Leaving for Disney tomorrow!

YAY! It's finally here! I am so excited - I'm like a kid in a candy store right now. I've practically memorized the Disney guide book I bought. I am so excited. Our flight leaves tomorrow at 9:25. The race is Saturday morning at 6am (so by the time most people awake, I will have already run a half-marathon - insane).

Wish me luck! I promise to take lots of pictures and post them.

Disney in 4 days!

Disney is in 4 days. YAY YAY YAY! I am super excited :) Anyways, ran 8 miles this weekend (easy since it's technically a taper week).

Resolutions

Since its the new year, thought I'd share my resolutions:

1 - Beat my PR in the Half Marathon
2 - Complete the Timberman Half-Ironman
3 - Be more consistent in my training (i.e. be better at forcing myself to go the gym/running)
4 - Eat healthier

Happy New Year

Happy 2008! Can't believe its already 2008. Time flies by anymore :) Anyways....rough couple of weeks of running. The holidays are always hard, plus its been very cold out. Was able to get 2 10+ mile runs in, so thats good. Disney is in less then 10 days! I am so excited. Hopefully it will be good weather.

Holiday 4M

Ran the Holiday 4M this Saturday - and it was cold! Had a pretty good race - ran it in 35:28 for a pace of 8:52. Saw Ramon and a bunch of the coaches and TNTer's which is always nice!

Did some good cross training on Sunday and Monday, felt good. Can't go to Niketown tonight b/c I have a work thing today. But brought my stuff to go to the gym and do my own speed workout afterwards.

Disney is in less then 3 weeks!!!! I am so excited!

Its cold outside...

The weather has definitely turned cooler...which is making running slightly more difficult. Went running Tuesday night at Niketown - had a great run. Did a 3.5 mile tempo run and felt good with a comfortable pace of 8:50. Excellent.

Running the NYRR Holiday 4M tomorrow morning. Should be another cold one. Still taking it kinda easy tomorrow. Don't want to over push my body post Chicago/Philly. Last race of the year! Then a new racing season starts in January - already looking forward to it!

Last week

Last week I was not very good about my training, despite my best intentions. Lots of Holiday parties for work and it messed my schedule up. Went to the gym last night and had a solid cross-training workout: ellipitcal, arms, legs and stretching. Going to NIKEtown tonight to go running with the group.

My bike

Finally got around to uploading a picture of Ginny (my lovely tri bike). Isn't she pretty?

Medals

Here are some pictures of my Philadelphia Medal and since I never posted a picture of my Chicago medal, here's that too.

Weekend run

Did the NYRR Hot Chocolate 15k this weekend (that's 9.3 miles) as my training run. As this was my first long run since Philadelphia, I decided to take it nice and slow. Ran at a 9:55 pace - stopped for water and walked (I really took it slow). Took my legs a long time to loosen up, apparently they were resisting this whole running thing (I don't know why, its not like I ran 2 marathons within 6 weeks or anything - haha). Also, I forgot to bring a gu with me, so I didn't take anything during it, which never helps. Anyways, getting back into a solid training schedule this week with some cross training tonight.

Also, just registered for the NJ Half Marathon - figured if I can do 2 laps of the thing, one will be a piece of cake!