Weekly Recap- December 27, 2015- January 3, 2016

Things got way out of hand.  I got a little behind on the recaps and then I kept saying I'd make them up.  And I just never did.  And it's been 2 and half months (and many races including 2 marathons) and I haven't.  So I'm just going to start up again.  I'm sad that I don't have details kept about those but I need to get over it!

Sunday-- 8 miles in 1:39:30 Leg is hurting :( Stopped for a spiderweb & a #snowfieforolivia Mile 1: 10:48, Mile 2: 11:16, Mile 3: 12:27, Mile 4: 12:09, Mile 5: 14:22, Mile 6: 12:53, Mile 7: 12:29, Mile 8: 13:06, Average Pace: 12:26

Kory and I spent Christmas at home in Jacksonville like we do every year and we drove home today.  Then Faith and I ran later that night.  Because my leg has been bothering me, I haven't done a training run since before Space Coast Marathon so I hadn't gotten to see the house with the insane lights.  Luckily they were still up tonight!

Monday--1 mile in 9:17  Owwww

We were supposed to run 16 miles for our last long run but teachers got free Tijuana Flats so I visited with Faith, Blair, Ava Joy & Jordan after Ava Joy's gymnastics class.  We ran a bunch of errands after and were still too full so 1 mile it was.

Tuesday-- 1 mile in 10:23  Faith's birthday run!

We did our tradition of running a mile and then catching up at Starbucks!

After a shower and a nap, it was time to celebrate the birthday girl!  First up, we went to Rebounderz!  I'd been wanting to try a trampoline place and was excited when Faith wanted to go there.  This was so. much. fun!!

Then we headed to Chick-fil-a for lunch.

I went home for a little break and then we all met up again along with Heather, Chase, and Cori at Winter Garden Bowl.  It was so much fun!  Cheap games, cheap alcohol and a totally throwback to my childhood feel.  I'll definitely be back!

We ended the night at Chili's for dinner/snacks.

Wednesday-- 8 miles in 1:32:38  Last medium run before Dopey! Mile 1: 10:44, Mile 2: 11:00, Mile 3: 12:03, Mile 4: 11:31, Mile 5: 12:05, Mile 6: 11:51, Mile 7: 11:59, Mile 8: 11:26, Average Pace: 11:35

I had a chiropractor appointment.  It was my first one ever and I wasn't sure what to think going in.  They were really nice and seem to think they could help.  Too bad I waited until the week before Dopey.  We had planned on running 16 since we shortened on Monday but we decided that since we were hurting, to keep it at 8.  I'm starting to get worried about the full.  Not really sure how it's gonna go.

Thursday--rest

I worked in Tour Guide at the Great Movie Ride for 4 hours.  I've worked every New Years Eve since I started so I wanted to get a few hours in.

I figured out my stats for 2015: ran 950.15 miles and 36 races: 11 5ks, 1 6k, 1 4 miler, 3 10ks, 3 15ks, 1 half that wasn't a half, 10 half marathons, and 6 full marathons. I placed 1st in my age group one time and 2nd in my age group one time. And I completed the Goofy Challenge, Glass Slipper Challenge, Pixie Dust Challenge, Coast to Coast Challenge, Milky Way Challenge and 2,015 miles in 2015 Challenge! It was a great running year!

 Then we had our annual pajama party at Cori's house.  It's always a blast!

I had to get one more family pic for the year when we got home (only a few minutes late).

Friday--rest

Kory and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the Gators play Michigan in the Citrus Bowl.  We lost but I have to keep remembering that we did much better this season than we expected!

Saturday--3 miles in 37:27  Continuing the trend of running the first run of the year with the munchkin. Mile 1: 10:58, Mile 2: 12:48, Mile 3: 13:39, Average Pace: 12:28

I met up with Faith and Ava Joy for lunch at Panera and then we ran some errands.

Sunday--rest

I just chilled out at home.  I am so not ready for break to be over.  I don't want to go back to work!

Total miles this week: 21
Total miles in 2015: 950.15
Total miles in 2016: 3
Total miles: 2542.68

My 2015 Running Stats

So I didn't realize I had been so bad--I haven't posted since October!  Blogging has just been off for me lately but I'm going to try to be better.

