I saw in the paper today that MC Hammer's new reality show "HAMMERTIME" will not feature him wearing baggy pants or doing that crazy dance. Guess I'll have to find something else mindless to TiVo now that the season finale of Housewives of Orange County has aired, and Top Chef is almost over (yes, I'm behind - if it is over don't tell me what happened as I'm catching up on my TiVo quota). Just the thought of that song has planted the ear worm in my brain and I've been stuck all day on it. Princess Time!
One week from yesterday is the flight to sunny Orlando, FL to start the craziness that will be the Inaugural Disney Princess Half Marathon. Yes, it's the first one. *blush* I plan to be a crazy girl and stimulate the national economy at the expo with "Run like a princess" gear. Barack, you can thank me later. Then we are trying to snag discount tickets for a park on Saturday, race and Happily Ever After party on Sunday (of COURSE they had to change the party name) and back home on Monday. I can't wait for this weekend with the girls and having fun.
I still have absolutely no expectations for my time in this race. After all the injury poop, I'm out there to have fun and enjoy the experience. My training runs have all been just under a 12:00 pace (my goal for each mile is to NOT let it be 12:00 or higher), and I'm proud enough to have held that pace for the last 8 weeks as the mileage has increased every week. So if I have a 12:00 pace half, wonderful. If I somehow pull a 11:30 out of my rear end, double wonderful. I just want my tiara medal and a smiling picture at the finish line to send to my orthopedist as promised.
Pictures with more Disney princesses, triple wonderful. I can't wait to run through Cinderella's castle. Giggle! Ooh! Maybe this weekend with the girls will be like a grown-up slumber party! We can braid each other's hair (ok, well not mine), paint our fingernails, and put people's hands in warm water while they sleep.
So the countdown is on - one week from tomorrow is race day, feel free to track me via their website as I run like a Princess! (Which brings up all sorts of awkward questions about how exactly those Princesses run in those heavy dresses? Jasmine is about the only one who has any freedom of movement. And Ariel? Let's not go there - maybe it's the land Ariel and not water Ariel.)
I can't wait!!!! Let's go NOW!
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1 comments:
I'm jealous for many reasons.... the first is... DID YOU KNOW that Runningskirts.com has a minnie mouse skirt? No, it doesn't have minnie on it, it's red/black/white polka dots. UBER cute. If I was racing Disney, I would own that skirt. The second is that your race is in a FAR cooler location that VaBeach, because we all know how scenic that race is likely to be.... a trace amount of sarcasm on that. The third and final reason for my jealousy IS... YOUR race is before mine, and frankly, I just want this thing to be done so I can go back to running 10K's for a few months before I start training for my next half. Probably only 1 month actually, there's a half somewhere in May... Damn. I'm already off track and mentally planning another race. I think there is something wrong with me.... and wait- isn't this post supposed to be about you?
SO- GO PRINCESS IT OUT!!! Bring me back some photos!!! *because everything else is expensive in Disney.
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