Family In the Desert…
Phoenix, Arizona
January 17th 2010
The Rock n Roll Arizona in Phoenix (#5) of our Marathon-A-Month initiative was wonderful. This was a fantastic race in many, many ways… read more
January 17th 2010
Harvest Church in Billings, MT went to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to help Bright Hope School
Harvest Church of Billings, MT sent a work team to Bright Hope School in November, read their stories here…
Journey Church Plans Bright Hope Trip in May 2010
Check it out…Journey Church of Bozeman, MT is coordinating a work team to travel to Bright Hope School in May 2010.
Lobster Ravioli is Not a Good Pre-Race Dinner
Las Vegas, Nevada
December 6th 2009
Our December marathon was a tough one. Even though Vegas is a flat and rather fast course we had a difficult run. Possibly, not enough recovery or maybe too much stress in the two weeks prior to the race. That said, we had a good trip and a lot of fun. The Rock n Roll scene is entertaining with bands every couple of miles but more entertaining is the 28,000 other runners who keep you motivated. Vegas was a great catalyst for Race4Equality, it led to numerous conversations about extreme poverty and how runners & non-runners could get involved.
Bright Hope Hits Water
Some uplifting news from Cory Baron the Foundation Director at Children’s Hope International…
We had some good news from Ethiopia today, water came flowing out as the drilling rig at Bright Hope School hit clean fresh water.
Read more on their blog, http://www.blog.helpanorphan.org/
November Marathon
Ashland, Oregon
November 7th 2009
Both Dustin and I were incredibly excited for this race. Neither one of us had been to Oregon before and had no idea what Ashland would be like. And I have to say we fell in love. To give you an idea, Ashland is a mix of Bozeman (Very Outdoorsy), Missoula (Very Organic) , and a little NYC (Superb Theaters & Restaurants). Put them all in a blender and pull out 20,000 people with a scenery similar to Bozeman, but greener and tons of Maple Trees. read more
October Marathon
Spokane, Washington
October 11th 2009
I went into our second marathon, the Spokane Marathon http://www.spokanemarathon.us/ feeling pretty exhausted – not tired, but exhausted. Which I don’t know if that ended up being a precursor to how this race would finish out for me or not. Regardless, this was by far my toughest marathon (ever). This was Dustin and I’s 6th marathon to date and I have to say I hope I never feel like I did at this race ever again. Considering that at mile 10 and 13, I felt as bad or worse than I start to feel once I hit the mile 20s of a marathon. Not good. Anyways, it took a lot to mentally get over how bad I felt and almost started crying at mile 23. A 5k left and it felt so far. The one thing I kept repeating in my head was the statement on the back of our shirts, “At least 1,000 people will die in Sub-Sahara Africa before I finish this marathon.” If people are dying, I can finish this race. Dustin also thankfully stayed by my side the whole race. I don’t think he had the best day, but he definitely could have gone faster without me. read more
September Marathon
Billings, Montana
September 20th 2009
The Montana Governor’s Cup in Billings, MT http://www.montanagovernorscupmarathon.org was our first marathon of our Marathon-a-Month for a year undertaking. We felt well trained for this endeavor as we had just completed the 20 mile Bridger Ridge Run in Bozeman, MT http://www.winddrinkers.org/BRR/BridgerRidge.html the month before and in addition to a marathon in Missoula in July http://www.missoulamarathon.com. read more
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