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Month: September 2011

  • Dinner for One

    Dinner for One

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    Brent headed over to some friends house tonight, but not before I whipped a batch of homemade brownies for all the guys. What guys do not want tasty brownies after pizza? What a combo. I then decided to make myself a tasty dinner for one. I had a bunch of fresh peppers and onion, a…

  • 21 Miles – The Good and Bad

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    We woke up yesterday morning to the sounds of a thunderstorm rolling through. As the thunder sounded and the lightening struck, we could feel our house shaking around us. The rain was pouring down as we looked out the window trying to decide what to do with our 21 mile run we had planned for…

  • Post Run

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    We survived the 21 mile run this late morning. This was quite the run filled with a little bit of good and a little bit of bad. There will be more on all of this later, so check back. For now, here are our post run ice bath pictures showing that we did survive. Oh…

  • Rainy Day

    Rainy Day

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    We woke up this morning to a nice drizzle. Something that does not happen too often here in Montana on a fall day. Listening to the rain while laying in bed makes the day start off right. It calms everything down including the haze of smoke that has been over the valley this week. This…

  • This is My Wife

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    [singlepic id=212 w=600 float=center] This is my wife, she is a  runner. She recently ran a half marathon, one which I sat out on. Not because of an injury, but because I wanted to sit on the sidelines and cheer my wife on to what ended up being a great race for her. It was…

  • Update – Bozeman Half Marathon

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    The results are in for the Bozeman Half Marathon. Check out the details about the race in my earlier blog post, Bozeman Half Marathon. I got 27th overall out of 148 women and 2nd out of 17 in my age group!!!!!! My official time is 1:47:38.7. I cannot believe that I got second place for…

  • Bozeman Half Marathon

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    I got up not too crazy early in the morning and started getting ready. I headed out the door by 6:40 a.m. to make the 7:00 a.m. shuttle bus to the start. This is the part about running a race by yourself is weird. I did not now anyone, so I kept looking around not…

  • Just One Month Away

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    One month from today is the marathon. I will be out there hitting the streets of Portland probably thinking about the hundreds of miles I logged, hours of hitting the pavement and trails, preparing myself mentally for that very moment. I wonder how I will be feeling. Probably nervous as to whether I am actually…

  • A Trail of Photos

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    As I had talked about last time, our adventures this summer have taken us to many new locations. However, we have spent a lot of time near to home as well. The summer always provides some great opportunities to go out, grab the camera and have some fun. We have had a great time perusing local trails…

  • Trying New Things

    Trying New Things

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    Last night, some good friends of ours invited us over for dinner. She had just got a Japanese cook book and wanted to try something out on us. Well, it turned out great. I can not tell you the type of soup we had, nor what the chicken skewers are called. For dessert, we indulged…

  • Elevation Profiles

    Elevation Profiles

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    So, as you know, we have had some pretty great adventures over this summer. Whether running, hiking, biking or driving, we’ve been all over the place and covered some very interesting terrain. From the bottom of the various valleys and to the tops of mountains, we have also covered some generous elevations too. I’ll start…

  • The Weekend’s Adventures

    The Weekend’s Adventures

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    This past weekend, Brent and I had a fairly active weekend. We enjoyed a nice 16 mile run which went amazing. Then we settled down for a few hours before we headed out on a walk around downtown Bozeman. After that little jaunt, we headed up to the Hyalite Canyon area where we enjoyed a…