BE's Never Ending TR -- That kind of ... Ended? Or did it?

[WDWJonasGirl]

Happy 4th of July!!

 

[Belle Ella]

 

[Belle Ella]

Thank you Kaitlin! Happy 4th of July to you as well. Hope you're doing lots of funn stuff today.

Hehe. Thank you Deanna! If you ever want a custom graphic come drop by my signature thread! BE's Signature Exchange

Meredith, that sure was an ... interesting ... PP experience! Maybe we can do better this time, lol. I'm so glad you're going to be able to come down even if it's only for a short while. Did you want to do PhotoPass again? I'm hoping to get a few of the Divas involved in a share since a lot of them will be going in September/October and it would be the most economical option for anyone who wanted to do it. I know I want to try more of the Magic shots, like the hitchhiking ghosts and fighting Capatin Hook!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

How was your 4th?

 

[blabbermouth]

Hello! I'm here, I'm glad you've just started.

Congrats on tackling the 5K and the half

I'm not much of a runner, it makes me wheeze, but I do it occasionally, they say it's good for you or something. Last fall I did an 8K, and will be doing it again this year. It's organized through work, so I feel obligated to do it!

5K isn't too bad, I could handle that. Maybe I should extend my trip a bit

However, a half is completely out of the question. Neverrrrr!

I hope you manage to find some company for all of the days of your trip.

P.S. I hate flying too, but I'm trying to face my fear this year and will be flying to DL.

 

[merrrydeath]

Meredith, that sure was an ... interesting ... PP experience! Maybe we can do better this time, lol. I'm so glad you're going to be able to come down even if it's only for a short while. Did you want to do PhotoPass again? I'm hoping to get a few of the Divas involved in a share since a lot of them will be going in September/October and it would be the most economical option for anyone who wanted to do it. I know I want to try more of the Magic shots, like the hitchhiking ghosts and fighting Capatin Hook!
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I'm really glad too! I kinda love the little weekend trips. I mean, I'd love 4 days but I'll take what I can get! I'd probably be down for doing Photopass, I should probably take the one from December off your hands, huh? Ha only 9 months after...

 

[Belle Ella]

Meredith - I never got those to you? Horrible, horrible, horrible me!! I swear I'm not really that flakey. I do promise this time it wont be 9 months later, lol. I'm organizing it for the Diva's and I will be 100% on the ball as far as getting them out. A few of us are going to be there because of the Disneyland Half and then quite a few again in October for Halloween so it only makes sense. Right now with you and me included I think there are 5 people already in and I only brought it up with the Divas yesterday. The same thing for the Tinkerbell Half and next year's Diva trip. As for last year's - did you want me to mail them out to you or try to meet up sometime soon for lunch or something? Is that why I totally forgot?

And I know what you mean about little weekend trips. I haven't gotten to take too many but it's fun and definitely better than no trip at all. If that's what you can swing, that's what you take! And I promise I'm not horrible company except for all the little 'errands' I have to run (haha, run) while I'm there.

blabbermouth - It's Kelsey right? I know what you mean feeling obligated to do things through work - even things they keep telling us is 'good for us' . I usually participate in the AIDS Wlak in S.F. every July through work and that's a 10K that I can walk in about an hour and a half. I'm bummed I can't do it this year because that would be awesome 'training' for me. Plus I like supporting the cause. But 5K is very manageable. Sadly September's is fully booked But if you ever want to keep it in mind for the future it's an annual thing (and there's a newly announced Half marathon weekend, including 5K, in January).

Kaitlin - My 4th was alright. Just an average day to be honest. I had a full shift at work (8 hours of Holiday pay ), my cousin touched up my hair and we went a different shade of red than we've been doing, and then I 'hid' from the fireworks under a blanket while watching a movie on my iPod because fireworks freak me out. But all around it was a good day. How was yours?

 

[Belle Ella]

Did somebody say more PTR?!

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So today marks the very first of what I hope to become 'official' weekly updates. For the sake of alliterations let's call them TR Tuesdays! I need some organized way to keep everyone up to speed (and by everyone I mean myself as well) on planning detours and roadblocks and whatnot. Then there is the ever important training updates. You know, getting myself ready to actually run in the Star Tours 5K? I'd like to be able to say after the fact that I did more than a lollygaging walk for the entire 3.1 miles - well, to be more exact I want to be able to say that I ran when I wasn't busy stopping for photos and whatnot - therefore I need to train!

I can't say that I have much to add on the training front today. I started a program months and months and months ago in the hopes of being ready long before September actually got here but somewhere along the line I slacked off. It's not because it was too "hard" or I "couldn't do it", I just plain old got lazy and slacked off. I like to sit here and blame work for making me get up so early that by the time the end of my shifts roll around training is out of the question, and sure I'll still say it from time to time, but it still doesn't change the fact that I slacked off and altogether stopped training. Well, now I'm ready to jump back on the wagon! Just to share, here is the original training plan I was looking at: The Couch-to-5K ® Running Plan. It seemed easy enough and the increments sounded reasonable. I only made it to week 2 though, each and every time I re-started it before getting too lazy to go on and just forgetting, again, not because it was too hard. Sure the first day was rough and I didn't think I could do it, but each successful day after that made me feel like I could. I even found a fun podcast to listen to with my running and walking cues that had music that didn't drive me insane. I know I was the problem as far as why I didn't keep up with the C25K program but I want to try something different this time around.

