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  • National Running Day

    National Running Day

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    I know that there is pretty much a “National” day for everything, but today is National Running Day! This means that all of you need to step out onto the track, field, road or trail. What a great day it would be to jump start your love for running. Although, I could probably come up…

  • Quick Marathon Update

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    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…

  • Race Ready

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    With months of training pounding my feet down on the pavement, it is finally race week. I am just days away from my second marathon. I am excited to try this again as I have done several longer runs than the last training. I feel like my body is a bit more ready due to…

  • 3rd Marathon??

    3rd Marathon??

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    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…

  • Run to the Pub 2012

    Run to the Pub 2012

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    Brent and I decided to run our first race of the year on St. Patrick’s Day! It is hard to get any races in before this time of year in Montana because of our lovely winters. We woke up around 7 am this morning, another lovely thing about racing in March in Montana is that…

  • I Could Not Resist

    I Could Not Resist

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    The other night I set out on a beautiful evening run with the husband. The temperature was in the 40s with hardly a glimpse of snow on the ground for a February day. The sun was slowly starting to go down as we hit the pavement. Spring was in the air, at least for this…

  • Increased Mileage Update

    Increased Mileage Update

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    I have been plugging away at logging my long runs over the last several weekends. From here on out, I will not be going below a 16 miler. (Other than my midweek mileage). When I trained for the Portland Marathon, I think I ran a total of 4 runs over 15 miles which included one…

  • I Run To Be…

    I Run To Be…

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    Free Me Victorious Healthy Strong A Finisher   After finishing the Nike+ Women’s Half Marathon in January, Nike sent all finishers this awesome bracelet. I received my today! Love it! I love this sport of mine and I love being reminded of why I run.  

  • Sprints

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    This past week I finally decided to start doing some sprints for my marathon training. It has been several months since I have done them and I forgot how much I really do not like them. I am not a very good short distance runner, actually, I am not good at all. I set out…

  • Where did 1,050 miles take me in 2011?

    Where did 1,050 miles take me in 2011?

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    Jess
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    At the beginning of 2011, I decided to start keeping a log of my running miles. I thought it would be fun to show where the 1,050 miles took me over the last year from running at 9,000 feet to running a marathon. It was quite a second year in running. My pace increased almost…

  • During the Holidays

    During the Holidays

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    There is nothing better during the holidays than seeing family! As it is always a joy throughout the year, around the holidays it is extra special. It is the time of year that you realize just how important and wonderful family is in your life. As the holidays rolled in for Brent and I, we were…

  • Nike+ Women’s Half Marathon

    Nike+ Women’s Half Marathon

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    (Photo taken from the N+ WHM registration page) A while back, I “liked” the Nike Women’s Marathon facebook page to find out information on my sister-in-law while she was running the marathon. I am so glad that I did because I found out about this awesome event. Nike is putting on a Nike+ Women’s Half…