The final payment has been made, the Magical Express tickets have arrived.\u00a0 According to the Run Disney website, I have a little over 41 one days until race day.\u00a0 I am in crunch time.\u00a0 It is now or never.\u00a0 I must increase my distance if I want to accomplish my goal of completing the Princess Half Marathon at the end of February.\u00a0 As I sit in my cozy warm chair, I am psyching myself up for a big run in the morning.\u00a0 Last week I ran seven miles, which honestly still surprises me.\u00a0 Tomorrow the plan calls for eight miles.\u00a0 Eight long miles.\u00a0 I try not to think too much about how far that truly is because I don\u2019t want to sink into negative thoughts.\u00a0 If I think for too long, I begin to picture the route I will need to take to complete the full eight miles and then little voices start up reminding me how mile seven felt last week and how in the world am I going to make it that eighth mile.\u00a0 So I am NOT going to dwell on the distance as much.<\/p>\n
I am going to think about my new toy that I got for Christmas.\u00a0 My grandmother gave me a Garmin Forerunner to help me with my training.\u00a0 I love it!\u00a0 With a simple glance at my wrist I know exactly how far I have gone (or more importantly how close I am to the end!), my pace, and time.\u00a0 Last week I was able to use the watch for the first time and I found out that I had been shorting myself \u00bd mile or more.\u00a0 That is, thinking that I had gone five miles, when in fact I had gone a little over five and a half.\u00a0 I was mapping my runs on the internet, and while that is a close estimation, it wasn\u2019t exact.\u00a0 I have really enjoyed watching my pace.\u00a0 I am easily maintaining a 10-11 minute mile.\u00a0 For hard core runners, this is slow, but for me it is awesome!\u00a0 Remember, a year ago I had never run more than two miles at a time and that was only on a treadmill.\u00a0 I had a hard time pacing myself and was always out of breathe if I tried running on the street.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I worked out the pacing issue by getting my former military husband to run with me.\u00a0 I get into my \u201czone\u201d and watch his feet and I have learned where my comfortable stride is.\u00a0 The breathing part was solved with a trip to the Asthma doctor.\u00a0 I found out that I have exercise induced asthma that was not discovered sooner due to the fact that I had never pushed myself to this level of exertion.\u00a0 The watch has also given me a more accurate time.\u00a0 I press the start button when I begin and press stop when I am done.\u00a0 Before, I was trying to remember the exact time when I left and then, if I remembered, I would check the time when I was done and then did a little mental math to guesstimate my time.\u00a0 I like the preciseness of the watch much more.\u00a0 It fits my Type A personality perfectly!<\/p>\n
So in the morning, I am hitting the pavement (unless it is raining, I am not going to run in the cold rain).\u00a0\u00a0 As race day draws closer, I find my excitement level increasing.\u00a0 This is going to be a lot of fun!\u00a0 I may not love running, but I love Disney World, and that is going to make the running part fun.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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