Author: cartwheelsandcake

Cyclist, climber, hiker, trail runner, back country skier, dabbling mountaineer Lover of cake, chocolate, brownies, and sweets. Excellent napper.

Tough Mudder: Team Everybody

I finally had the chance to participate in my first Tough Mudder 5K!

What got me there was joining my incredible World Domination Summit core team members for a trip to Los Angeles, California for some epic team bonding.

While I absolutely LOVED the idea of spending my Sunday running around a muddy obstacle course, not every member of our team thought that sounded like a good day. In fact, I think it bordered on worst nightmare for a couple.

So, from the very beginning, this was about sticking together as a team. It was not a competition … Continue reading

I swam THREE MILES.

I haven’t talked much about swimming here. That’s mostly because I swim at the Matt Dishman Community Center in a heated pool.

Don’t get me wrong, Dishman is lovely, the showers are hot, the lockers don’t smell funny, and they usually have plenty of lap swim times.

That being said, there usually isn’t a lot to say. You don’t get gorgeous nature views from the pool. I’m not posting locker room photos on Instagram. (THOUGH! I have locker room thoughts for another post…)

There are few amusing antidotes, though I suppose there was the time I showed up at the … Continue reading

The DMCC

Yesterday we were going to do two laps on Dog Mountain [ie: The Double Dog Dare], which I’d never done (despite two previous, half hearted attempts).

This is really because they were the type of attempts where in the car you think, “Maybe I’ll do this twice!”. And then you start up, and about ten minutes in you think, “Yeah! I feel awesome! Nature is awesome! I’ll 100% definitely do this again”. But after all the up (and, maybe more importantly, all the down) you get back to the parking lot, and you think about how warm and comfy the … Continue reading