Training Log Archive: kissy

Some pictures from the paramo.

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Took a hike with Marit and Annie on a beautiful fall day that felt more like summer.

I got home early this morning (2:00 a.m.), so slept in a bit longer than usual. My whole trip to Colombia was remarkable. It was a little disconcerting though not being able to communicate with people. Far fewer people there spoke English than what I'm used to when I travel to Europe. It has inspired me to sign up for Rosetta Stone, which is offered through my work. I'm on a mission to learn at least conversational Spanish.

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Another session in the hotel room. This felt better than Tuesday...my knee didn't hurt as much.

Someone was on the treadmill when I got to the fitness room, so I decided to make do with the elliptical. Luckily, he was finished pretty quickly, so I moved over to the treadmill.

Meg and I in the paramo:



And a view of Bogota from the Bosques de Bellavilla:

I am in Bogota! My first time in South America. I got in late last night, so I haven't seen much, but tomorrow we go on a field trip up to the Paramos, higher in the Andes. I had no idea that Bogota was at 8600'. I was worried about running this morning, but I guess all the time I've spent in Laramie helped because I didn't feel the altitude at all. This running was done on the hotel treadmill because of kidnappings. There's that.

I bought a new car yesterday! After I saw the VW settlement was approved, I followed Tim Parsons' example and bought a Golf Alltrack before inventory was depleted. So this morning I had to bike back to the dealership to pickup my old car.

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