My Road to Disney Princess Half Marathon

The weather was absolutely perfectly hot today.......  We decided to hit Clearwater beach and the bridges and get some hill training.  I did for part of the run go with an Aaptiv tempo run, I love the music and the beat is just perfect, and as always I go to Rochelle M.  to keep me motivated.  Up and over the  Clearwater Memorial Bridge was nice and a good easy pace, that keeps getting better and better.   There were quite a few runners out there today getting there run in for the day.  Of course as we get closer to Sand key Bridge the sun gets higher in the the sky and it gets just a bit warmer.  I ran up the first part of that bridge, but at some point I swear my legs yelled knock it off...... in total we did just over 7.5 miles....  I always love this run.....  I am starting to rack up my miles for the month.....   Stay cool...... and see you tomorrow....

This was a rough week, my mom was out of town, had to take care of the dogs and just didn't feel the greatest, not always sure if I should take the days off or push myself further.  I decided to do a little of both, but made sure still eat great and get myself to bed at a decent time.  With all that aside, I got up Saturday morning ready to rock in roll,  we decided to stay local, one because I overslept a little and two because we were not sure what was going on with the weather.  I did a short 4 mile walk/run to make sure I was feeling better and not to push myself to far..... Now Sunday was a different story, I hit the streets of Safety Harbor and didn't look back.  I went to my Aaptiv app to get some endurance and speed training in, so I can get faster.......  I really enjoy the Aaptiv apps and there endurance challenges and the way the music is timed perfectly to the speed challenges.  I have some great pictures and video from our run.  As ...

Well leaving in Florida can be challenging at this time of the year with the weather.  Sunday morning was one of those days, do we head out and run and try to beat the rain or workout at home.  Well it looked like it would clear so we headed to Safety Harbor and started running towards John Chestnut Park and as I was getting into my grove, it started to drizzle and a fellow runner that we know well was on there way home came to get us.  So home we went and we decided to at least get some cross training done because I didn't want to waste the day and not complete any work out at all......  So out came the Dvd's and we completed a cardio workout with Real Appeal and also a kettle ball workout with Jillian Michael's, at least I got my sweat on.....  Monday and Tuesday at lunch I went to my Apativ app and completed A Stair-climber and Elliptical workout, and also core workout.  I really am getting good at those planks and my core.  I know from all the read...

I so enjoy running in Safety Harbor, there are so many runners out there, from just one person running by themselves, group of friends, or one of the various running groups in this area.  It is always so calm and peacefully and everyone says hi and waves or gives you that head nod.  Even on Saturday mornings, we are talking 6:00 am, there are many people out there.  My running buddy and I hit the pavement towards Gulf to Bay Blvd, generally our go to route, there is always plenty of room on the side walk.  Of course as it had been the last few Saturdays there were definitely clouds and lightning in the distance.  My mom kept watching them, I kept in the zone, and kept running.  Eventually the skies cleared and it was a beautiful run.  We did 5 miles today, I think I could have done a bit more if the time would have let it.  We have Hooters to Hooters  10k in a few weeks, so we have to be prepared for that race, with all the little changes I h...

What I long week this has been, I also thought that going into it this was the long weekend and I had Monday off as well no such luck there.  Today I used as a cross training day and focused on the stair climber and my core.  I am going to put some more into my core.  Just trying to get my body and mind all focused on my running and having good form and focus.  I did a 18 minutes stair climber workout with Rochelle M, with the music and the intervals of I loved it.  It was called Heavy HIITers, the music was fantastic as well the cues on  the intervals are spot on.  I then choose to do the EMOM core Work with Meghan T. this was 8 minutes of pure pain, lol well I mean adrenaline because I had to push myself to the max to get this one done.  I then did a 6 minute stretch with Rochelle M., again because I know that I have to focus on my stretching.  Well I can't wait to get my run in tomorrow morning,  it always feels so good, I get this re...