Author: Jess
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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…
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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…
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Less than 2 weeks…
The NYC marathon is now less than 2 weeks away. The countdown is happening, the runs are almost done and vacation is coming. Last Wednesday, I got my start time which is 10:30 am Eastern. I have been looking at the details of the morning over and over again. The elevation map makes me excited.…
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Fall is still here.
Brent and I had a great date night last night that started with taking some pictures on our favorite trail in town. Fall has been holding on here in Bozeman which is not normal. We have had one of the best Octobers in years. Today it got up to 70 degrees. We’ve been enjoying the…
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The excitement is building.
During the day, I sit at work staring at the computer just thinking about my up coming marathon and trip. (While I am working of course!) The excitement is building. I almost cannot contain it. I get to run the in worlds largest marathon in just over 3 weeks! I get to go to New…
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And the marathon training continues…
Marathon training has been going better for the most part over the last several weeks. I think I needed that half marathon race to give me a boost in my training. Today I am one month away from the New York City Marathon. I am getting excited! The weather is changing here in Bozeman. I…
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Results: BZN Half Marathon
The results are in for the Bozeman half marathon. I am very excited about this and overall how the race turned out. It was another great one. You need to run it if you haven’t. Results: Time: 1:48:29 Pace: 8:16 min/mi Overall: 121 out of 557 Women Age Group 25-29: 5 out of 63 Woot…
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Bozeman Half Marathon 2014
I woke up early this morning to get ready for my half marathon. I have been looking forward to this half marathon for several weeks. It fit in exactly with my marathon training. I was suppose to run a half this weekend anyways. I have also been a little worried about running it. I didnt…
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GT Relay 2014
It was another great year running the Grand Teton Relay! I know in the past I have gone it to a tremendous amount of details. This year, I won’t burden you with all of that. By now, I think you understand how the relay works. I got to hang out in a different Van this…
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NYC Marathon Training
I started training just over a month ago for the New York City Marathon. The first several weeks went amazing. I was feeling great and full of energy. My long runs were in the 10-12 mile range which meant that I kept enjoying some nice trail runs. I was also making sure that at least…
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Friends from Afar
At the beginning of July, our really good friends passed through town on their moving journey from San Francisco to Baltimore. While they were here, we took the opportunity to take some professional family photos for them. Brent did all the work this time as I sat back and watched. I just wanted to share a…