October 13, 2014

Whewww finished!!! The Diva run is done, did a good time, not that I was trying to beat it ;) the run itself was good but the wind kicked my ass at some points.

Nicole & Maddy doing their 5K

Finishers 

Congrats to all the Divas that completed the 5K & 1/2 and all the little Divas to, and to Bella for completing her first 1/2 at age 12, awesome!!! 

So now its on the the Princess Half Marathon in February.

I've given myself a week to relax and the guilt has set in, technically I don't need to start training yet for the PHM but I don't wanna sit down too much longer, so Tuesday me, Laura & Katya are doing a virtual run for Organic Farming, and then I would like to do a virtual run for cancer.  I found a website that you can do virtual runs for awareness, you pay the cost of the medal and a percentage goes to the cause.  First time trying it so we'll see but looks interesting and feedback on the site was good.  If anyone is interested the site is http://www.racesforawareness.com/

Now I got myself into a lottery pool for the NYC 1/2 marathon, ack!!!! its a 50/50 chance, so good luck to the Divas that entered the pool.  Well that's all for now folks. 

See ya real soon

  Danielle
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Bella (12) Nicole (9) and Madison (6) WTG Girls

10/1/14

OMG, its getting closer!!!
The Diva Half is in 4 days!!!!!  I am ready for this!!!! I will be earning another medal!!!!! 
I still can't get over that I am actually a runner now, thinking of my past I never thought this is something I would attempt to do, I've seen runners before and I would be like "oh hell no" that's too much running for me.  Thank you Nicole for introducing running to me!

But I still can't get the Princess Half Marathon out of my head!!!!  LMAO OMG DISNEY AGAIN!!!

See ya real soon

Danielle   °0°

September 23rd 2015


OMG I don't even know where to begin!!!  Its been well over a month since my last post.
Let me start by saying DISNEY WAS THE BEST part of the summer, the kids were well behaved, at Disney at least lol, the car ride not so much but still better then past car rides.
The weather was hot but not unbearable, the little bit of rain that we got was very refreshing.  I unfort. still don't think I seen and done everything "I" wanted to do!!!!!!!! and I def. did not BUY everything "I" wanted to buy for myself, so I must reward myself when I go back in Feb. without the kids!!!   I def. think you need more then 5 days in Disney......man I wish I owed a piece of MAGIC!

After our trip to Disney, we drove to visit 2 friends in W. Palm, Debi and Richie (in picture its me Debi and her sister Donna) visited with them for the weekend.

Then we made our way down to the Florida Keys, which was just OK in my book, the kids were a little bored because every time we went to try and take them snorkeling the places were all booked up or no boats were going out or their boats were done :(  but at least they got to paddle board and kayak .  After a long weekend in the Keys we headed home to start the new school year.

Been 20 yrs for me and Phil since we were last here, now we got to show our kids

Beautiful Sunset 

We may not have it all together but together we have it all

 So the school year started off good, now the craziness of after school activities begin and who doesn't love NOT EATING A FAMILY DINNER TOGETHER @@ that's me rolling my eyes......I am sure everyone can relate to that.

But I love the cool weather, NOTICE HOW I SAID COOL and not COLD!!!! When the cold comes I will be wishing I was back in Florida. 

So the training is still going on, down in Florida it was hard to keep up with the training but I managed to be able to run around the hotel in Disney, what a great view, the temps even at 600am were a bit humid so my pace was not the best but who cares, I was able to get two runs in, then the rest of my training was done on treadmills at other hotels.

The diva 1/2 is 12 days away and I am proud to say that I got my long runs in whewwwwww, 

9 miles, 10 miles and 11 miles DONE!!!  Now this weekend is 6 miles and the following weekend is 2 and then the half......then my count down begins for the PHM in Feb. with my Divas!!!!!!!

Once the Diva is over and since I have been taking lots of pictures of my training and pictures with my kids sometimes joining me, I have decided to scrap all those pictures in a scrap book just dedicated to all the training and runs i have done, with myself, my kids and my divas.....lets see if i actually do it, I want to, its just a matter of printing the pictures out and finding the day to scrap.

Well that's all for now, hopefully it won't take me another month before I blog.  

See ya real soon

Danielle   °0°

Week 5 donzo!!!!!

Woohoo week 5 done and done!!!

Week 6 starts tomorrow, which is a rest day hahahaha.....

This morning was gloomy out but not raining so I decided to just run the neighborhood, well as I started my run I didn't even make it to the corner and it started to drizzle, but no stopping now....kept going, did interval run ratio of 4:1.5, went from 9:11 pace up to a 10:40 pace when I was doing my 1.5 slow run and back down to 9:11....the rain was very refreshing although by sneakers and socks were getting wet I did not want to stop running so I did an extra mile.....wooohoo go me!!!!


Enjoy the sunny Sunday
See ya real soon

  Danielle
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Feeling refreshed

Good afternoon........

So the other day I was feeling blah and didn't wanna do my miles, today I woke up dreading to go out to do my 5 miles, the weather outside was raining and I knew I had to go to the gym, argh!!!! hate the gym in the summer, so hot inside and then people around me doing all different types of work outs distract me lol.... I pushed myself because I needed to get these miles in.......boy oh boy did I surprise myself, I did my 5 miles in 48:00 mins. NON STOP, I couldn't believe it, I think it was the best treadmill run I ever had....and I think its because I started off at a slower pace of 10:20 and ended with a 9:22, hey maybe that is the trick to a good run, start off slow and finish hard.......hmmmmmmmm I think I have been doing this running thing all wrong for a couple of years now, lol lol
Never too late to fix it!!
Tomorrow is an easy 3 mile run/walk, whewww lol

Everyone enjoy the rest of the weekend....
See ya real soon!

Danielle

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Long week

I feel like this week will never end, its constant softball game after softball game, fun to watch but so tiring running from one game to the next and not to mention the $$$$ at the snack stand for 4 kids ARGH!!!
Also the training, training, training for the 1/2 marathon in October...

My mojo was shot this morning but I managed to push out the 3 miles....tomorrow is my rest day, and believe it or not I am DREADING Saturdays 5 mile run :(

Panicking already about how many long runs I am going to miss when we are on vacation.  I know I'll be OK and its all just mental, I am going to make sure I get some miles in.

Two 1/2 marathons coming up, wow, I can't believe it....I can't believe I ever would have done this in my life!  This was def. not in my future plans growing up. 
Gotta thank Nicole for getting me started and for all the Diva's that stand by each other. 

Signing off now, see ya real soon

Danielle

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Week 4 completed :)

Ahhhh Sunday.......
Week 4 COMPLETED!!!!!!!!!!
Did my 3 miles and of course I was suppose to just walk the 3 miles but I threw in some running to, so it was a run/walk morning for me, very humid even at 800am....did a different route today to make it less boring for the kids.
Now relaxing till softball later this afternoon.
Rest day tomorrow, yay!!! 

Have a great rest of the day
See ya real soon,

  Danielle
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