My Magical Miles

   March is another double race month and so here I am with my second race the Bonnet Springs 5K. While some of the material sent stated that this was the first year it was being run by the local running club they technically put it on last year as well even though it wasn’t on their official calendar last season. Bib pick up was once more a simple in and out at the venue the afternoon before. Later on in the evening I started having a serious headache and I hoped I didn’t have a repeat of last year. Thankfully as I layed out a few differing outfits to pick from depending on race day weather the headache subsided.  The outfit I did end up choosing was once more princess inspired (I feel as if that’s been a trend with the past few non Disney/Gasparilla races) with a pair of lite purple Old Navy capris, my Champion ‘Rapunzel’ costume top, a Tangled Inspired Bondi Band, and my Crowned Athletics “Golden Dreamer” Baseball cap (along with my Saucony sneakers) We arrived at the ...

    17.35 miles in the span of two weekends… check… while it’s not as many miles as I ran in the three consecutive days of Springtime Surprise last year it’s still a lot, especially as I didn’t bake in any buffer days for recovery so in the week between ‘racing’ I’ve been on my feet working a 23 hour week. (no complaints though as I need the money to feed my expensive hobby) Promise Run is one of the few events I’m perfect in and I love running it each year both due to the cause and because unlike most of the other local events I participate in it is NOT put on by the local runners club and so I don’t mentally feel like I’m not good enough for not being able to run a sub 11 minute mile.   I decided to “Touch The Sky” and Channel my inner Merida with todays look. This included a Tek Gear flow tank, my long glitter leggings from Old Navy and my Changed Fate Princess Headband from Crowned. My Goal going in was ultimately under an hour but ideally between the 50-55 min range ...