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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Where there is a will.....

there is a way...........

So I begged my kids to let me get my 4 miles in today, I begged them to ride their bikes around the corner with me until I hit my 4 miles......well, god bless them but I can only push them so much in this HOT, HUMID, LATE AFTERNOON, I managed to get 3.53 miles in, .50 less then what I was suppose to do. 

You know what, I am not going to beat myself up over not finishing my 4 miles you know why, because I def. have earned it especially when I did extra running on the days I was suppose to walk.....so there!! 

LOL  Unfort. I am the type that needs to be convinced I will be "OK"

Little Joey took my phone from me and snapped this picture while I was catching my breathe, he said, "Mommy I know you like to take pictures after you run so I took one of you"

Now tomorrow I can rest easy knowing I did my best, and Sunday when I have to walk 3 miles, I may just walk 2 and run 1....hahaha, see I am contradicting myself.

Good evening all
See you real soon

  Danielle
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Arghhhhh....

Good afternoon,

It's been a crazy morning/afternoon, running around, play dates etc. today is my "rest" day but I am trying to figure out how I can do my 4 miles today rather then tomorrow because tomorrow is no good.  This is the part I hate when I am training, things happen on days I need to do miles and then my whole schedule gets thrown off.  Now I have to figure out how to do something this weekend without feeling like I have done nothing :( 

What to do what to do??
Any ideas please comment, see ya real soon

  Danielle
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So its not Wedneday :( lol

Did you ever get up in the morning and think oh thank god its _______day? 
Well I did this morning, I thought wow, its Wednesday I only have to do 30 mins of XT, so I will ride my bike tonight in the NOT SO HUMID WEATHER.
WRONGGGGGGGGGG, today is only Tuesday, but thankfully I only had to do a 2 EASY MILE run today.
So I met Nicole and Maria on D.D. (Diva Drive we renamed the street lol) and we busted out 2 easy mile, It felt good to do an easy run, not out of breath, of course my head was telling me I should have run faster but NO I am following this 14 week schedule to the best possible ability I can and I will not over do it this time around.

Now, Danielle, lol, TOMORROW is Wednesday so tomorrow I will bike.
Going to enjoy the rest of my day relaxing while the kids do their reading and writing practice, and then the mommy taxi begins again tonight with softball practice.
Have a great day
See ya real soon,
 
  Danielle
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Juy 19th

Good morning all,

Had a good night last night watching ToniAnn play softball, they won and they are off to States, rumor is, Albany, ack!!! Slept in this morning, felt good but had to jump outta bed and go for my run because its off to another softball game for Nicole now....Almost done with week 3, 1 more day to go!!!
Did my 3 miles r/w with intervals, I am really enjoying running with intervals, I really didn't think I would be able to keep my distance/pace/timing the same or close to it, but so far it has proved to work.  Ran with two little rug-rats, love them but they are a but of a distraction on their bikes, weaving in and out around me, ack!!!

 Now its off to a softball game!!!

Enjoy the day everyone, see ya real soon
  Danielle
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Disney Princess Half Marathon

Holy crap everyone, I did it, I registered for another Disney run, I am so excited and nervous at the same time.
I have two diva's going with me, Nicole and Sarah, and Rosie will be doing the 10K while she is down there for a wedding.
I just can't believe I'm registered it doesn't seem real to me right now....my heart is still racing and I keep saying it over and over to Phil, I'M IN I'M IN, lol
Next step is just to book room and airfare....woohooo
 
Follow my journey down to Disney again!!!!!!!!!!

See ya real soon
 
  Danielle
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July 15th

Good morning
What a gloomy morning, hot and humid to :(  week 3 started today!!
I was NOT feeling inspired to run this morning, woke up moody but I forced myself since I might be rained out tomorrow and I would kick myself if I didn't get it in today.  So I did my 3 miles with a run/walk interval of a ratio of 5:1, that's 5 mins. running and 1 min. walking, and I still finished in under 30 mins. Not bad!!! I really like running with intervals, I don't know why I never done it before, I have to force myself to stop running though when the beep tells me to walk, so what I've been doing instead of totally going from running to a dead walk, I will do a very slow trot, that seems to help me especially when I need to pick up the pace again when the beep tells me to run.
So after my run as I was driving home from DIVA DRIVE lol, I saw a young lady in her 20's with headphones on and she looked like she had been running, she was just sitting on the sidewalk and as I drove passed her I thought, maybe she needs help, so I made a quick u-turn, asked if she was ok and if she needed a bottle of water, she replied she was fine and gave me a big smile and a thank you.
That made me feel like my run was worth it today. :)

smiles and love to all, enjoy this ugly day
See ya real soon


Danielle
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July 13th

Good morning all!!!

I did my 2 mile walk this morning, had company with me again lol, poor Nicole, trying to keep up with me, after a 1.5 miles I had to head home so she can get her bike and bike the rest of the miles.  WEEK 2 COMPLETED!!!!! Kinda glad tomorrow is a rest day, lol.  
Now for the rest of the day, softball and chillaxing before the rain comes in.
Week 3 begins Tuesday, BRING IT ON, hope the rain doesn't put a damper on this week :(  hate to miss days because then I feel like I have to "make up" and "do extra" runs argh!!!
Well everyone enjoy the day
see ya real soon!

