Last year, I ran my very first half marathon. It was relaxed, and laid-back, full of supportive women of all shapes and sizes. And, at the finish line, I was greeted by a medal, chocolates, and a glass of champagne.
It wasn’t easy, by any means. Though the course was flat […]
This Saturday morning*, I’ll be running my third half marathon, and the one for which I have a specific time goal in mind (before now, it’s been “to finish” and “to take pictures with Disney characters and then finish.”
I’ve been training almost nonstop for months. I’m ready for this race/really […]
Jan. 12
Sunday was spent at Magic Kingdom with Laura, then I managed to get an extra ticket and sneak my way into a marathon weekend “after party” for TNT with some lovely Canadians (the Kansans went elsewhere). There were also some native Floridians there:
Jan. 13
I left for the airport on […]
It’s hard to put my Disney World experience into one, reasonably-sized blog post.
So, I’ll break it into three parts.
1) The Race.
Because of my location, I trained on my own while the rest of the Kansas chapter trained together. Needless to say, they were pretty in sync when it came to […]
This has been a super exciting week! After four months of training and fundraising, I finally got to go to Disney World and run the half marathon for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Jan. 5
It was snowy and very cold Sunday. We didn’t do much.
Jan. 6
After two weeks of school, the […]
I’ve completed my training (save for a few low-mile runs this week), printed off my information sheets and schedules, chosen outfits for all of the kids to wear while I’m gone, applied my purple Jamberry nail wraps, gathered my running necessities.
I’ve printed off my list of Who I’m Running For, […]
I have so many mixed emotions about the half marathon, and I’m trying to formulate coherent thoughts on it, but in my brain, I’m not really succeeding.
My mom and I drove to Wichita (a couple of hours away) on Friday afternoon, picked up our packets, and met up with my […]
Let’s see…what did I do this week? I slept a lot, and coughed a lot, then went out of town and barely finished my first half marathon.
Sept. 8
Sunday night, I was starting to feel sick, and was trying to have a quiet evening. But Erv took a long, late nap […]
By now, you all probably know that my very first half marathon is this weekend. Saturday morning. If you’ve been following along, you know that I’ve been following a training plan for about 14 weeks, and haven’t been terribly confident in my abilities throughout the process, but I’ve kept up […]