Author: Jess
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Hey Baby Lets Go to Vegas
Well, I really did go to Vegas, but not with Brent nor to kiss the same old life goodbye. During the middle of July, I got asked to go to Vegas for a work meeting. Now I was a littke unsure about going to Vegas without Brent because of how crazy it is there. I…
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Spanish Lakes
A few weekends back, Brent and I took,off early from work on a Friday night to go enjoy a nice overnight hike into the Spanish Lakes. We met up with our really good friends and hit the trail. We even put a pack on the dog so that he could carry his own food. The…
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JBTR
Saturday was the Jim Bridger Trail Run. I took it upon myself a couple of months ago to encourage a bunch of my friends to run it with me. There ended up being 6 of us that ran this 10 mile trail race. Which was a lot more than the 3 of us who ran…
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Trail Runs and Goodbyes
I have been hitting up the near by trails lately and loving it. Several people have been trying to get me to run more trails over the last several years, but I always felt like it was a bigger time commitment. It takes at least 15-30 minutes to drive to the nearest trail and can…
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Girls Night
Tonight I went out with a couple girl friends for a fun night of just wandering around downtown Bozeman. We decided to a photography night although one of our friends forgot her camera. We had a good night catching up, laughing and checking out the first Farmer’s Market of the year. Here are a few…
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Vacation for Two!
As you all know a couple weeks back Brent and I took a vacation to Colorado for my marathon. Running a marathon is also a really good excuse to take a vacation. In the past, we have gone to Portland and spent the non-marathon days with the Powell family. We have gone to Nashville and…
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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…
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Only two days away!
I am sitting on a bed at a hotel in Casper, Wyoming icing my ankle as I wait for Brent to finish working. Soon it is off to Denver! Why am I icing my ankle when the marathon is on Sunday? Well, last week I was helping set up for our church service as normal.…
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Happy Monday!
Have a great day everyone! For those of you somewhere nice today, think of us and our couple of inches of spring snow!! Happy snowy Monday!!
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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…
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Run to the Pub 2014
The first race of the year has now come and gone, but it was a fun one! The Run to the Pub takes place every March on the weekend of Saint Patrick’s Day. There is a 10k and a half marathon. I tried to get everyone that I knew to run it, but only ended…
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Cafe Francais des Arts
You know that moment when you find some little restaurant or cafe that you just find yourself craving all the time? You don’t just crave the food or coffee, you crave the atmosphere and the love of the unique little place you stumbled upon. A few weekends ago we went with some friends to their…