PHM 2015-In Pursuit of Cupcakes While Running in Glass Slippers

[MaMa3Princess]

Jenny Lou,
Your cupcakes look amazing!! Glad we do have an official cupca expert!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I love coconut and the German chocolate yep I would scarf that baby down!!!!
Tipsy,drunken, spirit finger, jazz hand runners unite!!!

Oh Yes!

 

[acwinsett]

Happy Friday, ladies! Welcome Gina and Jenny Lou!

I'd be all OVER that pina colada cupcake!

And cakewrecks.com . . . wrong . . . wrong . . . so wrong

 

[snitchseeker]

Happy Friday, ladies! Welcome Gina and Jenny Lou! I'd be all OVER that pina colada cupcake! And cakewrecks.com . . . wrong . . . wrong . . . so wrong

Thanks!!! So happy I joined!!!

 

[EcbLovesMickey]

Taking a step back from sugar rushes and alcohol binges, I wanted to say a big, fat THANK YOU to all you awesome ladies. When I got back from PHM I was miserable. I did not want to even consider running it again. Not due to my performance, but the attitudes of those I had traveled with.

Now, not only have I decided to sign up, I am already connecting with ladies and booking rooms, debating dinner/drinks etc.

Anyway, here's a big warm hug from me to all you ladies and you know how we all love warm hugs

 

[snitchseeker]

Welcome Gina! It is funny to hear my students who are on the track team (college) say their event is distance and it is the mile. Then they say I am crazy for wanting to do the glass Slipper. We are neighbors, sort of. I am in upstate NY.

Welcome Jenny Lou! Congrats on your awesome weight loss and your running! I cannot wait to see your cakes and cupcakes!

I want one of those pineapples, where can I get those?!?!

And I am a HUGE HP fan! The head of Warner Brothers is an alum of the college I teach at and he came and spoke at graduation a few years ago. He brought Harry's wand and it was on display! It was pretty cool.

Hello almost neighbor!! So happy to have met ya! haha mile is a distance in college for sure! 400m was my distance race hahahaha

Taking a step back from sugar rushes and alcohol binges, I wanted to say a big, fat THANK YOU to all you awesome ladies. When I got back from PHM I was miserable. I did not want to even consider running it again. Not due to my performance, but the attitudes of those I had traveled with.

Now, not only have I decided to sign up, I am already connecting with ladies and booking rooms, debating dinner/drinks etc.

Anyway, here's a big warm hug from me to all you ladies and you know how we all love warm hugs

Helloooo! So happy we are connecting and what happened on your PHM weekend?! I'm so sorry to hear that!

 

[ARmom30]

My mother asked me this last week when I had the mild stomach bug, but no, other things have indicated no and it is going around work, some of my students have had it. I had a fever and really bad body aches too so I am certain it is a virus. But just to be certain, I am taking a test tomorrow. Let me just say, we never thought we would have an only child, but life worked that way and it took us awhile to get accept that and embrace it. The thought that that could change scares us so we have done what we can to make sure it stays that way, nothing permanent though.

I hope you do get to feeling better soon!

Hi Gina! Welcome!

Hi Jenny Lou! Congrats on your weight loss and progress running! I am also planning to “just” run the ½ in February. 

Debra – GL at your half tomorrow!

Betsy – so impressed you met Galloway!


Add me to the list of HP fans! I got started reading the books late, but caught up quickly. I have read the series 5 or 6 times and could just leave the movies on a loop on my TV. Good stuff!!

 

[Imbri]

Oh my goodness. I slack off for a bit and look what happens! 40+ pages! All caught up now, hopefully I will stay caught up!

I'll post my bio tomorrow.

I wanted to show this off here. I had posted it in my TR thread, but it seems more relavent here.

My sister has been drawing cupcake characters for me, and I made them into iron on transfers and put them on little fabric jewelry trays I made! We're hoping to sell 'em on etsy. :excited: I admit, I was thinking a little about this thread when I convinced her to draw them for me.

So many new faces in the time I was being lazy!

I'm back on regular exercise again (yaaay) and have downloaded Galloway 5k and half marathon apps and I'm on week 3 of the time improvement 5k program, after that I'm gonna start on the half time improvement program. Speed workouts suck!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Thanks for the examples on speed work! I am definitely not going to be the speediest out there! I would like to improve my time though. I currently maintain about a 13 minute mile, which is slow comparatively. I'm ok with it though. At least I'm doing it! Here is something I found on Pinterest. [URL=http://s95.photobucket.com/user/armom30/media/IMG_55021.png.html][/URL] This is what keeps me going.

