Friday was a bit of a bummer. Poor Ben was down for the count. He’s had a cough but Thursday night he threw up three times over night and was feeling terrible. Matt took the kids for their yearly checkups in the AM and then Tabby went onto school, but Been laid in his bed [...]
This morning was the Golden Gallop, a race in a nearby burb that supports local schools. The course (and cause) have bumped around a lot over the past few years. The first time we ran the Gallop, it was a 10K and you did two loops of the same course (never my favorite). But now [...]
When we signed up for the Firefly 5K a few months ago, I sort of forgot it was our anniversary. Not only that, our 10th anniversary. But it seemed like a fun thing to do with some friends and when the neurons finally fired and we connected the two, we weren’t upset. It sounded like [...]
Today, I ran my slowest 5K ever, clocking in at right around 50 minutes. And I couldn’t be more proud. Today marks Tabby’s racing debut. She successfully completed the Rockie’s Homerun for the Homeless 5K. It wasn’t easy and we had to give lots of encouragement, water breaks and walk breaks along the way, but [...]
Today we tackled our 7th half marathon, the 10th Platte Half Marathon. I’ve been training, probably no too religiously, but training nonetheless since January. I’ve done at least 4 runs over 10 miles and two of them were even pretty great and yet, I struggled today. The race started out well enough. It’s a nice [...]
So Saturday was my first Trail race, the CMRA (Colorado Masters Running Assoc.) Stone House 8 Miler. Unbeknownst to me, I had a great preview of it a few Sundays ago when we checked out Bear Creek trail (photo above). We did nearly the same route, with a few big differences … the last time [...]
I took Labor Day a bit too literally this year and started off the day with a 10 mile run with a couple of my girlfriends. We did the Park to Park 10 miler. We all signed up for it pretty late and it felt to me in many ways more like your average weekly [...]
Sunday Matt and I were supposed to run the Heart and Sole Half Marathon. This would have been our 3rd Half Marathon of this calendar year, and our 7th overall, but due to the insanely crazy lives we lead, we have not been running much. My longest recent run was an 8 miler with my [...]
Damn. We really know how to pack a weekend. I am absolutely exhausted!! Today Matt and I ran the Bolder Boulder. It’s a VERY big (3rd largest timed race in the world) very fun race. We hopped on a RTD bus this morning at around 6 AM and rode into Boulder. We had just enough [...]
I’m happy to report that we managed to finish our first half marathon. My official race time was 2:48:33, which, while definitely not stellar, is acceptable and something to improve upon. Matt, after sprinting off around mile 7 after running with my slow self, finished in 2:34:09, which is great. And a shout-out to our [...]
My name is Jess. I'm a 30ish wife and working mommy. I love spending time with my family and friends, crafting up weird and beautiful things, cooking delicious food and running lots of miles to work it off. I love chocolate, wine, Photoshop, my Nikon and sleeping in. I do freelance design work for fun and marginal profit at JKN Designs. This is my blog. Read more »
