. Houston Marathon weekend: Last weekend was crazy busy here in Houston. Imagine the city’s biggest sporting event that reaches across the city and spreads out over 2 days. Marathon fever was here and it was great weather for running. My friend Shelley and I usually run on Sundays but we decided that neither of us would be able to…
Tag: Disney
Year of Running 2017
My year of running 2017 edition! Best race experience: Disney Star Wars Light Side in January 2017. It was my favorite because my whole family participated in the 5k (with the exception of my SIL who has a medical reason not to run). Even my mother, who is in her late 70s, did the 5k! Best run: The day that I…
Three running blogs that I like
There are lots of running blogs out there. When I first decided to learn to run, I read lots and lots of them and they were helpful. Reading the blogs helped me get motivated to run, taught me what things I need to do before running (buy a good bra, get fitted for shoes, etc) and generally learn how to…
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…
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)…
12 April 2016: Social running club
Today I found out what a “social” running club is. I was looking at races for Houston to see what was going on. I found a 5k race for this weekend near my neighborhood. When I looked at the details for the race, there was a link to the running club that was sponsoring the race. The West End Running…
4/10/2016: 6.2 miles in the heat!
Although I had my running clinic yesterday and ran/walked about a 5k, I ran again today. I’m getting kind of nervous that my 10k with my sister is now less than 4 weeks away, so I’m going to try and up my game to 4 workouts a week. I went to Memorial Park with the goal of completing 6.2 miles…
Races: completed and scheduled
Nov 26, 2015 – Pensacola FL, Turkey Trot 5k, 43:26, Pace 13:59, 46/89 in age group 50-59 Jan 20, 2016 – Houston TX, ChocoLoco 5k, 38:48, Pace 12:31, 24/36 in age group 50-59 Mar 5, 2016 – Houston TX, Race Against Violence 5k, 39:51, Pace 12:51, 14/16 in age group 50-54 *Mar 19, 2016 – Houston TX, Bayou City Classic…