Jeff Galloway is the Official runDisney Training Consultant and I'm going to give his training plan a try this time! Mind you, his 5K training program listed on his website does go on for a total of 15 weeks and I only have 9 before the big event, but I'm sure it will all work out. I'm actually beginning Week 1, Day 1 tonight by talking a walk with an old friend from high school who recently moved back home after 6+ years in Sacramento. Hopefully her schedule will fall perfectly into my walking/cross training days or maybe I can even convince her to do this program with me. We'll see. Here's a break-down of his 5K training plan as listed on his website(link in image):

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I'm actually taking a leap here and downloading his training App to help keep me on the right track. Hopefully it will be do what I need it to do! Hm, the only thing here is that the program is different than the on listed on the website and is only 8 weeks, which is perfect actually. Again, I'll update you next Tuesday on how week 1 goes.

I actually have another thing I want to touch up on for today's TR Tuesday - clothes! I'm actually planning out what I'm going to wear before I go instead of just shoving clothes into my suitcase the way I normally do. It doesn't hurt that I've found some pretty cute Disney shirts and I am saving my 'first wears' specifically for this trip!

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I'm sure it doesn't take a genius to figure out why I love this shirt. Snow White, of course! I love the CM's at my local Disney Store and I always have a good time chatting with them every time I drop by the store (which can be very frequently) so of course they know my obsession over all things Snow White. Well, I happened to be there not long after they got this shirt in stock so they had it in the back and it wouldn't be going onto the floor anytime soon but one of the CM's brought it out to show me (since they can sell it even though it's not displayed yet) and I didn't hesitate in buying it right then and there otherwise they would probably never have my size again. There's another Evil Queen shirt that I was tempted to get as well but I only went with the one due to bills using up the rest of my paycheck that week. This will probably be Sunday's shirt of choice.

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Isn't Minnie so cute?! I picked this up at work (Target) the other day. I didn't realize we had any RTW (ready-to-wear, women's) Disney shirts again and I'm always keeping my eye open for them. We always have boys, girls and toddlers galore but that doesn't help me very much. Apparently we've had this shirt for a while but due to our particular store's remodel it's just been hidden from me. Well, I happened to be walking by on my break last Monday and BAM there it was right in front of me, and in my size no less. Talk about perfect. I'll probably be saving this one for Monday's shirt of choice.

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Sorry but my TR was begging for some Joey Richter spam!​

I may not be a fan of Star Wars and Star Tours (the theme for the 5K) but I do want to be a Starship Ranger ... even if it might sound strange ... so I'm substituting my own theme and here it is! If you don't know who Team Starkid is, you should, especially if you love (a) Harry Potter, (b) muscial parodies, or (c) total awesomeness. Long story short they are a group of friends who met while attending the University of Michigan, put on a Harry Potter musical for friends and family and the rest is history. They have their own theater production company now and recently wrote and put on an awesome musical about an alien bug who wanted to become a Starship Ranger. So that's the story behind the shirt. Oh, and the headband in a roundabout way. I don't have the shirt yet, but I'm getting it and this will be my shirt and accessory of choice for Saturday (5K day). Now to decide if I will wear it for the race itself or afterward for the rest of the day. Decisions, decisions. Maybe I should order 2? Somebody else make up my mind for me please. Thanks.

That still leaves me with finding something to wear for my drive down and Monday, but I've got plenty of time!

Until next time ya'll, see you on the other side!

continue the adventure here​

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Love it!!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Love the shirts! Those are awesome. And the 5k plan looks do-able even for me. If I lived closer, I may have considered doing this thing with you.

 

[Belle Ella]

Andrea - Say it with me ... Totally awesome! You can't say awesome anymore without "totally" in front of it. That's the new cardinal rule. And the plan is very do-able. Very! And just looking at the breakdown it doesn't mention that it's not straight running. You take walking breaks kind of like my original plan where for 20 minutes you did a 60 second jog followed by a 90 second walk, etc. It's made to build up your endurance and it's perfect.

I almost want to update on the walk but I really want to save it for next Tuesday's update!!

 

[kaoden39]

Who is Joey Richter? Actually I am going to google it but I wanted to let you know I was here.

 

[Belle Ella]

Michele, he's one of the Starkids. He plays Ron in the Harry Potter musicals and Bug, the bug who wants to be a Starship Ranger in Sarship. Annnnnnnd he's my Team Starkid obsession. End of story.

ETA: Oh, and he's totally awesome.

 

[kaoden39]

Jessica, google is my friend. I found this out. He looks like somebody Kody would lust after.

 

[Belle Ella]

She can't have him Hide him from her.

 

[kaoden39]

No need to worry. These guys are her current obsession.

 

[Belle Ella]

Hehe, sounds good.

Methinks I want to change my theme for the 5K to simply the Starkids 5K. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. I ended up watching A Very Potter Musical again today and now I want to watch Starship again.

 

[kaoden39]

That would make it more fum for you.

 

[smile4stamps]

I'm here!!

I love the T-shirts. Where do they have the Disney shirts at Target? In the Womens area or Juniors (they probably won't fit me if only in Juniors...) or in the Active Wear? I'm gonna have to go have a look!!!

I desperately need some Disney T-shirts!!!

 

[JH87]

I saw that Minnie shirt in our Target the other day! I had to stop myself from buying it, I already have enough Disney-themed shirts. That Snow White one is so cute too! I would love something like that with Ariel.