See ya later, Kansas

I left Lawrence yesterday a little after 1 pm. A little later than I wanted to, but it worked out nonetheless. I made it to Colorado Springs by about 8:30 -- right on schedule. I experienced Jose Muldoon's and some bar that I can't remember the name of. The bar, well, it was strange. Plenty of young folks mixed with a whole lot of old folks. I guess in Lawrence you get used to seeing mainly college kids experiencing the side effects of alcohol. This morning I took in some great views at Garden of the Gods before I departed to head north.

I'm currently sitting outside of Jet's Espressoria on Pearl Street in Boulder, CO. I've been looking for a place to get some Wi Fi action and all of the places weren't working. Even Starbucks failed me! Thanks a lot to the largest coffee chain in America. I'm using the internet to search for a hotel near Loveland/Ft. Collins where I think I'll call it a night. While I had access to this shop's internet I figured I'd do a little update on the blog. I've gotta hurry though being that I'm sitting outside the shop because it's not open at this hour, and I have no access to an electrical plug in case my battery runs out!

I went for a run near the Boulder Reservoir which is to the north of Boulder. I was originally planning to run around the lake/reservoir but couldn't seem to locate the trail so I continued down the road where there were some more trails. This place was nice. A little pond/lake to run around if you went to the left and just some great views of the mountains if you went to the right. I took the turn to the right, after seeing a couple CU runners with the highly acclaimed Mark Wetmore on a two-wheeler pacing them. Needless to say, this made me feel quite slow.

This is my view before I ran.

And the trail...

And, after my exhausting run at altitude...

Ok, I need to get on the road. Hopefully I'll have some more updates to come!