My 2015 running stats: ran 950.15 miles and 36 races: 11 5ks, 1 6k, 1 4 miler, 3 10ks, 3 15ks, 1 half that wasn't a half, 10 half marathons, and 6 full marathons. I placed 1st in my age group one time and 2nd in my age group one time. And I completed the Goofy Challenge, Glass Slipper Challenge, Pixie Dust Challenge, Coast to Coast Challenge, Milky Way Challenge and 2,015 miles in 2015 Challenge! It was a great running year!



(And since I was bad at keeping track during weekly recaps, I've run 2539.68 miles total!)

Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe

I'd been to Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe several years ago so I was looking forward to trying the yummy food again for a Central Florida Lady Bloggers event.

Our event was held upstairs and we had lots of yummy food!

Chinois Salad

Sushi!  California Roll, Spicy Tuna Roll, Rainbow Roll and there was a Shrimp Tempura Roll too.

Miso Glazed Salmon--I think this was my favorite thing of the night!

Sauteed Sea Scallops

BBQ  Chicken Pizza and Italian Sausage Pizza (not shown--Margarita pizza).  I loved that there wasn't a lot of red sauce and there were huge chunks of ricotta cheese on Italian Sausage one!

Yummy dessert trio!

It was a great night full of food and fun!

*FTC Disclosure:  I was provided complimentary food and drinks but as always, all opinions are 100% my own.

Weekly Recap- October 12-18, 2015

My brother got married this week!

Monday--rest

Faith and I wanted to do some more sight seeing in Chicago so we headed to the Navy Pier.  This is one of my fav pics of us.

We walked 2 miles on the lakefront trail.

And hit up the Lincoln Park Zoo where we had lunch at The Patio with Stephanie.

Then we caught our Southwest flight back home.  Sad to leave the city but excited to see our families.

Tuesday--rest

I got my Stridebox in.

It had:
~Skout- Trail Bar- Blueberry & Almond
~Accel Gel- Rapid Energy Gel- Strawberry Kiwi
~Sport Beans- Protein Recovery Crisps
~Healthy Island- Bony Acai & Noni To Go
~Bell Plantation- PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter & PB Thins
~Manitoba Harvest- Hemp Pro 70- Protein Powder
~Brave Soldier Performance Skincare- Antiseptic Ointment


Wednesday--rest

I attended a Central Florida Lady Bloggers event at Wolfgang Puck.  Yum!

Thursday--rest

Drove home to Orange Park.

Friday--rest

I got my nails done at Cosmo Nail Bar with Lindsay and some other bridesmaids (and my mom and grandma).

Then we had yummy burgers and fries at M Shack.

It was wedding rehearsal time!

The TPC (The Players Championship) golf course was such a pretty location!

The rehearsal dinner was held at Roy's.

We headed back to the hotel bar after.

Saturday--rest

It was wedding day!!

We had a surprise birthday party for my grandma at the restaurant at the hotel.  Arie from the Bachelorette (Emily's season) was there for a bachelor party and you know I'm a fangirl.

All the girls got ready for the wedding in the TPC locker room.

Soon it was ceremony time!  The location was gorgeous!!

It was party time!!

It was such a beautiful wedding and I'm so excited to get another sister-in-law!

Sunday--10 miles in 2:03:09  Long run between the marathons. Did 2 miles then 3;1s. Had a great time stopping to look at the house completely decked out in Halloween decorations!!! Mile 1: 10:47, Mile 2: 10:33, Mile 3: 11:33, Mile 4: 12:44, Mile 5: 12:06, Mile 6: 12:44, Mile 7: 11:57, Mile 8: 14:17, Mile 9: 14:58, Mile 10: 11:31, Average Pace: 12:19

We had lunch at my parents' house before driving back home so I could get in a run.  My last one before Marine Corps Marathon!

Total miles this week: 10
Total miles in 2015: 737.56
Total miles: 2344

2,015 in 2015 miles: 1812.21

Weekly Recap- October 5-11, 2015

I can't believe the Chicago Marathon is over!  It was rough and I'm still hurting.  Pretty worried about Marine Corps Marathon in a week and a half.  It seemed like a good idea at the time!

