On our road to Disney Half Marathon Princess Training

17 weeks to go and we upped it to a 2:2 today. We are jogging 2 minutes and walking 2 minutes. Our average pace is about a 15:00 mile. That should go down as we get stronger and change our walk:run ratio. We are having a great time daydreaming of our big day so far away. 

I added more mileage to my run and decided to go for 8 miles. I finished it and felt great. The longest run I have ever done. In a few weeks, I'm going for 10 miles. Is that crazy or what? I could barely do a few miles just a few months ago and 10 is not that long to me now. 

The Color Run 5K

Today we went to our first Color Run 5K. What a blast and what a great event to take your children to. I took my daughter and left the baby with the grandparents. We ran, we walked, we laughed and we got hit with color, lots of it! Every so often, they had volunteers waiting to spray you with different color powder. Word to the wise, take a handkerchief for your face so you don't get stuck breathing, or eating, the powder. They handed some out there as well and we took cover every time we had to go through the color bombings. All in all, a really fun family/friends day!

Damn scale, damn weight...

I've never been the woman with an issue to lose the weight... until now. How completely irritating and frustrating. I've been working out 5-6 days a week now and doing the long runs on Sunday with my Princesses in Training running group. That's our nickname. I began a running group on facebook so we can all train together and schedule runs, etc. That is going great and we are all enjoying it. We met up yesterday for our Sunday run and accomplished 4.12 miles at a 15:40 pace. To complete the Disney Princess Half Marathon, our pace must be under 16:00/mile meaning we are running miles at 15 minutes and 59 seconds or less. Even if we walk a lot, we should be able to do it. My goal is to be down to intervals of 4 minutes jogging and 1 minute walking or 3 minutes jogging and 1 minute walking. My dream goal would be to do it at a 12:30 pace. It's a lot faster than where I am at for long distances but a girl has to dream.

Just as I dream about speed, I dream about fitting into all my old jeans. Damn this baby weight!

Another Sunday run.

Today we completed 4.07 miles at a 15:38 pace. We sped up a bit. Everyone is doing their weekly runs and we are all excited at the prospect of doing our first half marathon. Now to keep it up!