 
  Danielle
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July 12th

Good humid morning! ;)
Did my 3 mile run this morning started off good not so hot but by mile 2 I started to feel the humidity, passed my friends Sarah's house and she ran out with a bottle of water for me, thank you Sarah.  Love seeing my diva friends while out running, I get such a running boost!!
Tried out my new APPS the first one, Nike+, I clicked too fast so I couldn't add the picture to the miles etc. so I tried the second app, FitSnip and here is the picture, figured I take a picture of my feet because I am sure you're all getting tired of my sweaty face lol
1 more day of training 2 week left.....ooohh man am I going to dread it when the miles increase.
Have a happy day today
Danielle
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July 11, 2014

DISNEY        °0°      DISNEY             °0°        DISNEY        °0°

That is all that's on my mind, I don't know why I am so obsessed with it lol lol , But I am looking forward to taking a break from every day life stuff, although I will be behind on my training, I am gonna MAYBEEEEEEEEE try and get a morning run in around the Disney property if i can.....also wondering whens a good time to start my school supply shopping, YIKES!!!!! gotta try and squeeze it in before vacation starts because I won't have time to get it in when we get home.  What to do what to do ack.....


Danielle
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July 10th, 2014

Good morning, today is almost the end of week 2 of training for the Diva Half marathon.
Got to do my 2 miles r/walk in with my little partner Joey (on his bike).

Still praying that flights open up soon for Feb 2015, I really wanna do another Disney run, also counting down the days till our family trip in August, woohoooo

oooh just wanted to add, I am APP HAPPY, I just found an app called FitSnap, you take your picture and add the miles and duration on the pic, so cool, also the Nike+ app does this as well, but I haven't tried it out yet.

bye for now

Danielle
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July 9,2014 - Been two years too long

Wow, has it been almost two years!!!!!!??????  Can you tell I am not a good blogger lol

The Florida trip with my friends was an awesome experience, something I would love to do again and I am currently trying to plan another trip for Feb. 2015 but its not looking doable :(  waiting on airfare which hopefully comes out before the marathon reg. opens up.

The Tower Of Terror 10 miler was a great Disney run, it was at night but humidity was terrible, I unfort. didn't run with my friends,  I was trying to make it a fun run but the crowd started to separate us and then my competitive mind got the best of me, so I regret not crossing the finish line with my Divas :(
Below are just some pictures from our trip.

The Salisbury Divas

Medal Time

 It was one of the best trips with out the kids I hate to admit.....
When we returned we then did the Diva 1/2 marathon, another great run, here are some pictures from the Diva 1/2 and my girls first time doing the 5K...Diva mama's and Diva Jrs.  so proud of all these wonderful ladies and their girls!!!

Nicole's 1st 5K she loved it!! and I am proud of her!

 Me, Nicole and ToniAnn, so proud of my girls for giving it a try!!

We are now into 2014 and a lot has gone on in the past two years, unfort. I didn't get to run any marathons in 2013, 2013 was not really a good year and I lost my mojo but I was still ran daily when I got the chance.
I have to fast forward to May 2014, I ran my 3rd 1/2 marathon, The Long Island marathon, my PR was not beat, I actually added on 5 mins.  :(  I am so dam hard on myself, I don't know why I can't just run to have fun...I def. did not get to train as much as I should have, dam life gets in the way lol...
I have to say that I am proud to have my best friend Margie join us for her first 10K and now I am trying to work on her to do the Diva half this October.
There are now more divas in our little club then when Nicole first got us together....we welcomed family members and more friends, so exciting, and I feel so happy to be part of this wonderful group of ladies, we all have our own racing styles and paces but we all are there to watch each other cross that dam finish line lol.

LI Marathon:
First time for Margie doing the  10K, Margie and Martha

 Maritza and Rosie doing the 10K

 Myself and Breda doing the 1/2

Laura, Nicole and Sarah doing the 1/2

FINISH LINE WHEWWWWW

 Some of the Salisbury Divas, we are missing some ladies but these woman are part of my inspiration to run.

 And last but not least our cheering section more divas

So now that LI marathon is done, its now time to train in the worst humidity ever for the Diva half marathon again.
My friend Nicole has put out a 14 week program which starts out slow and steady and slowly increases your mileage, its a combination of run/walk with intervals, XTraining and then just a simple run during the weeks it increases.  I am kinda liking it and I hope to be able to follow the schedule, and I keep promising myself I am GOING TO MAKE THIS A FUN RUN NOT A BEAT THE CLOCK RUN, if i can only convince myself the day of the race. ;)
During my XT days I have taken the kids out with me on bike rides, so exhausting, but I am glad to see the kids have an interest other then ipads and tv shows.

Now lets see if I can keep up with my blogging and track my training.
See ya back real soon
 Danielle
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Me and ToniAnn just finished 3.1 miles

Me and Joey finished 1.5 miles

Me and Nicole finished 2.5 miles

And last but not least me and Paul finishing 1.79 miles