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

[Sherry E]

Hi, Jessica! Happy weekend to you!

I totally lost momentum in commenting on this TR - I can't even recall where I left off in commenting or what I had planned to comment on (was it the light fixtures? I am blanking out!), so I won't...unless something comes to me later in a vision. But I wanted to say I think it's so admirable and awesome that you're taking on this 5K! The amount of preparation for it - just simple walking or running each day - would be enough to do people in!

I think it's great that you have taken on this challenge, however easy or hard it may come to you, and also found a whole new way to plan for/enjoy a DLR trip! This will be a whole new spin on visiting DLR.

Also, because you'll be there in September, pre-HalloweenTime, you will get a sneak peek at some of the Halloween treats and trinkets before the rest of us in the Halloween thread see them because most of that stuff will already be on sale.

So is your October Halloween Time plan still to head to DLR with Meredith, or are you meeting up with Paula, or is everyone meeting up together? I lost track! Won't Laurie still be at DLR too in early October?

If I do not end up using that hotel PIN code I got between 10/16 - 10/31, then I may just end up doing a day trip early in October, which was my original plan pre-PIN code. I didn't really want my October trip to be so close to my late November trip, but then the PIN arrived and threw me off track! I should know in a few days what I am doing for October once and for all.

 

[Belle Ella]

Just got home from my last walk of the week (I'll go ahead and 'spoil' the results for everyone - although it's all over Facebook for those who see me there - 4 1/2 miles for today) and logged in to see your comment Sherry! And it's alright, we've turned the page and we're focusing on September! And thank you - I don't even know how I have the motivation to do this right now but I'm pretty darn sure it's the whole Disney aspect of it all. It's just nice to be able to take that and expand on it because eventually I want to try and sign up for some other things closer to home. It's a big lifestyle change for me, not just a "here, I want to do this because it's Disney and be done with it" kind of thing. Every day that I'm out there it gets easier and I start to look forward to it more and more and more. I don't want to throw much in between the two events I'm signed up for but hopefully after the Tinkerbell Half in January I can do some events that are closer to home. We'll see though. Right now I just want to finish and have them both under my belt so I have another goal to set for myself later on. I just really, really, really want to finish without getting picked up for being too slow in January. I'm pretty darn sure I'll have no problem with the 5K in September barring anything unusual (knock on wood). It reminds me of this shirt that I had in Jr. high that I wore to track practice all the time that said "I know I can, I know I can, I know I can" a la the Little Engine that Could.

As for October, if I go down I'd be crashing with Paula I know right now she's working on getting the time off so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for her and then working with my boss to make sure I can get that Monday/Tuesday off which shouldn't be a problem. I can't remember the exact dates Laurie will be there but I think she'll be there during the days that Paula is looking at (I think they overlap by 1 day at the very least) and then there are a whole bunch more of the Divas going later in the month. If I could I'd try and get down around then jut to build up the money a little bit seeing as there wont be that much time between my birthday/5K trip and the dates in question. But hey, I want to make it down for Halloween again, I want to make it to a Halloween party for the first time, and I want to have some good company while I'm there! I'll be hanging around to hear what your plans end up being!!

 

[Belle Ella]

I'm under 50 days!! ​

Why didn't anyone tell me, haha. I have been so preoccupied with work and my training I just completely forgot. Getting closer to starting my daily photo countdown! I wont start that until I'm 1 month out though. I've done it in the past and everyone seemed to enjoy it, plus it will get some much-needed Disney photos in here. And by the way, I hope everyone has wished Disneyland a Happy 56th Birthday!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Yay!!!! That's awesome!!

 

[Belle Ella]

 

[JH87]

Yay less than 50 days!
Congrats on making such great progress with your walks and runs!

 

[kim3339]

Congrats on the 4 1/2 miles the other day!! The 5k'll be no prob by Sept.

 

[reyasmommy]

Yes, Congratulations! Your my inspriation! It's been so hot here, it's hard to get outside on exercise. I can hardly stand walking from the front door to the mailbox. UGH! The sun is setting now though, I should take a walk to the park... Hmmmm, maybe later. Watching Rango right now and TR'ing.

 

[Belle Ella]

Deanna, aww. I think I must be crazy but I love the heat and I think that's part of what's keeping me going. I've realized I like running earlier in the afternoon because it's so much warmer than 7 or so when my friend likes to go out because it's cooling off with the sun setting. I'm just the Heat Miser here on the DIS according to Sherry. You know, I have yet to see Rango. My mother loved it though.

Kim, I feel pretty invincible on my walking days! I'm nowhere near there on my running days just yet. Today was my second long run (the first one didn't go so well last week, haha) and it was supposed to be 1.6mi and I made i to the final .25mi before I just had to walk and by the time I got back to my house I still had .02mi to go but I'd already considered that last .25mi my cool down. But hey, I ran what I could so that's progress. I'll post more deets about it with tomorrow's TR Tuesday.

