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Month: October 2011

  • First Equals Last? (part one)

    First Equals Last? (part one)

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    We left town on a stereotypical Fall afternoon. Jess, Krista and I headed down the road for what was the end of nearly nine months of waiting and over six months of training. The Portland Marathon loomed ahead of us, familiar, yet unknown. We knew we could do it, or at least we had a…

  • Marathon Madness

    Marathon Madness

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    Sunday started out with a not so wonderful night of rest. I laid on the bed tossing and turning trying to get comfortable. My mind would not turn off from the excitement that was just hours away. While laying there, I could hear the rain pouring outside. I finally looked at the clock to see…

  • Race Results

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    I don’t have a lot of time here so I’ll give you some quick stats for the Portland Marathon. Name Time Split Place (total) Place (age group) Jessica 4:11:41 9:36 2717 of 7397 70 of 260 Krista 4:33:31 10:26 4024 of 7397 131 of 260 Brent 4:13:38 9:41 2824 of 7397 265 of 456

  • Calculations

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    I am sitting here this morning thinking about the marathon. We are heading out today to drive to Dufur and then we will head to Portland tomorrow. I have heard about these online time predictors based off of a recent race time. I decided to go check it out this morning for the heck of…

  • Recent Photography

    Recent Photography

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    So, I finally had the chance to download the pictures from my camera and go through them and here’s the pick of the litter. It has been fun enjoying the relatively mild Fall that we have had so far this year. I hope that the eventual dip in temperatures won’t hamper my photography/video. I hope…

  • Lewis & Clark Caverns w/video

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    As most of you know, we spent a weekend over at the Lewis & Clark caverns and I brought my cameras along for the ride! Enjoy the video!

  • Homemade Pizza & Cucumber Salad

    Homemade Pizza & Cucumber Salad

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    Jess
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    My homemade pizza tonight consisted of tomato sauce full of some special seasonings with mozzarella cheese. I topped it off with chicken, green & black olives, onion, tomatoes, and feta cheese. Oh boy did it turn out good. This was my first attempt at a pizza completely from scratch. Brent and I like our bagel…

  • Palisade Falls

    Palisade Falls

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    Last night Brent and I took a little “hike” up to Palisade Falls in Hyalite with some of our friends. It was a beautiful fall evening. It is nice to be having a fall in Montana as it does not always happen. There are so many different colors right now in the valley and in…

  • O’ktoberfest 10k

    O’ktoberfest 10k

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    We got off work a half hour early to come home, change into running gear, and then head out the door to make it to the start of the O’ktoberfest 10k/5k Run Polka Beer race. We made it down with about twenty minutes to spare. We were excited to run this race on a Friday…