Weekly Recap- February 16-22, 2015

Another double race weekend..and another PR!

Monday--1 mile in 9:33  

Today was a friend's birthday so we had dinner at Citricos at the Grand Floridian and then went out on a fireworks cruise on the Grand One Yacht!!  So much fun!

I also got my Garmin Vivofit in the mail that I won from @mileposts!  So excited to have it!

Tuesday--1 mile in 9:33

Wednesday--1 mile in 9:11

Thursday--1 mile in 9:11

I went to runDisney's Princess Half Marathon Weekend Expo and bought so many goodies!

The race shirts were really cute too!

Friday--1 mile in 9:22

Kory and I went to dinner with the Goldsteins at Maggiano's to carb load!

Saturday--runDisney's Enchanted 10k--6.31 miles in 54:51 Mile 1: 9:18, Mile 2: 8:49, Mile 3: 8:48, Mile 4: 8:37, Mile 5: 8:35, Mile 6: 8:31, Mile 6-6.31: 7:23, Average Pace: 8:42.

Originally, I wasn't going to race this.  But when I saw I was actually in corral A, I decided to go for it--and got a 9 second PR!  And negative splits--that never happens!!

I rushed home to shower and change and meet up with the Yelp Sisterhood at Universal.  I was finally going to see the new Harry Potter area!!

We had lots of yummy food at the Leaky Cauldron (I want more hot butterbeer!!)

Rode the new Gringotts ride

Got yummy food (salted caramel and strawberry & peanut butter ice cream)  and a GIANT donut (which I ate after the Princess half the next day.  And yes, I ate it all in one sitting.  By myself.  I have no shame).

And then rode the Hogwarts Express over to Islands of Adventure

We called it a day and Meghan and I headed to Cowfish for dinner.  I had the Cowfish has Officially Left the Building Burger--beef burger, creamy peanut butter, fried bananas, and applewood bacon on a brioche bun.  Soooo good!

Sunday--runDisney's Princess Half Marathon..13.52 miles in 2:47:35.  Mile 1: 9:27, Mile 2: 9:11, Mile 3: 9:07, Mile 4: 9:09, Mile 5: 10:36, Mile 6: 17:59, Mile 7: 16:05, Mile 8: 18:35, Mile 9: 11:11, Mile 10: 15:09, Mile 11: 11:15, Mile 12: 11:46, Mile 13: 12:02, Mile 13-13.52: 11:54, Average Pace: 12:24.

Cori and I ran together and stopped for tons of pictures!!

Then later that afternoon, I met up with Melissa at Epcot.  She had run her first half that day.  So proud of her!!

Total miles this week:  24.83
Total miles in 2015: 207.7
Total miles: 1814.14

2,015 in 2015 miles: 513.8
Run Streak Days: 53

Weeky Recap- February 9-15, 2015

This was the first of three double-race weekends in a row!

Monday-- 1 mile in 9:18

Tuesday--  1 mile in 8:53

Wednesday-- 5 miles in 52:04 Mile 1: 10:32, Mile 2: 10:23, Mile 3: 10:28, Mile 4: 10:32, Mile 5: 10:09, Average Pace: 10:25.

Dad was in town so we hit up happy hour at Johnny's Hideaway again.

I also got my February Stridebox

Included was Skratch Labs--Apples & Cinnamon, Vitalyte- Chia Surge Gel in Pineapple Orange, Tech-friendly Running Gloves, Joshua Tree Organic Lip Balm in Mountain Mint, Picky Bar in Cookie Doughpness, and Chike High Protein Iced Coffee.

I also ordered 2 new pairs of shoes--Brooks Ravenna 5s (I had been wanting the orange & blue ones and now that my other ones are worn down and these are lower priced, I could justify it!)

  And I got a pair of Saucony Guide 7s.

Thursday--1 mile in 9:14

I helped out at the Best Damn Race Orlando Kickoff Party at Fleet Feet.  We had some yummy snacks and giveaways!

