Goals for the Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend!

Hey guess what???!!! This girl leaves for Disney today!!!! Can you tell I'm a little excited??!! We are driving about halfway this afternoon. Then we will drive the rest of the way tomorrow morning. That should put us at the expo in Disney tomorrow afternoon. I can't wait!!!!

I have run the Disney Princess Half Marathon two times before...so this will be my third time running this race. But it's been 3 years since I've run this race. The past two years I've run during marathon weekend in January. I can only afford one Disney race a year so I've had to choose which race each year. I'm excited to be going back to Disney and running as a princess this year!

First time running the Princess Half in 2011..and my first time running through the castle!

Second time running the Princess Half in 2012...and I got to run it with one of my good friends!

Highlights of this race:

• Course is pretty flat (there are a few overpasses)
• Disney character photo opps along the course!
• Huge expo
• Running through Disney World!
• It's Disney...so everything about the race is magical!
• Medals are GORGEOUS!

I'm running the Glass Slipper Challenge. That means I will be running the Enchanted 10K on Saturday and the Princess Half Marathon on Sunday! That means I get a medal for the 10K, a medal for the half, AND a medal for completing the Glass Slipper Challenge! That's THREE medals y'all!!! And Disney has the BEST BLING!

For those wondering, I'm in Corral C so come say hey if you can! :-)

So what are my goals for each race?

10K Goal: Run easy and have fun! I don't plan on running hard. These races are all about having fun! I'm not going to worry about my time at all. I plan on stopping for EVERY character stop and taking lots of pictures! And I need to save my legs for the half marathon the next day. 

Half Marathon Goal: Run easy and have fun! ;-) Yes I still plan on just running this one for fun! I will again be stopping for as many characters stops as I can! I have another half marathon next weekend so I don't want to push too hard. And I want to be able to walk around the parks for the next few days! :-)

My main goal of every race is to have fun and finish injury free and with a smile on my face! 

If you're interested in my recaps from this race the other times I've run it, here they are!

Disney Princess Half Marathon in 2011

Disney Princess Half Marathon in 2012

QOTD: Are you running in Disney this weekend? If you see me please don't hesitate to say hi! I love meeting new people! 

Goals for #RnRNola Half Marathon!

I can't believe my first race of the year is on Sunday! Yes I'll be toeing the line at the Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Half Marathon! This race isn't new to me. I've run it the past 4 years! I've run both the marathon and half marathon course. And this year they added a new 10K distance! So there's a race for everyone!

Highlights of this race:

• Flat and fast course
• Lots of entertainment along the course
• Huge expo
• Running in New Orleans...an awesome city!

Since my calf strain injury I've had to really ease back into my training slowly. I normally would train a little longer for a race but I didn't have the time to do that due to the injury. So I did what I could. My last long run was 10 miles last weekend. Normally I run a long run of 12 miles and then the next week I run a taper run of 8 miles and then the next weekend would be the race. Well...there's no taper run for me this time. Or a run longer than 10 miles. Hopefully my body will do well and will remember what a half marathon is lol! 

This race was originally going to be my attempt at a sub 2 half marathon. But since I achieved that in October it's no longer a goal. It's a good thing too since I feel like my pace has slowed down some due to my decrease in mileage while healing from my injury. 

I LOVE how my blogger friend Kathryn from From Dancing to Running writes A,B, and C goals for her races and I decided to do the same on my blog for my races this year. So here are my goals for Sunday!

Goal A: Finish the race with a PR. This means I would have to beat my 1:57:24 time from October's Gulf Coast Half Marathon. I don't really feel like this goal is realistic right now. My long runs have been good but my paces have been averaging in the 9:30's not below 9 like it would take to beat this PR. 

Goal B: Finish the race in under 2:05. This goal is a little more reasonable. My long runs have been averaging the pace I'd need to meet this goal. 

Goal C: Finish the race in under 2:10-2:15. I know this is broad. But it's that goal I want to achieve in case something happens during the race. Like injury or a day that I'm just not feeling the run. We all have those days. 

Who knows what will happen come race day? My main goal of every race is to have fun and finish injury free and with a smile on my face! 

If you're interested in my recaps from this race the past 4 years, here they are!

Half Marathon in 2011 (this was before the race name was changed..the name was Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras then) 

Full Marathon in 2012 (my first full marathon!)

Half Marathon in 2013

Half Marathon in 2014

QOTD: Are you running Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans? What is your favorite Rock 'n' Roll race?