Tonight I’m in Battle Ground, Washington, preparing to run, I believe, my 13th half-marathon Saturday morning. Battle Ground is about 200 miles south of where we live and about 20 miles north of Portland, Oregon.
One of the reasons James and I race is to explore new areas. We’d never heard of nor been near Battle Ground before, and as this event is in our home state, we needed to check this race and area out.
Unfortunately, on September 2nd and about 40 miles south from here, some careless teenagers were lighting off fireworks during a burn ban, which ultimately started the now infamous Eagle Creek Fire, a fire that has burned so massively we have got smoke and ash all the way up where I live.
As of September 20th, the fire has consumed over 48,000 acres and still is only about 50% contained.
The proceeds from the North County Wine Run will go to the Eagle Creek Fire Relief.
Thankfully, the air cleared enough this past week to where we could still run.
This is the first race I’ll be running representing BibRave as a BibRave Pro, but I did pay for my entry. I will be running through a winery, with wine offered at the aid stations and a wine truck coming up along the course… you know… just in case.
Really looking forward to it! Cheers!
Never A Dull Bling 
Good luck Paula! 🙂 Representing BibRave at a race is awesome. You’re in orange and everyone notices you. 😉 haha Hope you and James have a great time!
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Thanks Mai!! 🤗
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Good luck with the race Paula. I’m not sure I’d get passed the first feed/wine station! 😉
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Lol, trust me… unfortunately wine was the last thing I wanted on those hills, hehe. 😀
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Hope they nailed the kids asses to a wall. Have a great run and a couple of glasses of vino for me.
Love you….
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Love you too!
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This sounds awesome Paula. By the time you get this, you would have finished the run, and I know you would have done well and enjoyed it (the run and the wine of course) Have a great weekend further. 🙂 x
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Thank you so much Lynne! I couldn’t stomach the wine though, how sad for me, 😀
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Have a blast lady! x
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Thanks Cat! It was a doozy, hehe!
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wine run??? I’m in!!! you run, I’ll have the wine and take pics.
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Hahaha, I know right! All these lovely little shots of wine lined up at the water stations! Wished I would’ve taken a picture, 😀
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Go girl go!! Good luck Paula! I know you will have a great time and do well. Eagerly await your next post🤗🤗😃
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Thanks GH! It was a tough race, but yes, a very good time!! 😀
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Good for you!!! Proud you did it Paula!
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😀 Thank you!!!!
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By now you will have already finished the race, so I hope it went well but more importantly I hope you had a great time! I can’t wait to hear about it!
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Thanks Donna! Yes, it was indeed a great time, albeit a tough race, 😀
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Have a beautiful race, Paula! Representing BibRave is always an AWESOME experience!
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Thanks Jenereesa! It was awesome!! 😀
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Looking forward to the recap! But man… can’t believe about that fire. Glad the proceeds are going to a good cause. 🙂
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Yeah, the fire was a sad situation, but I agree… couldn’t be running for a better cause! 😀
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Hope the run went well! Wine?
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There was plenty of wine indeed, lol!
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All for a very important cause! I just glanced the bling from this run on your instagram! Keep going Paula! You got this girl!
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Thanks Gwin! Oi, it’s getting hard, lol! 😁
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You’re welcome 🙂 Just keep going! Like I’ve said before, you give us all hope that we might be able to do something like that one day!
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😍😘
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You rock Paula! I still haven’t transitioned from walking to running. I love reading about your runs. How sad! I am glad they are making progress on containing it. Kids, ugh!
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Aw, thank you Antonia! And yeah, the fire was tragic. No common sense anymore, very sad.
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