Fitness Friday - 2/3

 Currently Training For:

• Rock n Roll New Orleans Half Marathon
• Disney's Princess Half Marathon & Glass Slipper Challenge

Saturday - 6 mile run
Sunday - 5 mile walk with Jason and Brayden
Monday - Rest day
Tuesday - 3 mile run
Wednesday - PT routine/leg exercises
Thursday - 2 mile run
Friday - Rest day/tapering for Rock n Roll NOLA

This week was a fun one when it came down to running and tapering! 

My week began on Saturday morning when Heather and I set out on our last long run before Roll New Orleans Half this weekend! The six miles flew by as we talked away. I love running long runs with a friend...the miles don't seem as daunting when you have someone to talk to!

On Sunday, my husband still had his mileage to do for the upcoming Enchanted 10K, so I offered to walk with him. It was such a gorgeous day, I couldn't pass up the opportunity!

Again, the miles flew by as we chatted. It didn't seem like 5 miles at all!

Brayden took his afternoon nap during the walk, so we were able to finish the entire thing together! :)

I appreciate gorgeous days like this one even more because we haven't had very many of them lately!

Tuesday was a great day, too! I got off work early and came straight home to get in a run before picking Brayden up from my mom's house. I love running with Brayden, don't get me wrong (and he loves it too), but it's amazing how much that jogging stroller slows me down. My average mile with him is usually a 9:30 and I was able to run negative splits and average 8:55 alone!

I also had a new achievement on this Garmin that I received for Christmas...my fastest mile! Woohoo!

Have you guys checked out KatieDid Productions over on Facebook? She hosted a "Fit For A Princess" headband sale and omg...I fell in love with so many of them! I had to restrain myself and narrow my selection down to only purchase two of them. This princess band one of my favorites! So cute and perfect for Princess Half Marathon Weekend!

As if that wasn't enough, our magic bands for Princess Weekend arrived in the mail!

So exciting!!!

On Thursday, Jason and I sent out for a few more miles. We hit rain showers around the end of two miles, so we finished it out and called it a day at two. 

Tapering for Rock n Roll New Orleans this week has been fun! The nerves won't hit until Saturday night, I'm sure! If you see me out and about around town, please say hi!! I would love to meet you! :)

Do you have anything fun planned for this weekend?

Rambling Thoughts For Thursday

Today, I had some rambling thoughts going through my head, so I'm sharing them with you here.

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I can hardly believe it, but it's finally Princess Half Marathon month! Eeek! You guys know I had to defer Princess last year due to being on restriction due to pregnancy, so I am even more excited about this year! You know what's crazy? 2015's Princess Half was my last runDisney experience! I'm having withdrawals, y'all! Over the past week, I've been working on shirt ideas for us to wear while we're at the parks and also my running costume which I'm seriously stumped on over here. Ah well, it will all come together in the end! (Side note: runDisney no longer allows race deferrals which I think is a bit mad but whatever...)

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Speaking of our upcoming WDW trip, thanks for the tips - I cancelled the stroller rental and decided to just bring my own. I was worried about the ease of getting it on and off the plane but you guys made it sound super easy so I'm crossing my fingers!

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Rock N Roll New Orleans is also this weekend and I'm super pumped! My running buddy Heather and I will be there to run the half and we are really looking forward to another girl's weekend! If you are there and see me around, please say hi! :) I would love to meet you!


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Speaking of upcoming races and trips, I went through and saved photos from my iphone to my computer last night and also deleted about 7,000 photos. I hadn't done that since the fall and my phone messages warned that my storage was almost full. It was CRAZY to see pictures of Brayden just 3 months ago and how much he's changed. It makes me happy that he's growing like he should but also makes me sad at the same time. SLOW DOWN time. Please.

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Last but not least, speaking of growing up to fast.....guess what's just around the corner in a few months? Brayden's first birthday party! Lately, I've been rolling around ideas, saving ideas to pinterest, and getting the crafty part of my brain ready to plan party stuff! We are going with a Mickey theme (of course) and I can't wait! It's going to be so much fun!!

Well, that's it for now! I hope you have a great Thursday! It's almost the weekend, y'all! :)