Anna Begins...

I want to wish a very Happy Birthday to one of my best friends-Anna

Anna, I hope you have a perfect day. We'll celebrate when you come visit this summer!

Sunday Funday

Weekend Recap:

While cleaning the house may not seem like the most fun in the world

I was so happy to finally have our place spotless again.

Abbie and I hadn't lifted a finger to clean in about 2 weeks.

gross. 

i know.

what can I say?

So while I worked on the house

Abbie was off kicking ass at a golf tournament.

Afterwards we celebrated with some Italian 

bad-but-oh-so-good food

Then we hit up a local carnival

listened to some music

Went on the Himalaya

(which was pretty brave after eating all that food with 2 glasses of wine)

(how's that for an action shot?)

and ended the night on the Ferris Wheel

 It was a perfect day.

Some Friday Cheer

The best way to cheer yourself up - is to try to cheer somebody else up - Mark Twain

Enjoy!

Winning Like Sheen

I'm probably the worse blogger out there

4 days later...

Here is my Disney 1/2 Marathon Recap

(Like the horrible blogger I am

I didn't take any pictures

and I am relying on my friend's photos instead)
more photos to come...

Let me start by saying...

I ROCKED THIS RACE!

Posing with my Gu Chomps

I have never felt so good running in my life.

The weather was perfect.

I was hydrated.

fueled.

pumped.

We had to sleep at 6:00pm the night before

to be up at 2:00am and at the race by 3:00am

Trying to sleep at 6pm at a Disney hotel

with screaming kids outside- is tough.

At the race adrenaline kicked in and we were all awake.

Each Corral had fireworks go off before running- which was exciting.

13,000 runners

There were so many people in costumes that it kept my mind busy during the race.

I think there were a lot of first timers at this race- or just a bunch of people that just wanted pictures with the characters, ect. - because I felt like I was dodging walkers the entire time.

I actually think I would have had a better finish time had I not spent so much time zig zagging the course.

I wasn't a big fan of the course- most of it was on the highway

the music was uninspiring Disney tunes

(try running to A Whole New World)

I finished at 2:16

my goal was 2:15 so it was a little disheartening coming up a minute short

Also, I had started my Garmin too soon during the race

and actually thought I had came in under 2:15

Despite that- I really feel good about my run. My 2nd goal for this race was to run completely through without stopping- which I did.

I'm so happy with the way I ran and how I felt that

I have decided to do yet another half this year

and have a new goal of 2:00!

Tomorrow I head up to 

The Happiest Place on Earth!

I LOVE Disney World.

Love it.

When I was a kid my dad worked there for a bit and he would let my brother and I roam the park.

(awesome, right?)

I don't want to brag-

But I personally know both Mickey and Minnie Mouse

and thanks to my connections

I can usually get into the park at no charge

(ballin', right?)

I try to go to Disney at least once a year 

(more if I can get away with it)

but this will be the first time I will be able to RUN through it.

I. AM. PUMPED!

2:15 here I come!

Facon

I found a recipe 

HERE

to make fake bacon

To my surprise Publix already had some

I love every opportunity to be lazy so I picked some up.

Abbie tried a FLT

and I added mine to a salad

it was great- tasted just like bacon bits

the texture obviously is different but it did the trick

(for me anyway- not sure how Abbie feels about it)

I surprisingly have not missed bacon

the one thing that I thought I would miss the most

then again..

I haven't smelled real bacon in a long long time

Training to be a Princess

One more week to go before the Princess Half Marathon at Disney!

I haven't been training like I should

so yesterday I ran 12 miles

 just so I could be 100% confident that I can complete this race.

This was actually the first long run I've done without feeling like complete crap afterwards.

I even had time to hang out with my a fellow "princess in training".

I am concerned that I won't meet my time goal of 2:15 

(because I have yet to keep the pace in my long runs)

But I'm hopeful my adrenaline will kick in and get me closer to my goal.

BTW- I just want to say that a "runners high" is a complete myth. 

I've been trying to stay focused on completing this goal- but secretly I cannot WAIT to switch up my workout routine and work on non running activities.