Time keeps on slippin'

We are t-minus three weeks until the big 1/2 marathon...and how much have I done to prepare...not nearly enough!!

I have been going on short (3-4 mile) runs here and there, but I have not run 10-miles once! I'm getting a little nervous and yet, still have zero motivation to get out there and train. On one hand, I am uber-excited for the 1/2 and am hoping that adrenaline and excitment will give me a push but I am so ill-prepared, I'm terrified to see and feel what happens to my body when I am finished!

Costumes are right up my alley

Since I have been busy with other things this week and not working out, I thought I would let you know about our "outfits" for the 1/2 marathon. Most runners wear their super expensive and name brand gear to look and feel cool while they run....oh, and that comfort thing too! However, we are not most runners and this is not most races! This is the endurance weekend at Disney. If you haven't heard about it, check it out because any racer who is anyone has heard of or run this race at least once!! Any anyone who knows about Disney races knows that costumes are encouraged and Jo and I were pretty amazed at what we saw at the Tower of Terror 13K. With that said, we are taking the plunge into the outfit race crowd. I am in the process of making kelly green tutu's with Tinkerbell green ribbons and, of course, they will covered in fairy dust. Jo has ordered white shorts to wear underneath and we are in the process of figuring out the "hair" situation. I think we are going to do hairbows with, what else, fairy dust. We are hoping the fairy dust will help us fly through the race!! Out t-shirts, yep, we are pretty excited about those too! The front says "I run like a girl" and the back says "Strong, sexy, unstoppable." Even the kids are supporting us with t-shirts that say "Go, Mommy, Go"

We are going to, at the very least, look cute running this race!

41419

That number- 41419- that is my bib number for the half marathon. (PS- my sister's is 48something!) That means there are more than 50,000 people joining us this endurance marathon weekend in January! 50,000 people....stop and think about that for just a minute and how many people it really is! A super exciting yet daunting number.

Another daunting number- the 1/2 is one month away!! That is a terrifying number but at the same time, because I am so focused on Ben coming home, I can't even think about an event so far away. This is not good! I need motivation and I need it quick!

I'm here....I swear it

Alright, after two months of falling off the face of the Earth, I have decided to rejoin the blogging world and continue to share my journey towards the 1/2 marathon...which, by the way, is in 1 month!!!

So, to give a brief overview of the last two months:

Jo and I ran the Disney Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 13K in October. Jo had a minor misstep of clumsiness early on and I finished the race by myself...but it wasn't without her! I could have never crossed the finish line if she hadn't her texting me motivational messages and good luck's the entire race! My official time was 1:50, but we figured that I actually ran it in 1:30.

Jo and I also ran the largest Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot in the world with 17,000 of our closest friends. The two bridges over and back across the Ohio River took their toll but we finished this 10K in 1:20.

This past Saturday was the Enmark Savannah Bridge Run 5K. That bridge is a bridge worth being proud of to say you ran over it....holy crow!! I kept telling myself that if I could just get to the top, I would be fine. I did alright and finished in 33:00, give or take. Not really sure of my official race time....but regardless, we looked pretty hot in our RGR Wife t-shirts!!

Now, all my focus should be on training for the 1/2...however, we have the holidays, getting the house ready for the hubs to come home, among the million other things going on! I need to find the time to get my butt in gear, but time is the one thing I am running short on at the end of every day. I guess one way to look at it is that the race will come and I will have to run it, regardless of how prepared I am. At the finish line, do I want to look back and say, I could have done better if I would put forth a little more effort or I gave it everything I had and I am so proud because that was the best that I could have done? Discipline weigh an ounce; regret weigh a ton.