169 days...1 hour....31 minutes and counting.....

I actually made it to the gym tonight. I wasn't quite sure what time I'd get out of work tonight, but managed to get out of there at a reasonable time.

Took the bus across the park and made it to the gym at about 7:10....headed straight to the treadmills. I had intentions of doing a 30 minute run, but being that I like a specific location in the classroom for Antigravity, I ended up up cutting it short. I ran for a total of 12 minutes and 52 seconds. That got me 1.07 miles from the starting point (on the treadmill, mind you). Doesn't sound like much, but I ran the whole time at a nice slow pace (a 5 on the machine). Walked for about .07...hhaha. Wore my old sneakers (the ones I wore the last race)....it was gross out, so I kept my new ones safe from the elements for now. They will need to be exposed one of these days...just not yet!!

So I started out on one of my favorite treadmills, while some girl gave me looks cause I was trying to organize where my dumb rain coat would go....didn't want to put it on the floor, so I tried hanging it, folding it, etc....it ended up on the floor. There is a huge locker room to hang things like coat and lock things up, but I like to keep my stuff with me when it is minimal...once it's winter, I suppose I'll bring the lock again. The girl continued giving me looks as I watched a funny lady in the mirror behind me. She was pumping her arms up and down vigorously...she looked so silly. Not sure what kind of move she was doing, but it worked for her I guess. That crazy lady then came and started speed walking with the same arm movement, right behind me. Nothing I hate more than someone making funny arm movements behind me. I couldn't help but laugh at her. Went downstairs at 8:00 and got in my spot, ready to go for Antigravity.

I can definitely say I'm out of shape from where I was at the beginning of summer. My body is sore now...better stretch it out so I can get back to my running. Just rolled on my roller, felt gooooooood.

The rain was horrendous yet again today. In one way I'm glad we're getting the rain, but on the other, I'm just plain over it! It can rain all it wants over the weekend...I'll be home all day Saturday and Sunday I'll be taking my AFAA certification.

Hoping that the certification will review the study guide thoroughly. I haven't really reviewed as much as I'd like to this week. Since I'm home, I've really not been able to focus on it. I'll make time to study Saturday....cramming at it's finest ;-)

Off to go have a few Starburst...brush my teeth....then head to bed!!

Until next time........

Rain....

Rain rain go away....Waaaay too much rain today....maybe tomorrow there will be NO RAIN!! It's Wednesday tomorrow...that means I can finally go back to Antigravity! So necessary!!

Until tomorrow!

Didn't.....

....but there is always tomorrow! I know I said I was going to run today....I didn't. I ended up waking up on the later end of 12, spent some time chatting with a sweet friend, then decided to go get my nails done. It took quite a while at the nail salon, which delayed my desire to run. I then made a run to Home Depot for a few items for this "project" I'm working on. So far, it's coming out very nicely!!

So with all of that happening....it equaled no run :-( There's always tomorrow......

Until then.....

174 days, 9 hours, 52 minutes and counting.....

Well, here I am, once again....

It's official, I'm back and ready to commit to my blogging my adventures preparing for the Disney Princess Half Marathon in February 2012.

I'll start from the beginning. Last year 2010 I decided that I wanted to participate in a Disney race, so I decided that the Princess one would be fitting. I trained in Sunnyside, NY, from October until February 2011. I had a running partner, Marielle, who lived in my neighborhood. It was great to run with her and finish together! Our finish time was 2 hours 37 minutes 10 seconds. I'd like to get this year under 2 and a half hours. It's a hefty goal, but I'm willing to work hard to get there!

This year, I'm looking forward to changing it up a bit. I registered as an individual this year, and am looking into joining a running team. I've found 1, from the podcast I'm a big follower of, WDW Radio. Looking forward to some of the fun support that comes along with running with a team. People you have never met before, cheering for you! It's such a fun feeling! I have an AMAZING support crew behind me already, but I'm looking to build my numbers! They also are linked to a good cause...they run to make money for the Make a Wish Foundation. More details on that to follow in upcoming blog posts.

I've not done any training or much running since the last race. It's going to make it a challenge to get back into my training once again. I've got the gym membership and the new sneakers, not to mention, I'll be an official certified group exercise instructor by Sept 11, 2011. Looking forward to getting back to the city and routine, from working out east in the Hamptons for the summer. It messes with my schedule too much and doesn't leave me any opportunity to have time to myself (except for right at this moment, as soon as I know it, they will all be home from the beach and dinner prep will commence). I know it's no excuse....however, any opportunity I get to be lazy, I take it! It's TIME TO GET MY LAZY BUTT INTO GEAR!

So with that being said, I have taken the necessary steps to get said butt into action. I have already registered for the 2012 race, and purchased my sneakers (same sneaker as before just the upgraded version) the Mizuno Wave Creation 12. I've started the blog back up....so now I better get to training!!!

Back in the city tomorrow....maybe a run on Sunday. It will probably be a small one, but it's a start......

Until next time..........

Dec 3 map

Dec 6 map

Been lazy....

Ok I admit, I've been very lazy! I haven't written...not to mention I haven't really run.

It's been getting harder and harder to have to will power to just go out and run in the cold. I admit that once I start running my body temp increases and I'm not so cold anymore. It's just the initial getting out and on the move that I'm having a hard time with.

Ran last night in 20 something degree weather. I actually saw flurries of snow! Thank goodness we ran though. I shot a text to Marielle earlier in the day saying "We need to run"...and she was like "Let's go tonight." SO she met me at my house at 8:15pm and we ran! Boy did we run. Apparently it was 4 miles according to mapmyrun. Marielle seems to think it was more. We did great tho. A fast 10 minute mile for the first mile...then only walked here and there for the rest.

I also ran on Friday of last week. It was probably the earliest run I've done yet. I was working an overnight for work so I was in the city. I started on the upper east side, running next to the Central Park Resivoir. Man was it COLD! I did it tho. That ended up being a beautiful run, and I know exactly where I'd be running regularly if I lived in the city. It's mostly flat in elevation and made it for a good run. 1.70 miles (a short one).

The running is getting a bit easier, but it would be nice to find some sort of flat location to run. The hills make it a bit challenging. I'm looking forward to running in Florida over Christmas break.

We have 79 days until the race. Only at 4 miles. We must pick it up! Need to discipline myself and steadily run 3 days a week. NO more fooling around.

Switching up the schedule for now. Running with Marielle Monday and Wednesday nights after work. Then we will need to start with longer times of running. We did 45 minutes last night. It's going to take us somewhere in the 2.45 hour range for the race...so we totally need to get ourselves there!

New maps will follow this post.

I promise to have a new post by Thursday (after my Wednesday night run with M).