Category: Run/Hike/Bike
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Follow Me!
For those of you wanting to get an update of how my marathon is going, click here and follow me live on Sunday morning! The race starts at 7:00 am Pacific but I will probably not start till at least 7:05 if not later. All you need to do is select full marathon and type…
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Oktoberfest 8k 2012
Brent and I have ran the last two Oktoberfest races. The first one was a 10k plus which ended up being about 6.7 miles instead of 6.2. The second year, they got the race down to a 10k. Both of these years, they also had 5k distances. This year, they decided to make it just…
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Bozeman Half Marathon 2012
On Sunday morning September 9th, I got up early with Brent still in bed and made my way down the stairs for a quick breakfast. I sat in the stool tired and wanting to go back to sleep. It really was not that early as I wake up early during the week days. I ate…
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Only Days Away
The marathon is almost hear! That also means…VACATION! I am so excited to be able to go run and visit my friends. I feel somewhat ready for this race, but I did not train as hard as I did for the last one. This training was somewhere in between my first program and my second…
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Grand Teton Relay – The Last of the Events
Brace yourselves… It’s a long one. Don’t forget to catch yourself up if you haven’t read the previous posts. Grand Teton Relay – The Beginnings Grand Teton Relay – Day One Grand Teton Relay – Day Two We made our way up to the line for the breakfast buffet that the Grand Targhee had set…
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A Walk Downtown
As Brent already told you, the other night we took a walk downtown just to get out. The smoke has been so bad this week and summer that I have had to be extremely flexible with my runs. We skipped the run this night in particular because we couldn’t see the surrounding mountains. This was…
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Update Regarding the Last Grand Teton Relay Post
I was just minutes away from publishing my last post about the Grand Teton Relay. I had typed about 1,300 or more words and wrapped up the last of the events. I decided to add some photos and some where along the way, I deleted all of the words. It was sad. Brent thought that…
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Grand Teton Relay – Day 2
I laid on the hard ground in my sleeping bag on top of the tarp we had brought. I found a comfortable position, but was unable to sleep due to the fact that I was paranoid that my alarm would not go off. I might have dosed off for a minute but my alarm did indeed go off. Krista’s…
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A weekend with the parents
Brent, my sister an I met early one Saturday morning to drive to the Spokane area where we would be meeting Brent’s parents and mine. It was almost the perfect meeting location. Almost as in it was close to half way. We got the “long” end of the stick and had to drive about an…
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BHM Results 2012
Bozeman Half Marathon (BHM) on Sunday, September 9, 2012 Jessica’s Results Time: 1:48:36.9 (If you refer back to when I ran this last year, you will note that this was 58 seconds off from another PR. So close!) Pace: 8:17 min/mi Overall: 99 out of 409 Age Group: 4 out of 35 (This is so…
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Grand Teton Relay 2012 – Day 1
The excitement grew as none team Venture knew what to expect as we were leaving the campsite. We ran into some traffic along the way due to construction, but still arrived with plenty of time to spare. It was about about 9:00 in the morning with a bit of a chill in the air as we…
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Grand Teton Relay – The Beginnings
For the last several months, I had been putting a team of 12 people plus 2 volunteers together for the 180 mile Grand Teton Relay. Last year I had heard of this relay, but I unfortunately did not know enough runners to get a team of 12 together. This year, a guy I knew wanted…