Amanda Probst - Journal - Rocky Mountain Half

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HELLO

Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

Rocky Mountain Half

Sunday, August 18, 2013 at 09:33AM

Look who finished his first half marathon!

(That's Asher all in black giving Nathan a high-five, lol.)

Yup, Nathan rang in being 38 by running his first ever half marathon, the Rocky Mountain Half. It was the race's first year and had lower participation numbers than initially anticipated, but it went off beautifully. Nathan got up at "0-dark-thirty" to drive up to Estes for the 6am start, and the boys and I followed a bit later...so that we were in time to see him cross the finish line in roughly his target time. Yay!

After that, Nathan grabbed a shower at a local gym, we did some shopping, played a round of miniature golf, ate lunch at our favorite restaurant in Estes, got ice cream and coffee and headed for home. A lovely, if tiring, Saturday. :)

Amanda |

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