Here's my wrap up for the past week:
1. Had some beautiful, scenic runs at the state park where my work conference was held Sunday through Tuesday. It was hot & humid, but definitely a nice change of pace.
2. I received two awesome things in the mail this week, which I plan to wear at my next half marathon on September 28 (only two weeks away!). The first is my Team T-Rex shirt. If you don't know about Team T-Rex, you should definitely check out trexrunner.com. Danielle is a great writer who blogs about her quest to be a fifty states marathoner. I love reading her blog! So I was very excited when she offered Team T-Rex tech shirts for sale (shirts which have been known to increase awesomeness and the likelihood of a PR). I'm pairing the shirt with my new neon green sparkly soul headband.
3. Three weeks from today, we'll be arriving at Disney World and that evening hubby and I will be running the Tower of Terror 10-miler. We are super excited as this will be our first Disney Race. We had actually planned the trip a long time ago, and I had no idea it coincided with a race. So when I found out, I registered us both and gave the registrations to hubby as a Valentine's Day gift. Anyway, yesterday we received our Magic Bands in the mail. This is something new they are trying out, so we'll see how it works. But it's always a good day when something Disney arrives in the mail!
4. I had a great run this morning! It's nice when you can finally run when the sun is up and not be dying before the end of the first mile. I got in 3.5 this morning and they were some of the fastest miles I've run since May. Now, if only the weather could be this beautiful in two weeks...
5. I'm holding my own as far as my weight goes. I've pretty much maintained my fifty pound weight loss for nine months, not counting gaining a few pounds (and losing them back) over the summer when we were on vacation. Technically, if you calculate my BMI, I'm overweight. When I look in the mirror, I know I'm not as thin as I'd like to be. But, I'm definitely in the best shape of my life, and I'm the happiest I've ever been. I've been as much as 25 pounds lighter than I am now, with extreme dieting and no exercise, and I was miserable. So I'm not giving up on the weight loss, but if I don't lose 25 more pounds, I can still live a great life at this weight. Still tracking, still working on it, but no more stressing about it. Life is good.
(and I can still share a margarita with hubby while listening to a mariachi band on a Friday night!)
Have a great weekend everyone!!
