This was still a hard run. It was 91 degrees when I started and the climb up was pretty tough. For a comparison the first time I did this run it was…69 degrees. H.O.T.
Regardless, fun and a nice accomplishment.
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Runnin’ in Salt Lake City
So yesterday I did a ‘5 mile’ run that took 7 miles to complete. The run also included a 800 foot increase in elevation. So a bit tough for me.
Below is a portion of the route from Nike Plus. I managed to complete the first part of the run accidentally as I was checking to see where the heck I was. The first part of the run was from end of this run through Memory Grove.
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The deck is done…
Well, 98% done. Just have to touch up the black rails a bit.
Took my wife and I 18 hours over the weekend to apply Rustoleum’s Deck Restore product…that’s 2 coats.
We applied it with 4″ rollers and applied it slowly. That avoided wasting a lot of the material and splattering it all over. Going slow also makes the material ‘spike’ less. That means that the natural ridging of the material is rounded off and you don’t have to follow along with a brush to smooth it out. My advice to you is to read and then follow the instructions and go slow.
If you’re curious why 4″ rollers…the deck was built in the early 1990’s and the decking is 2″ x 4″ boards rather than the 1″ x 6″ boards which became the standard later on. If we had a 1″ x 6″ boards I would have used a 4″ roller, cut down the 6″ rollers to fit and capped the end of the roller.
Hoping that we’ll get about 5 more year of use out of the deck before I have to tear it apart.
All in all pretty happy with the result.
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After
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Nice run through Denver, 5 miles on the Cherry Creek trail
Did a nice run through Denver today. Ran the Cherry Creek trail. Beautiful place to run.
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FitBit stats for this week
Starting to get back into the whole running thing again. Here are the latest stats. John B. was telling me that I should get used to being number 2 on the list.
Guess not…and I haven’t even got started. I have a triathlon to run in September.
Look out!
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Basement Shelving project – part 2
Status as of Sunday afternoon. Front trim and doors to complete but that will be later on down the road.
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Pic of The High Line, NYC
I was in NYC last week and took this picture on The High Line. Great place to run. See more here.
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The house projects – cabinets
I have two projects left on the interior of the house:
1. Baseboards
2. CabinetsIn the case of the cabinets it’s more than just cabinets. It will be cabinets plus shelving and other doodads to complete a laundry room, pantry, mud rooms and two walk-in closets.
So below is a picture of the first carcase that I am working on.
Total cost at this point is $40 including the maple face frames (not seen)
