Saturday morning I woke up around 7:30a and immediately started drinking water. For breakfast I made myself two eggs scrambled, a piece of bacon and a sweet potato. I also had a protein pancake since I had some batter left from the pancakes I was making for my Peanut Butter pancake sandwich I would have … More 25th Walt Disney World Marathon Race Recap
Well, the time is here. This morning I jet off to Orlando with some friends to tackle my first full marathon! The nerves have laid low all week but I’m sure once I take one step out onto the expo floor the jitters will start and the butterflies will appear just hundreds of feet away … More Final thoughts and race day goals for Walt Disney World Marathon
Let me lead this post with this sentence…I am officially done with the core part of this training cycle!! Sunday was our last long run and now we have the next three weeks to “rest and recover” with our mileage scaling down on the weekends. The mileage is going up on our week day long … More Walt Disney World Marathon Training Recap Week 13
Wow! I can’t believe I am recapping week 12 already! I am three-quarters of the way through this training cycle, and race day is around the corner. We found out this week that the course map has been posted along with the digital event guide book, which outlines the weekend events. Now that we are … More Walt Disney World Marathon Training Recap Week 12
Hi there, I just thought I would give you all a quick update on my knee. After spending most of the morning yesterday debating if I should go to the orthopedic urgent care, I did. My employer let me leave the office around 3:30pm and I made my way over to Tampa to the Florida … More Could a knee injury sideline me from running Disney?
Well, December has finally graced us with its presence and we are just a little over 30 days out from race day! I ended up taking most of week 10 off from running and did home workouts two of the days to allow my body to get some extra rest, logging about an average of … More Walt Disney World Marathon Training Recap Weeks 10 & 11
Week 11/13-11/19: Monday: Today was the start of the last official camp cycle of the year. Since I only ran 8 miles the previous day I was feeling pretty good so I went to camp. Tuesday: We had 5 miles to do today, Kim, Lorena and I headed out for 3 miles prior to camp … More Walt Disney World Marathon Training Recap Week 9
HOLY MOLY we are already 8 weeks into this training cycle. In case I didn’t previously mention it, this training cycle is 16 weeks, which means I have hit the halfway point! If I am being honest, training for a FULL marathon is no easy task. It definitely takes a lot of hard work and … More Walt Disney World Marathon Training Recap Week 8
Hi there! Sorry for the delay on my weekly training updates. It’s been a busy couple of weeks so let’s jump right into it! Week 6 – 10/23-10/29: Monday: Rest day. Tuesday: 3 miles before camp. This week was HIIT week so definitely lots of cardio (i.e. sprinting and travel work), logged an additional 2.18 … More Walt Disney World Marathon Training Recap Weeks 6 & 7
First starters look over to the right of your screen, do you see what I see? 75 days till race day?! AHHHH!!! The count down is happening all too quickly and this week truly felt like marathon training had set in as I spent the week mentally preparing my self for the 15 miles laid … More Walt Disney World Marathon Training Recap: Week 5