Lol this is the WISH quote from right here on the DIS! And it is true!!

My other is "I may be slow but I'm lapping everyone on the couch"

Hi-ya! I'm Gina! Real Life Side: I'm 25 and I work for a television network in NYC! I live in CT and commute - yuck!

Hey neighbor!!!!

 

[ARmom30]

Lol this is the WISH quote from right here on the DIS! And it is true!!

My other is "I may be slow but I'm lapping everyone on the couch"

I got one of those on Pinterest too!

 

[Dis_Yoda]

Gone for a day and it explodes 4 pages!

I hate coconut texture but I like coconut flavor. Maybe on the cherry cupcake but it would depend on my mood.

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Nasty crud has been going around my work as well. It sucks.

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Gina - Welcome!
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Jenny Lou - Yay for running ToT! I'm running that too as my first real distance race outside of a 10k!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Taking a step back from sugar rushes and alcohol binges, I wanted to say a big, fat THANK YOU to all you awesome ladies. When I got back from PHM I was miserable. I did not want to even consider running it again. Not due to my performance, but the attitudes of those I had traveled with.

Now, not only have I decided to sign up, I am already connecting with ladies and booking rooms, debating dinner/drinks etc.

Anyway, here's a big warm hug from me to all you ladies and you know how we all love warm hugs

This is not the first time I have heard someone say they had a bad time with the attitudes/behavior of the group they went with for PHM. Can I ask those of you that had bad experiences, what they were? I ask for a few reasons, one being I want to make sure I'm not the one causing a bad experience for anyone!

I traveled with my daughter and her friend but had quite a few meetups with other runner/bloggers over the weekend and they were all fantastic and amazing. Everyone was so supportive, fun, and excited, so I want to understand what went wrong for others. It makes me sad that some of you had less than amazing experiences!

 

[momabaarjo]

I have half marathon number 3 on Sunday, OKC Memorial. Weather forcast is not looking good...67 degrees & 60% chance of T-storms at race time. Oh joy! ITB & hip are giving me trouble, so I don't know what to expect from my body. Hoping to PR, but we shall see.

Have a great run tomorrow Debra! I know you will do awesome! Cheering you on from 4 hours away! I am sure you will be able to hear me...I will use my former life swim coach voice!

 

[momabaarjo]

First of all...I can't believe that we have so many haters in this group...shame on you!

coconut haters that is!

OMG y'all coconut haters! I love it but don't think I'll go for that cupcake. I might hit the bar and get one of these instead

Second of all...wrong resort...that is our next stop and I will be drinking one of these!

"2 parts Myers's Dark Rum, 2 parts pineapple juice, 3 parts orange juice, 1 part sweet and sour mix, topped with 1 part Bacardi 151 rum floated on the top."

All I know is that it was a large fruity pineapple/orange tasting drink...in a pineapple...and I had two.

Then I don't remember much after that.

J/K...I do remember, I remember my photography skills were much altered by these drinks and I was annoyed by it.

Third....leave it to Karen to whip out the recipe on us!

 

[momabaarjo]

Hello my cupcake runners! Betsy here! Sorry for being MIA, I went to WDW Marathon weekend and came home and started graduate school, my first semester is now over so I have some free time again. I did the BAA 5k last weekend, and I'll have to do some race report for that, but I have to get ready for Tuesday when I'll be flying to Disney for Expedition Everest with one of our cupcakes! When I come back from Disney classes start back up along with my serious running training as I have a couple half marathons this fall.

Just rub it in...

I went to the Health and Fitness Expo last Friday and picked up a cupcake for my treat after my 5k and I still haven't eaten it! I'm a bad cupcake! But RunDisney was at the expo and Jeff Galloway was there and I got to talk to him and his wife and of course I forgot to ask for a photo. Guess what I learned! When doing intervals on a treadmill, jump off it for your walk break! How simple and easy is that! I look forward to getting to know all the new cupcakes on here and catching up with you all! Any other cupcakes running Everest?

What that cupcake was so pretty....

Still jealous you met Jeff! OMG...now I know this winter I can still train for the PHM (if I get my hiney to the gym)...so going to try that idea.