Thanks Jillian!

 

[Sherry E]

Deanna, aww. I think I must be crazy but I love the heat and I think that's part of what's keeping me going. I've realized I like running earlier in the afternoon because it's so much warmer than 7 or so when my friend likes to go out because it's cooling off with the sun setting. I'm just the Heat Miser here on the DIS according to Sherry. You know, I have yet to see Rango. My mother loved it though.

Well, I'm Mr. Snow Miser, out on my frozen tundra! So by default I guess that would have to make you Mr. Heat Miser! But, according to "Year Without a Santa Claus," we both have really bad hair and I have blue skin!! However, the little 'evil helpers' that dance around Mr. Heat Miser during their big musical number are much cuter than the snow people dancing around Snow Miser. So you have the cuter back-up dancers!!

You said that your plans are to hopefully participate in marathons or other events closer to where you live. Does that mean the San Francisco Marathon is eventually in your future?

 

[Belle Ella]

Hey now, all is well in the world when I have the cuter backup dancers, just sayin'! As for the SF Marathon, I dooooooon't know about that one I think half marathons may be the extent of what i can do. We'll see how I survive 13.1 miles before I think about doing anything more, lol.

 

[Belle Ella]

Gotta get back to Hogwarts! Er ... Disneyland

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Another week has come and gone (and bringing with it the long-awaited Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt. 2 I was just a wee bit excited) and now it's time for another TR Tuesday! I promise to try and keep my rambling and babbling to a minimum today (we'll have to see how that works out by the end of this post) but I do have a couple of training updates to talk about. First of all, no pain and all gain!! After last week's unhappy ending I took an easy start but then it was time to get back, get back up where I left off and couldn't be happier with the results. I can feel my legs getting stronger with each run and I've been able to progress with each run getting a little bit longer each day and not feeling quite as drained the day before. But before I go on to my training results from week 2 lookie what I got this week:

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I had been asking around on the Disneyland Half Marathon thread for suggestions on something to carry my iPhone and one of the suggestions a few of the other runners mentioned was the SPIbelt (small personal item belt). Let me just say that I have been in love with this since the first time I put it on. It's so lightweight, stays in place, and doesn't bounce around I know I almost forgot that I was wearing it at all. It may look tiny, but it does expand and fits my iPhone perfectly and I'll also have room for my hotel key card and stuff when it comes to the actual 5K. It's just a relief to be able to use my training Apps without having to carry my iPhone in my hand. Having free hands can make a big difference! It's pretty inexpensive at about $20 with tax and they currently offer free shipping. I also found a coupon code for an extra 10% off so as far as I'm concerned it was $18 well spent.

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New running shoes!! So this is how I spent my extra money from working on the 4th of July (hip-hip-hooray for Holiday pay), exciting huh? I don't even want to tell you how long I've had the shoes I've been using, but after my leg pain the other day I decided it was time to get an upgrade. So my sister and I went out to a few sporting supply stores. I tried on some pairs, I took a few strides, I compared and contrasted and finally FOUND and decided on another pair of Saucony's (well, not another pair since they are replacing some old Asics but I remember having Saucony's when I was running track in high school). The first thing that ran through my mind when I saw these was "wouldn't they be perfect for the Tinkerbell Half?" and proceeded to try them on. I will never understand how they come up with shoe 'names' but say hello to the Grid Shadow Genesis ... in green and silver. I could just feel the difference on my first run out in these, talk about an improvement! Although now methinks I need to order another SPIbelt - you know, in green.

And now let's get down to the boring old numbers!

Training Week 2

All data gathered using RunKeeper and Ultimate 5K Apps for iPhone​

Tuesday 7/12:
Took the day easy to rest my leg and did 30 minutes of yoga.

Wednesday 7/13:
Total miles: 1.88
Pace: 13:27 min/mi
Time: 25:20
Calories: 267
^ data from RunKeeper

Distance: 1.22 mi
Duration: 21 min
Average pace: 10:10 min/mi
^ data from day 1 of Ultimate 5K

Thursday 7/14:
Total miles: 3.31
Pace: 17:13 min/mi
Time: 57:03
Calories: 311
^ data from RunKeeper

Friday 7/15:
Total miles: 2.00
Pace: 13:10 min/mi
Time: 26:18
Calories: 262
^ data from RunKeeper

Distance: 1.34 mi
Duration: 23 min
Average pace: 10:10 min/mi
^ data from day 1 of Ultimate 5K

Saturday 7/9:
Total miles:
Pace:
Time:
Calories:
^ data from RunKeeper

Sunday 7/10:
Off day!

