It works pretty well for a rough idea of speed and distance, however it’s not very accurate with large elevation changes.  This is a very typical profile for [...]

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I made it to Chicago yesterday afternoon to kick off a project that I’ll be working on over the next month or so.  It should be a good piece of work and I’ve always heard really good things about Chicago.  The flight was uneventful and more kudos to Virgin Atlantic for making the trip easy [...]

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On Wednesday morning, I woke early to pack my bag before being picked up by the chauffer. The pickup was scheduled for 6:45, but I wasn’t sleeping that well so I got out of bed around 5:45. I was wishing that I had packed the night before, but how long can that actually take when [...]

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