Tag: race
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Nike+ Women’s Half Marathon
(Photo taken from the N+ WHM registration page) A while back, I “liked” the Nike Women’s Marathon facebook page to find out information on my sister-in-law while she was running the marathon. I am so glad that I did because I found out about this awesome event. Nike is putting on a Nike+ Women’s Half…
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And the mystery is…
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…
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Marathon Madness
Sunday started out with a not so wonderful night of rest. I laid on the bed tossing and turning trying to get comfortable. My mind would not turn off from the excitement that was just hours away. While laying there, I could hear the rain pouring outside. I finally looked at the clock to see…
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Calculations
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…
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O’ktoberfest 10k
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…
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This is My Wife
[singlepic id=212 w=600 float=center] This is my wife, she is a runner. She recently ran a half marathon, one which I sat out on. Not because of an injury, but because I wanted to sit on the sidelines and cheer my wife on to what ended up being a great race for her. It was…
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Update – Bozeman Half Marathon
The results are in for the Bozeman Half Marathon. Check out the details about the race in my earlier blog post, Bozeman Half Marathon. I got 27th overall out of 148 women and 2nd out of 17 in my age group!!!!!! My official time is 1:47:38.7. I cannot believe that I got second place for…
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Bozeman Half Marathon
I got up not too crazy early in the morning and started getting ready. I headed out the door by 6:40 a.m. to make the 7:00 a.m. shuttle bus to the start. This is the part about running a race by yourself is weird. I did not now anyone, so I kept looking around not…
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Just One Month Away
One month from today is the marathon. I will be out there hitting the streets of Portland probably thinking about the hundreds of miles I logged, hours of hitting the pavement and trails, preparing myself mentally for that very moment. I wonder how I will be feeling. Probably nervous as to whether I am actually…
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Runnin’ Thoughts
With my next half marathon less than two weeks away, I am off the wall excited. I will be running solo. No one else has registered to run the race purposely because I am running it, nor did I register because someone else is running it. I do know others that are running, but this…
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Tomorrow is Racing Time
Despite the fact that Brent and I knew we would not be making it home till around 10 pm tonight from a wedding in Billings, we decided to register for the half at the Madison Marathon. This means that after getting home late, we have to wake ourselves up around 3:30 or 4ish am to…
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Go Girl Trail Run
On Sunday morning the 10th, I woke up and did the usual before a race. I picked out my favorite pair of shorts, put on a shirt that would keep me warm enough, but not too hot, tried to put my hair up so that it would not be falling all over my face as…