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Rangar Del Sol 2011- Bittersweet happiness!

Posted by Jess Lawrence on Monday, March 7, 2011, In : Running 
I don't know where to start with this post.  This would have been my fourth Ragnar Del Sol.  For those of you unfamiliar, it is a 202 mile relay through Arizona with 12 people on your team.  This year, we decided to just hook up with another van of 6 people that we didn't know, so that we would only have to worry about coordinating things for our van.  Great decision!

As some of you know from prior blogs and tweets, I got injured in early December, 10 days before running Tucson Marathon.  I co...
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Ragnar Relay Del Sol 2010 Race Report

Posted by Jess Lawrence on Saturday, March 6, 2010, In : Running 
For those of you that don't know what this race is all about, here is a quick synopsis.

This is a 204 mile relay race from Prescott to Tempe, AZ.  Regular teams consist of 12 members, while ultra teams consist of 6 members.  A regular team splits their team up by putting 6 people in van #1 and 6 people in van #2.  Each runner is assigned a position (1-12) and you must stay in that order.  Runner #1 starts the race and completes their leg, handing off to runner #2 and so on, until runner #6 han...
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Lost Dutchman Half-Marathon 2010 Race Review

Posted by Jess Lawrence on Sunday, February 14, 2010, In : Running 
Ok, to clarify, I took this race off and didn't run.  However, I rode most of the course on my bike supporting Amanda Miller.  This is one of my favorite half-marathons, but I forced myself to not enter this one, since it's only been 4 weeks since the P.F. Chang's Marathon.

The plan was that I was going to ride my beach cruiser bike along the course to watch Amanda throughout the race.  Of course, there was a bit of a wrench thrown in that.  I got everything ready last night, pumped up the bik...
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"Screwed" at P.F. Chang's Marathon

Posted by Jess Lawrence on Saturday, February 13, 2010, In : Running 
Well, marathon over. I can tell you this my friends, the marathon is no joke. You've got to respect it. Your body is just not meant to run that far. I learned that the hard way yesterday. Here's a recap:

I usually set 3 goals for myself on race day. 3 different times that I would be happy with. One time represents everything going perfect, even better than perfect. The next time is a stretch, but an attainable goal. The last time is what I would be happy with if everything that could possibly...

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