Category: Run/Hike/Bike
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Year in Review – 2014
The nice thing about operating a blog, is that you really don’t have to write a long essay on the adventures of the last year, you’ve already done that. However, people don’t always read all the posts, and may have missed out on a few things. So here is the year in summary. The…
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Scotland Day 6 – The Holyrood Walk
The car had to be returned by 10 am, so we had a relaxing morning in our little attic apartment atop the spiral stair. The living room had a large bookshelf with a wide assortment of books, so we spent some time looking at the selection. We had plenty of time, so we ventured out…
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NYC Day 3 – The Run
The day started early. Jess had to get to the Staten Island ferry to catch a ride to the marathon start. Krista and I rode with her on the subway to her last stop. After saying our goodbye and good luck, Krista and I continued on the line up into downtown Manhattan. We revisited many…
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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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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…