Tag: half-marathon
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Why I Started Running
I was just lazy I haven’t looked back on why I started running for several years now. October marks my 8th year of running. I couldn’t be more happy that I made the decision to start and make it a part of my everyday life. I had graduated from college in December and immediately switched…
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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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Run to the Pub 2013
Last weekend, I was able to run the half marathon at the annual Run to the Pub here in Bozeman. This year was special though. It was named the #2 half marathon in the United States by Runner’s World. This brought in a lot of out of towners. This is not the only reason it…
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Where did 1207 miles take me in 2012?
The year of 2012 was a great one for my running life. I logged 1207 miles over the course of the year. That is almost 160 miles more than 2011! I loved that I logged more miles. I do know that I did slack a little during the summer and later in the year. Overall,…
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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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Headwaters Bank Run – Half Marathon
Saturday Brent was going to take the opportunity to hike the Bridger Ridge, so I went ahead and registered myself for another half marathon. I was not going to hike, so I wanted something to do to keep myself busy. What better than running a half marathon? Brent was gone the previous weekend for STP…
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Another 2nd Place! (Lewis & Clark Results)
I finally remember to check the results of the race this week. I was surprised at the results for myself. I had no clue. Brent Powell: Overall: 22 out of 51 Age Group: 4 out of 5 Time: 1:57:21 Jessica Powell: Overall: 21 out of 51 Age Group: 2 out of 10 (Woot!! Who knew I…
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Lewis & Clark Half Marathon 2012
On Saturday Brent and I decided to take a second stab at the Lewis & Clark Half Marathon. We ran this race last year and it had turned out to be a tougher course than we thought. This year was not much different. The group that had originally put on the race decided to drop…
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The Results are in! (Run to the Pub)
Jess – 1:50:08 – 8:25 min/mi – 140th overall Brent – 1:55:06 – 8:47 min/mi – 180th overall There were 360 total half marathoners. Not too bad for the first race of the year. Unfortunately, the age group results are messed up. Not as bad as the actually results were. When it was first posted,…
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Run to the Pub 2012
Brent and I decided to run our first race of the year on St. Patrick’s Day! It is hard to get any races in before this time of year in Montana because of our lovely winters. We woke up around 7 am this morning, another lovely thing about racing in March in Montana is that…
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I Run To Be…
Free Me Victorious Healthy Strong A Finisher After finishing the Nike+ Women’s Half Marathon in January, Nike sent all finishers this awesome bracelet. I received my today! Love it! I love this sport of mine and I love being reminded of why I run.
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Where did 1,050 miles take me in 2011?
At the beginning of 2011, I decided to start keeping a log of my running miles. I thought it would be fun to show where the 1,050 miles took me over the last year from running at 9,000 feet to running a marathon. It was quite a second year in running. My pace increased almost…