 

[momabaarjo]

Oh my goodness. I slack off for a bit and look what happens! 40+ pages! All caught up now, hopefully I will stay caught up!

I'll post my bio tomorrow.

I wanted to show this off here. I had posted it in my TR thread, but it seems more relavent here.

My sister has been drawing cupcake characters for me, and I made them into iron on transfers and put them on little fabric jewelry trays I made! We're hoping to sell 'em on etsy. :excited: I admit, I was thinking a little about this thread when I convinced her to draw them for me.

So many new faces in the time I was being lazy!

I'm back on regular exercise again (yaaay) and have downloaded Galloway 5k and half marathon apps and I'm on week 3 of the time improvement 5k program, after that I'm gonna start on the half time improvement program. Speed workouts suck!

Welcome back Imbri! Never did the "first" cupcakes ever dream of something like what this PTR report turned into. Calling ourselves cupcakes was our way of setting us apart from some not so pleasant experiences with some other runners...I don't think we dreamed that there were so many other wonderful cupcakes out there that thought like us about a Disney race!

I love your designs...hmmm! I think we know where to go when we start designing for our shirt!

 

[momabaarjo]

Wow...I post Friday's Cupcakes and then come back this morning to several new cupcake ladies and like 5 pages to reply to! Please forgive me if I miss something.

Whew...I have the Cupcake Cast of Characters updated...I hope anyway!

Welcome Sandi, Andreah, Gina & Jenny Lou​

Sandi-Yay another "mature" cupcake! Dh turns 5-0 next month...I am not too far behind him. Excited that your dd is coming along and running...I am still working on Ab at the moment she has agreed to doing the 10K. Maybe all of our dd can hang out together while we crawl and stumble our way through Sunday after the race!

Andreah-I am so glad you found us. I cried reading your story and your plans for this September. Know that we are here for you for support! I marked your special day on my calendar already and will say lots of prayers for you as you make this journey!

Gina-Yay another Potter fan! I am thinking now that I have to sneak over to Universal at PHM since all of you are doing it too! Was there on the official opening back in 2010! I have to see the expanision! Personally, Karen can have Snape...I am a Ron girl! Although that would make me a cougar!

Jenny Lou-I liked your fb page...your cakes are amazing. I tried a few years ago to take a cake decorating class and failed so miserably at it!

 

[momabaarjo]

Jenn-Hope you are feeling better!

Brandy-Hope Coltin has fun at his prom. Ab has her prom tonight too! How have they grown up so fast?!

Susan-Katie is a senior? Where has the 4 years gone!? Those puppies are so cute...nothing better than golden puppies. I was wondering if I had missed you something on FB!

 

[MaMa3Princess]

Taking a step back from sugar rushes and alcohol binges, I wanted to say a big, fat THANK YOU to all you awesome ladies. When I got back from PHM I was miserable. I did not want to even consider running it again. Not due to my performance, but the attitudes of those I had traveled with.

Now, not only have I decided to sign up, I am already connecting with ladies and booking rooms, debating dinner/drinks etc.

Anyway, here's a big warm hug from me to all you ladies and you know how we all love warm hugs

I can so relate. 2012 I did the PHM with three other girlfriends. All 3 but myself enjoyed the experience. They moaned and complained about how expensive, hot, horrible the experience was. I was so defeated. We trained together and everything. So I was preggo during 2013 but signed up 2014. No one absolutely no one wanted to run or train with me. So I really enjoyed the 2014 but I was so envious to all the buddy runners. Even had to ask a character member to take a picture of me. I text my hubby the whole entire race.

HOWEVER you ladies have me so excited for the 2015 race. Edie, I know we are both in metro Atlanta. I hope to see you at the Diva!!!

I meant I was the only one who enjoyed the experience!!

 

[EcbLovesMickey]

I can so relate. 2012 I did the PHM with three other girlfriends. All 3 but myself enjoyed the experience. They moaned and complained about how expensive, hot, horrible the experience was. I was so defeated. We trained together and everything. So I was preggo during 2013 but signed up 2014. No one absolutely no one wanted to run or train with me. So I really enjoyed the 2014 but I was so envious to all the buddy runners. Even had to ask a character member to take a picture of me. I text my hubby the whole entire race. HOWEVER you ladies have me so excited for the 2015 race. Edie, I know we are both in metro Atlanta. I hope to see you at the Diva!!!

Definitely at diva. I will also be doing the peachtree!