Monday 7/11:
Total miles: 2.26
Pace: 14:09 min/mi
Time: 31:56
Calories: 303
^ data from RunKeeper

So I should have had some data from the Ultimate 5K App as well. This was supposed to be another long run (1.80 mile run + my warm up and cool down walks) and I came so, so, so, so close to completing it 100%. I had less than .25 miles left in the actual run when I just couldn't pus myself any further so cut the run a touch short and started my cool down walk. Because I cut the entire workout short the Ultimate 5K didn't complete it's data, but that's alright. I had changed my intervals from 1min run/1min walk to 30 seconds each and I don't think I'll be doing that again. I thought the shorter times would help but I definitely think I did better doing 1 full minute of each. My next training run will jump to 1.72 miles on Wednesday so wish me luck!

So there you have it, my second week of training! Pretty successful, I like to think. To date I've already done 25 miles in total (walks and runs). I read a pretty fun tip on runDisney's Facebook page the other day about putting away for every mile I complete during my training so by the time my race is finished I will have a nice amount of money to treat myself to something. I really like this idea so I'm going to do it and keep track of how much running money I save. But I need your input: should I include both my running and walking distances, or just the distances of my runs? Hm. Decisions, decisions.

So I have to ask ... are there any other Potterphiles lurking on my TR who were just as excited about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt. 2? It feels very much like a whole chapter of my childhood has closed for good, but it never really ends, does it? I'm so sad that to date I've only seen it once because of my work schedule but I plan on making up for that over the next few days. I've been keeping busy watching A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel though. Never heard of them? Well, I'm sure I mentioned my Team Starkid addiction considering the fact that I have imposed my own personal theme for my race the "Starship 5K" in honor of their latest production. AVMP and AVPS are the two Harry Potter parodies/musicals that they have done and they are totally awesome! I highly recommend watching them on YouTube and of course Starship as well. There is another stage production they did ... but ... let's just say it's title isn't quite DIS-friendly, shall we.

Sigh. I am having internet issues today so I shall end today's update here. Somebody is acting like Garfield on a Monday, sigh. Next week I'll be starting my actual Disneyland day planning. So exciting!!

I think we've covered enough today, see you on the other side!

continue the adventure here​

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Sounds like you've had a very successful week! How does that SPIbelt work exactly? I can't quite figure it out from the picture, lol.

I still have to catch up on the Potter stuff. I am not a huge fan, but I have seen the first 5 movies, and wouldn't mind finishing them eventually. Just gotta get the momentum up! I think I should probably watch the first 5 again to refresh my memory though.

 

[tdashgirl]

Yes, yes yes SPI belts rock!!! I actually don't own one though, I borrow DH's He bought one from some pre-race running expo, and I totally made fun of it (hahhah you have a fanny sack) but then I tried it. It's the perfect size for a phone, keys, cash/credit card, and it doesn't move around and bug you while you run

 

[Belle Ella]

Tania, I thought they looked funny when I first saw them and I've always kind of laughed when I thought of people wearing things like this (love what you called it ... a fanny sack) but when you actually need to use something like that they totally rock! Mind you, mine currently hides underneath the shirts I've been wearing when I run so nobody would see it anyway. But it's pretty neat and I love having something lightweight that stays put. That's the big kicker right there. No bouncing, no feeling like it's going to fall off. Very good purchase!

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Andrea, I know it's hard to tell from the photo that I posted originally but there's more fabric to the actual pouch than it looks like from the front. It folds nicely and then expands to fit whatever it needs to hold. It's nice and stretchy so once you've got what you need in there it's not all loose and things stay put so they aren't bouncing around. Its awesome Other than that it just snaps around your waist.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Loved the update!! I like how your shoes are lime green.

 

[merrrydeath]

Cute shoes, indeed!

I didn't think I would cry at Harry Potter, but the tears just started pouring down my face when McGonagall and Mrs Weasley were standing on the steps of Hogwarts, grim as all get out.

 

[Belle Ella]

Total DIS shoes, huh Kaitlin?

Aww, Meredith cried too! Snape's death was what really brought out the tears for me, along with his memories of finding Lilly dead. My heart jut broke. And Alan Rickman is just pure awesomeness. I really loved McGonagall after she called the school to arms and that "Ive always wanted to use that spell" line. She was like a giddy schoolgirl and it was just nice to have that moment in with the grimness of the situation.

I'm trying to rewatch the movies yet again because I am going with my friend to see DH2 again tomorrow morning. Somehow I have t make it through OOTP, HBP and DH1 tonight.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Total DIS shoes, huh Kaitlin?

Yes there are.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Total DIS shoes, huh Kaitlin?

Aww, Meredith cried too! Snape's death was what really brought out the tears for me, along with his memories of finding Lilly dead. My heart jut broke. And Alan Rickman is just pure awesomeness. I really loved McGonagall after she called the school to arms and that "Ive always wanted to use that spell" line. She was like a giddy schoolgirl and it was just nice to have that moment in with the grimness of the situation.

I'm trying to rewatch the movies yet again because I am going with my friend to see DH2 again tomorrow morning. Somehow I have t make it through OOTP, HBP and DH1 tonight.

It's a good thing I wasn't too big on knowing what the story was about before reading this!