For Reaz...

"Dear Briana,
Congratulations! You are now registered for 2014 Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend. Please check the event's official website for updates: http://www.runDisney.com"

Well kids, it's official! I encouraged everyone else running with me to register for the race since it had been open a grand total of 72 hours and was already 60% full. And they all did..... so it got kind of awkward when I hadn't, since it was my idea and all. So with much panicky wheezing I plopped down a sizable chunk of change to dear ol' Mickey Mouse and got me and the hubs signed up to run! It's surreal to me that in 8 months I will be running at WDW. Back when we started our semi-weekly chats (In August 2012, wow!) I had serious doubts whether this would be even possible so to have actually registered for the race is a tribute to how far I've come. It is also a tribute to all those wonderful people who are supporting. Specifically, The hubs: who is my rock in everything and just one pretty awesome dude, Cindy: one of the best friends a girl could ask for, and my sister and her boyfriend who are coming along to cheer and run with us. Having a great group behind me is the driving force that keeps me going. And thanks to all the readers! Your support is why I keep barfing my thoughts onto this blog week after week! :)

In running news, last week Kyle and I participated in an area Relay for Life through the American Cancer Society. We took the opportunity to do that weeks 3 mile training run on the high school track the event was taking place on. Why not kill two birds with one stone? We also wanted to get an accurate assessment of our progress thus far. I love my trusty 15 year old treadmill but I just wasn't buying the fact that it said I could barely do a mile in 17:30.  So we popped on our trusty MapMyRun android app on my phone and away we went. Lo and behold our average pace was 13:06min/mile, with walk breaks! This makes me VERY happy because the minimum race pace is 16min/mile and I was convinced I was waaaaaaay slower than that so yay! :)

It's been a happy week full of good things and I hope that trend continues. We're on our way friends, on to the biggest personal goal I have ever set my mind too. It won't be without doubts and downer moments but I'm fairly certain that this is really going to happen :)

And the adventure continues...