Then I met up with dad to try out a new Mexican Place--San Jose's.  It was pretty tasty and the margarita was as big as my head!

Friday--1  mile in 10:33.  It's a birthday tradition in our running group to meet up at Starbucks, run a few miles and then enjoy a drink afterwards together.  It was Cori's birthday the next day, but a bunch of us were doing a race so we gathered today.

Later that night Kory and I went to dinner at Bistro CloClo.  I was heading out of town for a race the next day, so we were celebrating Valentine's Day a day early.  The service wasn't so hot but the food was yummy!

Saturday--Winter Garden 10k--6.24 miles in 55:00.  I ran the whole thing without stopping!  Got a new PR of 4 mins and 48 secs.  Mile 1: 8:38, Mile 2: 8:41, Mile 3: 8:51, Mile 4: 8:53, Mile 5: 9:04, Mile 6: 8:58, Mile 6-6.24: 8:01, Average Pace: 8:49

Then I drove home to Jax and my mom and I headed to the 26.2 with Donna Marathon Expo to pick up the race packets for me, Faith and her sister, Blair.

I got to meet my parents' new little puppy, Dollie.  She's absolutely adorable!  I wanted to take her home!

I went to dinner at the Ale House with my parents.  We thought that would be safe and uncrowded on Valentine's Day but it was packed!

I found out that Faith and her sister had come down with a bug and I'd be running the marathon alone the next day.  I freaked out!

Sunday-- 26.2 with Donna Marathon 26.39 miles in 4:44:48. A 15 min 42 sec PR! Mile 1: 9:49, Mile 2: 9:24, Mile 3: 9:46, Mile 4: 9:45, Mile 5: 10:37, Mile 6: 10:23, Mile 7: 10:29, Mile 8: 10:08, Mile 9: 10:37, Mile 10: 10:45, Mile 11: 10:41, Mile 12: 10:42, Mile 13: 10:58, Mile 14: 10:58, Mile 15: 10:46, Mile 16: 10:54, Mile 17: 11:42, Mile 18: 11:00, Mile 19: 11:25, Mile 20: 11:21, Mile 21: 11:40, Mile 22: 11:36, Mile 23: 11:38, Mile 24: 11:27, Mile 25: 11:29, Mile 26: 11:00, Mile 26-26.39: 9:50, Average Pace: 10:48.

My dad drove me to the race and hung out with me at the start since I didn't know anyone.  I had planned on going slow with the girls but since I was by myself, I don't know how to take it easy and I pushed myself.  The race was amazing!  The course support and fans were incredible!  Outside of Disney races, it easily jumped to the top as my favorite!

I rested at home then my parents and I met up with my brother and his girlfriend at Outback for dinner before I drove back home to Orlando.

Total miles this week: 41.63
Total  miles in 2015: 194.18
Total miles: 1789.31

2,015 in 2015 miles: 437.47
Run Streak Days: 46

Race #56- Lighthouse Loop Half Marathon

Meghan and I headed to her hometown of Port Orange on Saturday October 25th to run the Lighthouse Loop Half Marathon the next day.  I was excited to run a race in a new city!

We picked up our race packets

and headed to dinner at Our Deck Down Under.

Yummy crab legs!!

We spent the night at Meghan's mom's house (thanks Meghan's mom!) and got up early for the race!

I wasn't really sure what I was expecting to run.  I hadn't run a half since my injury and my pace wasn't up to what I was wanting yet.  So I decided to just take it for what it was.

We ran on a road that was near the water.  You could see it when there was a break in the buildings.

I ran for about 30 minutes (or 3 miles..don't remember which one I was aiming for) and then started my intervals.  After a straight stretch down the road, we ran into a park and saw the lighthouse!

Then we came out and ran back the other way.  Right at the very end, we had that bridge.  Whew!

  But my run interval started at the bottom so I ran the whole way up!  (It doesn't look so bad in the picture but it wasn't particularly fun right at the end!)

