Finding My Motivation

Whoops, it's been a while! But I've been hard(ish) at work for the past month!

Unfortunately, most of what I was doing was not running.

A week of camping in the wilderness, some strep throat, and a wedding and I'm finally getting back in the swing of things. I did have a lot of time to plan my outfit for the Princess Half Marathon, and will be sketching out a few concrete ideas soon. I finally decided on Elsa, because I am going to be the last person to get over "Let It Go."

I was having a hard time deciding between her coronation dress and the ice queen gown. The coronation dress is so underrated. But can you really be Esla without the badass ice dress? In my feverish streppy state I remembered Roger's and Hammerstein's Cinderella on Broadway...

 

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... and I'm obsessed with making this work. I've been spending some quality time on Pinterest looking for ways to make this work with my newly inherited sewing machine. I can't actually sew yet, so most of my sketches involve velcro and prayer. How amazing would this be to do at the 7 mile marker? I'm hoping the song is "Let It Go" again.

I have also decided to register for the Tinkerbell Half Marathon, which will make me eligible for the Coast to Coast Challenge! I was incredibly excited when I signed up, but now that I'm getting back to the gym after a break, I'm a little worried about what I've gotten myself into. The races are three months apart, so I rationalized it by saying that I'd already be in running shape from the Princess Half. It makes sense right? But then I looked down at the timer on the treadmill (while watching Mad Men!) and realized I was huffing and puffing fifteen minutes into my workout. I restarted at the walk five, run five part of the plan. I finished it today, but it feels like I have so far to go. It's hard to keep myself motivated, but I really think this outfit idea is helping. I'm much better at art than I am at sports! Joann's Fabric has a few fabrics that might work in their Performance section, but not at the store closest to me. I'm trying to hold off until I have something like a pattern, and Joann's has something like a sale...

My mood is either excited or discouraged, but now I get to come up with more outfits! I'm going to be looking for some runs to do to keep me going, but my work schedule has been so crazy lately. But I'm gonna let it go.

"Please stop making puns!"

Registered!

I am back from Seattle and officially signed up for the Disney Princess Half Marathon in Disneyworld! It's a big jump to go from 5ks to a half marathon, but I loved my last Run Disney event so much that I've been wanting to do another one. When my cousin mentioned she wanted to do this run, I was already considering the Tinkerbell Half as it now lands on my birthday weekend. I wanted to try something new though, so I'm getting excited to run like a Princess! My cousin Amanda and I have always been pretty close despite living on opposite sides of the country, and it's been years since our last trip to Disneyworld. I'm more than excited to see if Disneyworld is as amazing as I remember, but I'm trying to get excited for the run too.

I'm sure the tutus help.

I'm currently on week 2 of the Couch to 5k Plan, and so far I'm feeling good. Well, I'm not dying which is good. On my last run, I walked five minutes and then ran for five minutes for half an hour. Sounds easy like that, no? By the last running cycle I was kicking myself for thinking this would be a breeze! I have a few tricks to make it more bearable that I'll share with my next workout!