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  • Let the Training Begin

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    Yesterday marked the first official day of my marathon training and I did it with a bang! Monday was suppose to be my cross training day, but with snow and ice on the ground, I didn’t know where to begin. Without a gym membership, there are not many options. I think it is time to…

  • Headwaters Bank Run – Half Marathon

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    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…

  • Ice Baths vs Chocolate Milk

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    Last summer during my marathon training, I spent 10-15 minutes after almost all of my long runs sitting in an ice cold bath. This year, there have been no ice baths. Instead I have been having a wonderfully tasty glass of chocolate milk after every long run. Even on the short runs when I am…

  • Race Ready

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    With months of training pounding my feet down on the pavement, it is finally race week. I am just days away from my second marathon. I am excited to try this again as I have done several longer runs than the last training. I feel like my body is a bit more ready due to…

  • Increased Mileage Update

    Increased Mileage Update

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    I have been plugging away at logging my long runs over the last several weekends. From here on out, I will not be going below a 16 miler. (Other than my midweek mileage). When I trained for the Portland Marathon, I think I ran a total of 4 runs over 15 miles which included one…

  • Sprints

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    This past week I finally decided to start doing some sprints for my marathon training. It has been several months since I have done them and I forgot how much I really do not like them. I am not a very good short distance runner, actually, I am not good at all. I set out…

  • Where did 1,050 miles take me in 2011?

    Where did 1,050 miles take me in 2011?

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    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…

  • And the mystery is…

    And the mystery is…

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    And the mystery is… I registered for my second marathon yesterday! I know. You all thought that it was going to be something much more exciting than this, but it is exciting! Since Portland, I had decided that I wanted to find my next marathon asap. I wanted to find one over near the east…

  • Calculations

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    I am sitting here this morning thinking about the marathon. We are heading out today to drive to Dufur and then we will head to Portland tomorrow. I have heard about these online time predictors based off of a recent race time. I decided to go check it out this morning for the heck of…

  • O’ktoberfest 10k

    O’ktoberfest 10k

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    We got off work a half hour early to come home, change into running gear, and then head out the door to make it to the start of the O’ktoberfest 10k/5k Run Polka Beer race. We made it down with about twenty minutes to spare. We were excited to run this race on a Friday…

  • Lunch Times

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    Jess
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    Brent and I have been lucky enough since the middle August to spend out lunches together. This has been an on and off things since we got married, but when we get to, we love it. It is a great time to catch up on each others days instead of going through all of the…

  • The Perfect Run

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    We woke up this morning, after having slept in a little tiny cabin that we rented for the night, to get ready for our last run that was longer than an hour before our marathon in two weeks. Our backs were a tad bit sore as Brent and I were cuddled up on a twin…