I knew I *might* be able to hit a PR but wasn't sure.

Chessie Photo

 Sure enough, my official time was 2:20:13, a 1 min 26 sec PR!  I was very happy!!

Meghan and I hit up the beer to get our must-have selfie (although I didn't like it and only took it so we could have the picture :)  )

It was a great race!

I placed 55 out of 94 which isn't so hot and overall 560 out of around 1030 so that's a little better.

Weekly Recap- February 2-8, 2015

Monday--1 mile in 9:17

Softball practice but this time I was sore from trapeze and couldn't bat or throw.  I could get ground balls though :)

Tuesday--5 miles in 53:37.  Mile 1: 10:31, Mile 2: 10:34, Mile 3: 10:35, Mile 4: 10:27, Mile 5: 11:27, Average Pace: 10:43

Wednesday-- 1 mile in 8:55

Thursday-- 3 miles in 10:02.  Mile 1: 9:56, Mile 2: 9:59, Mile 3: 10:16, Average Pace: 10:02

Friday--1 mile in 10:25

After school, Faith and I drove over to Safety Harbor for the race the next day.  We made it to the Expo just in time!  Safety Harbor is such a cute little town.  We did some shopping and eating on the little main street.

We stayed at the Safety Harbor Resort & Spa which was sooo nice because the start of the race the next morning was literally right out the front door!

Saturday--Best Damn Race Half Marathon..13.25 miles in 2:05:59  Mile 1: 8:50, Mile 2: 8:52, Mile 3: 8:46, Mile 4: 8:51, Mile 5: 9:06, Mile 6: 9:55, Mile 7: 10:09, Mile 8: 9:51, Mile 9: 10:01, Mile 10: 9:40, Mile 11: 10:13, Mile 12: 9:39, Mile 13: 10:06, Mile 13-13.25: 8:07, Average Pace: 9:32.  A PR of 6 mins and 35 seconds.  Faith got a PR too!

We hung out at the after party for a little bit then drove back home.

Sunday--3 miles in 33:38 Mile 1: 11:05, Mile 2: 10:59, Mile 3: 11:36, Average Pace: 11:13

Worked at Disney again.

Total miles this week: 27.25
Total miles in 2015: 152.55
Total miles: 1747.68

2,015 in 2015 miles: 357.26
Run Streak Days: 39

Weekly Recap- January 26- February 1, 2015

Monday--1 mile in 11:25.  Faith and I had no motivation after going so hard in the marathon the day before so we met up to run our 1 mile together.  I was a little sore, but other than a random pain in the top of my foot, I felt pretty good.


Tuesday--1 mile in 10:29  


Wednesday-- 1 mile in 8:38.  Faith went fast so I figured I needed to see how I could do since I knew I wanted to try to PR at the race on Saturday.

We had softball practice that night but I was useless in the outfield because I couldn't bend down!!

I got my Marathon Maniacs number today!  MM#10723!

Thursday-- 1 mile in 9:13

Friday--1 mile in 9:19

Saturday-- Lady Track Shack 5k.  3.15 miles in 26:08.  New PR of 47 seconds!!  Mile 1: 8:22, Mile 2: 8:21, Mile 3: 8:22, Mile 3-3.15: 7:08, Average Pace: 8:19

I also attended a class at the Trapeze Federation with Karen.  Her sister works there and I'd been wanting to go forever!  It was sooo scary but SO MUCH FUN!

Sunday--10 miles in 1:56:23 Mile 1: 11:12, Mile 2: 10:43, Mile 3: 10:50, Mile 4: 10:59, Mile 5: 13:10, Mile 6: 12:14, Mile 7: 12:15, Mile 8: 11:59, Mile 9: 11:51, Mile 10: 11:15, Average Pace: 11:38.

Had to work at Disney in the afternoon.

Total miles this week: 18.15

Total miles in 2015: 125.3

Total miles: 1720.43

2,015 in 2015 miles: 286.31

Run Streak Days: 32