This week I “wogged” 10 miles in high temperatures and high humidity. What is a “wog” you might ask? It’s a combination of walking and jogging. I laughed when I saw it in someone else’s blog and I think it’s very descriptive for slow runners like myself. But back to the heat and humidity that I experienced this week. I’ve…
Month: May 2016
21 May 2016: I’m baaaccckkk….
I went to my Luke’s Locker training class today and I ran for the first time since the Tinkerbell 10k. It was hot, the hills were tough, I sweated gallons — but I did it! We did an interesting workout called the “cloverleaf”. We walked/jogged over to where Waugh crosses over Memorial, by way of Buffalo Bayou. Waiting on the…
18 May 2016: Still not running….
I’m falling apart. I can’t hear much out of my left ear. Its been clogged up for the last 3 days. I’m tired and cranky and I need to run! Last night I got on the treadmill and walked 2 miles slowly but my doctor said today that I shouldn’t run for a few more days. She said…
15 May 2016: 8 days later and I haven’t run a single step!
The Tinkerbell 10k was 8 days ago. While I had intended to take a few days off from training, as of today I have not run a single step. I was hit hard by a sinus infection/cold a few days after the 10k and I’m still recuperating. I’m coughing, my ears are filled with fluid and I’m generally really really…
7 May 2016: Day 3 – The Tinkerbell 10k!!
Okay, so who’s bright idea was it to make everyone get up so early to run a 10k at Disneyland! My alarm went off at 3:40, but I was awake many times before that. Fortunately I had prepped a bit the day before, saving a bagel & peanut butter from the breakfast buffet and setting out my running clothes…
6 May 2016: Tinkerbell Day 2 – the day before the 10k
Tinkerbell Day 2 – My family spent the day at California Adventure. It was lots of fun and we did tons of walking! More than I usually do at home. We were able to trade a few pins and the park was pretty crowded. We didn’t stay too late, though, as we knew we needed to get up early in the…
5 May 2016: Tinkerbell 10k Day 1 – Packet pickup and Race Expo
The Tinkerbell half-marathon weekend is over and I’m exhausted. Lots of family time, seeing the parks and of course – the races. The next couple of posts will be a recap of all of our race related activities over the whole weekend. Day 1 (Thursday evening): After we checked into our non-Disney hotel (Hampton Inn & Suites, Garden Grove)…
6 May 2016: It’s finally here and I’ve told my sister
Well the day is finally here! My husband and I arrived at LAX and then caught a car service to our hotel in Anaheim. When we arrived, my mom and sister were already checked in. When we went to their room to say “hi”, my sister said that she wanted to go to packet pickup right away and also to…
4 May 2016: UPDATE on Operation Tinkerbell!
My sister responded to my email saying “Maybe next year for Star Wars…:)” so I’m not sure if she knows that I’m running the Tinkerbell 10K with her or not. We recently had the phone conversation about all of my family running in January at the Disneyland Star Wars weekend….so maybe I’m in the clear. Today I received a really…
4 May 2016: OH NOOOOOO!!!!!
My sister just sent me an email. Here’s what she wrote, but I’ve redacted our names… Subj: Why is your name listed on the Tinkerbell Weekend 10k list?!!! Are you doing it? I went to try and see if I could figure out what my bib number was and put in [LastName] then I saw [yourName] from Houston is doing…