It’s time to sit down once again with a beverage of your choice and chat – I’ll remind you that I don’t like coffee or tea so my drink of choice today will be water. Let’s chat about things other than just running, cycling, strength training, yoga, and our most recent injuries. Sound good? I’ll go first…

 

If we were having coffee…..

I’d tell you that today’s greeting come to you from Utah! After spending close to a week in the desert of southern Utah, we’re now in Logan, home of Utah State University where my husband got his masters degree many years ago. In fact, we got married and moved to Utah less than a month later. We’ve spent the week with a dear grad school friend and three other couples who descended onto his house – five couples total. What a fun week!

 

If we were having coffee…..

I’d tell you that today we’re leaving Utah for ice capped mountains, although we did see some snow on the Wasatch and Wellsville Mountains. It seems odd to be traveling on Independence Day, but that’s just the way our schedule worked out best. I’ll miss our annual covered bridges ride and neighborhood barbecue in the evening, but plan to enjoy the fireworks in a city far away from home.

 

If we were having coffee…..

I’d tell you that I’m still keeping busy working out while traveling. In fact, we plan our vacations around good places to ride our bikes and great photography opportunities for my husband. We almost always stay in either Marriott properties or Airbnb’s. Marriotts routinely have nice gyms and I carry my little bag of tubes and bands with me on trips when I know we’ll be staying in an Airbnb where there most likely won’t be workout equipment.

June saw a 1-mile run to celebrate Global Running Day, more hiking than normal, some decent cycling, about half my usual walking miles, and my normal amount of time strength training. Here’s how the month shook out…

 

If we were having coffee…..

I’d tell you that I only had time to read one book this past month and it’s not even available on Amazon.

• Leadership Moments by Michael Unseem

 

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Today I’m joining Deborah at Confessions Of A Mother Runner and Coco at Running With Perseverance for their monthly Ultimate Coffee Date linkup which goes live the first Friday of every month.  Be sure to stop by their blogs for a cup of coffee and to say hello; and while you’re there, be sure to check out some of the other bloggers who are participating in the linkup.

 

  • Questions:
  • • Have you ever been to Utah? ~ We lived in Utah for two years in the early 80’s when we were first married and visited in 2018 and 2019.
  • • If you live in the USA, how are you celebrating Independence Day?
  • • If we were having coffee, what would you tell me?

 

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