Now, my entire life I have always said, "Do you see this body? It's not meant for running or cardio!" I've also said that if you see me running, you should probably start too because something is most likely chasing me. Running, and exercise of any kind, is not my forte.
So what the hell did I run in a race for? Well for starters, it was at Disneyland! Most amazing place ever! Freaking love that place! Secondly, I figured why not?? I mean really... What the hell was I waiting for? I decided it was probably best to start being proactive and the first step was some running.
I also decided a weekend with my crafty bitches would be so fun! Especially in The Happiest Place on Earth! So I signed my a$$ up and started preparing and did some training.
I trained and even got a treadmill to keep motivated. I will say it wasn't the easiest thing to stay focused for, mostly because I have never been a runner. But....
Going across the finish line was one of the most personally rewarding things I have ever done. It was such a rush of awesomeness! Then somebody handed me a medal... Pretty bada$$ to get a medal after doing something I thought was impossible. It was equally awesome that I did it with my soul sister, Jill. Our other crafty bitch, Alyssa, was with us too, but she smoked us and just ran her tushy off the whole time!
It was something that I'm pumped to do again... Like real soon... We already registered for the Tinkerbell Half Marathon in May!
Some days I still do things that amaze myself... The Disneyland 10K was definitely proof of that. I learned a little about myself in the process too. Mostly that I am the one that needs to believe in myself. I need to think more about what I can do rather than what I can't do.
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
The finish line!!!!
Running in California Adventure...
The crowd at 5:30am! Crazy that 8,000 people ran with us!
We enjoyed the parks after our much needed showers!
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