Here Goes Nothing

Well as most of you know this blog has become mainly about my running adventures but I said that I would post about other things going on in my life.

So here it goes.  I decided to go back to school for graphic design/web design.  I am only into the graphic design part and I am learning the software.

I figured my W.I.S.H team members will enjoy the projects I am about to post.  Most who read this blog have either run both or one of the races.

I took My running shoes and my first half marathon medal (Wine and Dine 2011) and my first marathon medal (full marathon 2013) and put them all together.  For some reason the background didn't so up.  That isn't a really big deal it was just a dark blue textured background.  This was my first ever attempt at using photoshop.

My next project in my photo shop class was to do a collage.  It was supposed to be about what influenced you as a child art wise.  Well I didn't have any artistic ability as a child so I chose the next best thing Disney of course.

Well I hope you enjoy What I have posted and keep in mind I only have about 2 months worth of knowledge when it comes to photoshop.

here we go again

Well it has been a little over a month since I ran my marathon and that means it's time to start planning for the spring/summer race season.  So far I have 3 half that I am planning on running with a few smaller races mixed in.

On a side note I haven't posted on here in a while because life is a little crazy at the moment.  I decided to go back to school for web design and in doing so I have to take graphic design classes.  I have no normal art skills (drawing, painting, act...) so thank god it is all done on the computer.   I am only taking   9 credit hours but the all have lab hours built in so that means I am really in the classes for about 21 hours.  On top of that I also have to work.

So if I get behind in posting on here that is why, but I will always post my race recaps even if they are late.

I am offically a Marathon Runner!!!!!

Well I did it I ran a Marathon but let me start from the beginning.

It all started at the EXPO.  We had three family members running during marathon weekend so we were all over the expo getting our bibs.  I was able to jump to corrals while we were there at that took a little bit of pressure off of me during the race.

We also got the the expo while they had plenty of Run Disney stuff.  So if you ever run durning marathon weekend I would say get there on thursday if you want Run Disney stuff.

Next up was the family 5K and It was my moms first 5K ever.  My dad and I also did it with her.

Last up for me ( My dad did the goofy) was the full marathon.  It is the longest distance I have ever run.  Due to injuries and illness I was not able to train the way I wanted to but hey I finished.  It was fun to run with my dad.  We took pictures with many characters along the way.

                                      
Those are just a few.  We tried to hit up the hard to find characters.  It messed with out time a little bit but it was worth it.

The first few mile were nice.  It was still dark so it wasn't hot yet.  It didn't get really hot to me until after we left Animal Kingdom.  It also felt like there was no shade after that point.

I was okay until about mile 18 then my knee which I hurt in the fall decided to swell up.  at least at that point in the race we were in the single digit miles.

It was also extremely hot.  Many runners who have ran it in the past said that it was one of the hottest marathons at Disney.

All in all it was a good race weekend.  Not sure if I will ever run a full marathon again.  I guess only time will tell if I do another one.

Back at it!

Well I ran my first race since hurting my knee.  It was my first half marathon since july and since I fell.  I was doing alright until about mile 8 or 9 then the pounding on the hard ground started to bother me.  It was colder than I like to run in (who idea was it to run a marathon in January).  I bundled up and said I don't have choice I have to get these miles in.

getting out of the car was the hardest part until mile 8 or 9.  Thats when my leg and ankles started to bother me.   My knee didn't hurt but I could tell that my muscles weren't at the level that they normally would be at. My ankles hurt because of how hard the ground was.  I never have problems in the summer so this pain was kind of new to me.  I have had issues with one of the them in some winter races before but never both.  Oh wells it winter in chicago so I will just have to get used to it for the rest of my training.  I don't think it will be a problem in florida.  It was a rough race for my dad also.  He normally runs a half with a bad ankle in about 2:28- 2:31 and he finished in 2:49.

I was able to run with a fellow W.I.S.H. run Rick and that was nice because we have run several of the same race but were never able to talk, so it was nice to talk for 13.1 miles.

My next race will be the Walt Disney World full Marathon and I am not sure if that is exciting or scary. I still have a lot of training to get in before we head down but I am looking forward to running at the happiest place on earth again.

Until Next Time.

THey came!!!

I have to start by saying that I ordered my W.I.S.H team running shirts in July.  after I opened them the first time the color was correct but the writing was missing so back they went.  I called and the company was really really NICE and felt bad about this mix up.  There was a few races that we wanted to wear them in but then I got hurt so it was all good that we didn't have them yet.

It took forever to get them back again because they needed to wait for more orders.  I didn't have a problem with that I totally understand that it is more cost effective for the company to wait for a larger order to print than just our four shirts.  Again Every time I called the company was very very nice to me about my having to wait longer for the shirts.

A long story short I now have one less thing I was stressing about for marathon weekend.  I guess now my main stress is going to be the actual running part.

Not Much going on.

Well like the title says there isn't much going on right now.  I have gotten back to training and that is slowly get back on track. Life has been stressful lately which is also why I haven't had time to post anything.  We moved my grandma into a nursing home and that wasn't easy at all.  plus I decided to return to school and that whole process from the financial aid to signing up for classes was more frustrating then the first time I went to school.  Other than that we had a whopping 17 trick or treaters at halloween.

All Clear

well I got the all clear to run from my doctor the other day.  I am so happy to be able to run again.
So I decided to go for a little run yesterday and it was a little run.  I ran about a half mile because my right leg started to bother me and I decided to not risk it.  It didn't hurt but I could tell that it is weaker than my left leg.