Tinkerbell Half Marathon-Part One

Here it goes, weekend recap...

Thursday:
My flight left at 2:30, so at 12 I was on a van to the airport.  I must have packed my bags 10 times
(Thursday alone).  

The flight left late due to a fight attendant somehow being injured helping a passenger with his bag.  She was injured one row ahead of me, but the seats are taller than me.  But even taking off late we managed to land in CA early!  I loved looking out the widow and seeing the snow covered mountains and desserts, and snow covered mountains.  (I have no idea what route we took, but I'm guessing over the northern part of the USA)

 

 I had about a 10 minute wait for my next van ride to Disneyland; it was a shared van with other runners.  The other runners had no interest in talking to me (I tried!), but the college student next to me did.  I somehow failed to take into account LA rush hour when planning my fights, so although we landed at 5pm I didn't make to my hotel until 8! 

After checking into my hotel I headed out to Downtown Disney to get dinner, Gumbo!  Then I fell asleep :)

Friday:
I woke up a 6am, but the parks didn't open until 9am!  So still on East Coast time, I was really bored and called my mom to entertain me :)  I decided to make go to Disneyland for opening.

We were allowed through the gates and down Main Street, but not allowed into the "Lands" until the park official opened.  I had a great time taking pictures of the nearly empty park.  When the rope drooped everyone speed walked to their desired first ride; my guesses: Space Mountain, Peter Pan, or Indiana Jones.  I walked leisurely into Fantasy Land, right past Peter Pan and onto the first ride of Dumbo!

 

Don't ask me what I did after that :)  I walked around and took very few pictures.  The race Expo opened at 10, so I headed over there to get my race packet.  I also picked up a new water cup and headband.

And the rest of the day is a blur :)  I went to California Adventure, I rode the new Radiator Springs Racers, probably Soarin', I had Broccoli and Cheddar soup in a sour dough bread bowl, and generally had a lot of fun!

 

I went back to the expo at some point because I was volunteering on Saturday morning and I wasn't quite sure what I needed to do.  I also stopped by the Dannon tent and was handed kids Greek yogurt (1 strawberry and 1 cotton candy).  Then back to Disneyland for more rides.  Including holiday themed Small World!  I was very happy to see this!

 

I headed back to my hotel about 6 or 7, I was exhausted and because I was volunteering the next morning I needed to be up early.

 

Saturday

I needed to be a volunteer check in at 4am! So it was an early morning for me.  I saw practically no one on my walk, which was pretty creepy.

 

 

I had fun volunteering, I was at bag check so I was only working before and after the race.  After we were set free I went back to my hotel to nap.  

 

 

 

Honestly don't remember what I did.  Had Fun obviously :)  For dinner I had tickets to Pasta in the Park through the race.

 

A pirate band played while I was there.  I was by myself so I found a set at a table with 2 families, it felt a bit awkward... The food was really good.  I had pasta with meat sauce, salad, rolls, and fabulous dessert.  I knew I had to race in the morning, so I didn't eat as much food (dessert...) as I wanted

 

The dinner also included seating at World of Color, but at 7 I was already exhausted and the show wasn't until 9:45!  Plus I had to wake up early the next morning, so I made the decision to go back to the hotel and get some rest for the main event!

 

 

~Maggie

 

 

 

 

Cowgirl

Last time I talked about my running costumes I showed you what I have so far of my Jessie costume.  All I had left was to buy some shorts (for under the skirt) and to make a shirt.

 

 

 

I started with a wicking golf shirt.  Because Jessie has a collar, I really wanted a collared shirt.  I've never run in a collared shirt before so I hope this doesn't end badly...

 

 

If you look closely you can see a pencil outline for the yellow part.  That is free handed, I started at that seam and made sure I meet in the middle.  I then tried it on to make sure everything looked right.  The pencil starts at my arm pit, which is where it starts on the character.

 

I took the arm sleeve with me to the store to find paint.  I also bought a red pen so I can do the embroidery Jessie has on her top.

 

The paint ended up being too light for me, so I decided to get a darker color and just lightly paint over the top again. 

 

 

I used a red pen to draw on the shirt (mom did the fancy bit).  And mom made some buttons for me, out of some light weight craft product (I have no idea what it is...)



 

Last step--the hat!  I bought a cowgirl had but it ended up being too small, so I went with the visor and some parachute cord.  I found the cord at Michaels, apparently people use it to make bracelets?

 

 

I then use a nail to make holes at even intervals around the brim, then drilled through to make the holes bigger.  Next I treaded the cord through the holes and hot glued the ends.

 

 

And there you have it!

 

 

You may notice that I plan on running in a denim skirt.  Yes I'm still quite sane.  I will have running shorts under, the shorts are longer than the skirt, and I do plan on applying a precautionary layer of body glide.  I'm actually more worried about the shirt chafing than the skirt.  The skirt is really short, I don't wear it in real life because of it's lack of length!

 

 

Next week I'm going to Disney!!!

 

~Maggie



2013

I just got back from my last run of the year!

 My December: 54.24 total miles :)

 

 

 

And my year: 579.78 miles!!  (I'm half tempted to go out for a quick run around the parking lot to get to 580!)  And look at my 2013 compared to other years...WOW  I thought I was slacking this year, but I guess not!

 

 

Here are a few of my favorite photos from the year:

 

I ran the Disney Princess 1/2 Marathon in February

I also ran the Rock n Roll half in March, but not photos....

 

Awww itsn't Wimsey a cutie...

Mom and I did a virtual 5k together (can't remember the month...)

Mom and I did the We've Got Your Back 5k in May

We also did the Twilight Festival 4 mile in June

 

In July I had friends over for dinner for the first time ever

Friends of the WO&D 10k on my birthday (July)

 

In August I did the South Lakes 10k

 

I did the Dulles Days 5k in September (see me over there in the blue?)

 

The Perfect 10k in September

 

 

and the Run for the Parks 10k in November!

 

 

 

 

pretty kitties

poor Gussie puts up with so much (Gussie is my mom's dog)

I ran in the snow! (twice!)

 

 

and...I ran in the snow in Ohio!

I built a 3-D puzzle (and discovered how much fun it is!)

Gussie and I taking a walk in December

 

Happy New Year!!!

 

I plan to start my new year with a run (I plan to end it with a Disney movie marathon and Cherry Pepsi) how will you be starting the new year?

 

 

~Maggie

 

Snow running and DIY

It's snowing here!!!  (well it was...)  Monday worked started 2 hours late, but that's my normal start time so no benefit to me; today work was cancelled...but it was my day off anyway for working Saturday.  Sunday and today I got to run in the snow.  Running in the snow is so much better than running in the cold!

Sunday

Tuesday

 

 

 

The other day my friend pinned a graduation tassel ornament on Facebook.  Today at JoAnne's I saw clear plastic ornaments and made some: 

 

H.S. graduation

College graduation

 

 

Aren't they cute?  They were really easy to make also.  I did cut a slit in the cap to slid the string from the top of the tassel through.  It was hard to get the horizontal year through the top of the ornament, but that was the only trouble I had.