Tag: marathon

  • What am I running for?

    What am I running for?

    The Struggle These days as I struggle to get out for all my weekly running goes, I started asking myself what am I running for? Usually I am training for something and I have set goals and training days scheduled. For me, this makes it easier for me to get out during the week. I…

  • A Tale of the New York City Marathon continued

    A Tale of the New York City Marathon continued

    The gun went off and the crowd of people started to run up the bridge. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is the longest bridge span in the Americas and the 11th in the world. When it was built in the ’64, it was the longest in the world. We were on the bridge for close to 2…

  • A Tale of the New York City Marathon

    A Tale of the New York City Marathon

    It all started with arriving in New York on Friday night. With our backpacks on, we headed over to the race expo to pick up my race bib. After getting my bib, we walked around a bit looking at all of the NYC Marathon gear and the vendors. We took some moments to capture some…

  • Colfax Marathon…check!

    Colfax Marathon…check!

    After an awesome anniversary day on Saturday (our 6th), Brent and I headed back to the hotel early to get some shut eye. I iced my heel again to try and get it to feel a bit better, I set out my racing gear and we made our final plans for the morning. With an…

  • The wait is over and…

    The wait is over and…

    …I am going to the New York Marathon! (Refer back to my previous post about entering the lottery here.) The drawing was held on Wednesday as I kept checking my email over and over again to see if I heard anything. Finally around 4 in the afternoon, I saw an email with this: I never…

  • Where did 1207 miles take me in 2012?

    Where did 1207 miles take me in 2012?

    The year of 2012 was a great one for my running life. I logged 1207 miles over the course of the year. That is almost 160 miles more than 2011! I loved that I logged more miles. I do know that I did slack a little during the summer and later in the year. Overall,…

  • Nike Women’s Marathon

    Nike Women’s Marathon

    Let’s begin two days before the race on Friday. My friends took me down to the race expo where I spent a couple hours enjoying all that they had to offer. It was probably the best expo – free photos, snacks, interviews with Olympians, and much more. I ran on a human hamster wheel! I found my name…

  • NWM – I survived!

    Just a quick post to say that I survived and crossed the finish line to score my little blue box! It was a hard race mostly because of how crowded the streets were. I was feeling great but it was extremely difficult to get in a decent pace. Then once the half marathoners split off,…

  • Only Days Away

    Only Days Away

    The marathon is almost hear! That also means…VACATION! I am so excited to be able to go run and visit my friends. I feel somewhat ready for this race, but I did not train as hard as I did for the last one. This training was somewhere in between my first program and my second…

  • Country Music Marathon 2012

    Country Music Marathon 2012

    Last Saturday I was able to partake in the Nashville Country Music Marathon to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Another 26.2 miles down for me! I love that my sport benefits organizations. I get to do what I love and help someone in the process. After a great night’s rest, I woke up bright…

  • Quick Marathon Update

    This is just a quick little note to let all of you know how we did. Details and more information about our adventures down in Nashville to come when we make it home. Jess – Full Marathon – time: 4:01:32 – pace: 9:13 – overall: 633 out of 3925 – division: 60 out of 443…

  • 3rd Marathon??

    3rd Marathon??

    I think so! Last night I got an email with my special link to register for the Nike Women’s Marathon (NWM) down in San Francisco in October. If you remember a little while back, I was in a dilema of whether or not I should run this race. With a good friend already living down there and…