The balancing act of life

It's one of those days where you feel behind on everything ... and realize why, sometimes, life is 'exhausting'. It's because we are always walking the balance beam of life ... work pulls in one direction, family in another. Sports and compeitition pulls you as well as social events and relationships.  The reailty is that if you have all of these 'great' things pulling you ... you just need to stop and realize how lucky you are :) It may get tireing sometimes, but I feel very fortunate to have so many amazing people, adventures, compeitions, and career oppertunities in my life! Embrace the balance beam!

Running Thrilla

Usually people (including me) ride Thrilla. it's a local loop in Redmond with lots of fun hills.  On Sunday we decided it would be a good idea (?!) to run it. Yeah, run. 15 miles. :) Crazy or awesome ... either way we were in (yes, in typical Monilee style ...  don't laugh you guys!)

it was so cool! the route offers great views of the mountains and the sunset ... a great way to end a weekend! There is something about pushing yourself to go further while enjoying nature that is very fulfilling.

Sunshine in Seattle

February brought a week of sun and 15+ degree temps ... beautiful weather! What did we do? we made the most of it, of course. Saturday was a 10 mile run and Sunday was a 50 mile ride ... an amazing weekend with friends!

The 10 miler was our first big longer run ... a bit sore afterwards but all in all, pretty decent! and the 50 miler was our first in our prep for STP in july - a bunch of us will do that 200 miles together.  i love the sun!!!

Winter camping in style

January brought a trip to the mountains ... we went up to enjoy the snow ... hoping for some amazing powder and fun in the snow.  The cabin was amazing ... check it out:

The snow was incredible for snowshoeing but not so much for snowboarding! The winds were a little crazy at the top of the hill and the snow was sticky so the boarding was a little slow :) one trip was all we could manage ... but we did mange 5hours of snowshoeing!