Monday--rest

We won softball.

Tuesday--rest

Dad and I tried out High Tide Harry's.  It had yummy seafood.

Wednesday--rest

Thursday--rest

Beth and Paul were in town so we met up at the ESPN Club for dinner.

Friday--rest

It was time to fly to Chicago!  Faith and I took a trip on United up there.

The airport was pretty neat.  They even had this huge sign of runners in front that's up all year long.

We ate dinner at Portillo's.  I had to try the Chicago dog--mustard, relish, onions, a full slice of pickle on a poppy seed bun (I kept the peppers and tomatoes off).  It and the cheese fries were delish!

Then we headed to Faith's friend Stephanie's house (where we were staying for the weekend).

Saturday--rest

We got up and headed to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon Expo!!  We met up with Olivia and Jeff at the end.

We picked up our race bib and shirt.

I did lots of shopping!

This is a pic of Faith's shoe, but I have a pair coming to me for Christmas!

Then we met up with Stephanie, her boyfriend James and her roommate and walked around Millennium Park some and saw the Bean.

We went to Berghoff Bar where I had a pretzel literally the size of my head!

We headed back home to rest up for the race the next day.

Sunday--Chicago Marathon  26.2 miles in 5:04:38  Neither my Runkeeper nor Garmin liked the tunnel or the buildings in Chicago and so my mileage and splits are way off.

It was a rough race.  It was a lot hotter than we were expecting and my legs and feet were killing me.  I'm still a little sore and my knee is still bothering me.  I was hoping for a sub 5 but it was still a great race!  The crowd support was simply amazing--there wasn't a single section where there wasn't people cheering the runners on.  I gave so many high fives and laughed at so many signs--it really kept me going.  And I used a new app called Motigo where friends & family can leave you messages and it plays through your headphones at certain miles.  It was so nice to hear them and helped push me through!

We headed to the Nike store for the after party and to pic up a Finisher's shirt.

Then went back to Olivia & Jeff's hotel to shower before going to Lou Malnati's to meet a large group for a celebratory dinner.

Total miles this week: 26.2
Total miles in 2015: 727.56
Total miles: 2334

2,015 in 2015 miles: 1781.98

Weekly Recap- September 28-October 4, 2015

Maybe I should make my recaps a Tuesday thing..especially since I  already know next week's won't be done until Tuesday!  But it's Chicago Marathon week!  So excited and so nervous!

Monday--rest

We lost in softball :(

But it was GMR pride day.  It was fun to see so many pictures of the Ride!!

I got my Chicago Marathon Participant Guide in the mail! It's getting so real!

Tuesday--rest

I went to Magical Dining Month at Smiling Bison with some friends.  Another great meal!

Wednesday--rest

Cori and I hit up Food & Wine

And then we attended the Disney Parks Blog 20th Anniversary Food & Wine meetup!  It was so much fun!

Thursday--3 miles in 37:38 Marathons training week 16 day 1. Ran with the girls! Mile 1: 11:54, Mile 2: 13:34, Mile 3: 12:09, Average Pace: 12:32.  We stopped to look at some Halloween lights!

Friday--3 miles in 33:23  Marathons training week 16 day 2. Mile 1: 10:47, Mile 2: 10:23, Mile 3: 12:10, Average Pace: 11:07

Saturday--rest

I got the chance to go to the UF vs Ole Miss game with Heather and Brian.  Ole Miss was ranked #3 and we were #25.  I was really thinking that we wouldn't win.  But we dominated!!

Sunday--8 miles in 1:31:36 Marathons training week 16 day 3. Last run before the marathon!! Ran 3 miles then did 3:1s. Mile 1: 10:58, Mile 2: 10:40, Mile 3: 10:40, Mile 4: 12:23, Mile 5: 11:55, Mile 6: 12:00, Mile 7: 12:14, Mile 8: 10:48, Average Pace: 11:27

Kory and I went to see The Scorch Trials and then went over to check out the new Hangar Bar.

We ate at Boma at the Animal Kingdom Lodge for dinner date night!

Total miles this week: 14
Total miles in 2015: 701.36
Total miles: 2307.8

2,015 in 2015 miles: 1742.78