The best thing about doing a Disney race is well, you get a trip to Disney! For the 2013 Princess Half Marathon February 24th weekend, I would again be going with my friend Amy for a 3-peat. New comers Bonnie – a mom from the preschool I work at and Wendy a friend of mine […]
Archives for February 2013
2013 Princess RunDisney Meet UpThe First Step Is Admitting You Have a Problem…. How I became a stalker
I admit it. I am a Disney addict. I love all things Disney, makes me happy. As the Princess Half Approached last week, Disney Parks Blog messaged that they would be having a special meet up before the race on Friday Morning including: * A 2 or 3 mile run through a park before opening […]
2011 Princess Half Part 5 – Post Race Par-Tay!
recap from 2011 Princess Half Marathon, post race party! Continued from Part 4, end of race recap here. After I got back to the lovely Swan Hotel, this place is awesome, I took a very cold bath to soak my legs and feet. It felt great. I then took a shower and discovered the chafing […]
The Year I Ran Injured 2011 Disney Princess 1/2 Marathon – Part 4 It’s the End of the Race as I know it
Final 2011 Princess Half Recap Installment 4 , continued from Part 3 here. After exiting the Castle tunnel I veered over to my left to wait in a line to get my pic taken….look how brilliant the light was…it was around 7 am at this point. THIS photo is what many do the race for! Yeah […]
2011 Princess Part 3 The Year I Ran Injured – “Have Fun Storming the Castle”
2011 Princess Half Recap continued from part 2…. As we passed over the starting line I hit the old start button on my long lost friend my Garmin to keep up with my pace on demand, cool huh! Since I had been injured, I wasn’t running outside and the old gal had not been used […]
Princess Half The Year I Ran Injured Part 2 – Let’s Get It Started, Its Race Day
from my Just Julie blog…race recap 2011, pre-race jitters…..continued from Part 1 Before the alarm went off at 3am, I woke up. Amy stirred as well and we turned off the alarm about 5 minutes before it was to go off. Time to get dressed and ready to run Princess Half Marathon. I tape up […]
The Transformation Begins……
Here is the beginnings of my Anastasia costume for the 2013 Princess! How does it look?
Recap “Princess 2011 – the Year I Was Injured -Part 1”
For anyone who can remember, 2011 was my first half marathon training since 2000, that is a whole other story. I thought it might be fun to post my experience. The set up, I was training great, never missed a run. We had a wicked Ice Storm shutting down the city for a week and […]
Featured on Team#RunDisney Blog!
My Princess in crime Amy wrote a blog entry for the Team#runDisney blog on our past 2 years running the princess. Her topic was running alone vs running with a friend. Great job Amy!Team#runDisney is a group of you guessed it, runDisney enthusiasts. Very fun blog, check it out! http://www.teamrundisney.com/2013/02/running-solo-vs-together-at-disneys.html Here we are in […]
Commit To Your Training….
Princess is in 2 weeks and I have been great this past month about getting my training. I have also been working on my diet and am eating to try to shed some pounds and to be healthier. I have noticed I am feeling stronger in my runs. Nice benefit….getting a little faster too. SO […]