Ariel484
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- Dec 27, 2011
Bonjour!
Let me tell you about my Wine & Dine weekend experience!
The cast includes me (Shannon, 32) and my husband, Will (31 - I’ll refer to him as Mr. A or Mr. Ariel484).
This was a very important race weekend for me for a couple of reasons...
I ended up taking over a month off from running (I tried to start up again, but it was just too painful) and made the difficult decision to defer my Glass Slipper and Pixie Dust Challenge entries to 2017. I began running again in late February and was able to still go to Tink weekend to run the 5K and 10K. But coming back was difficult - I felt weak and slow (I still feel slow - compared to where I was pre-injury, anyway), and while the pain had greatly diminished, the numbness was still there (and still is now, though it has improved). I am not a naturally talented runner, and it's something I absolutely hated to do until shortly after graduating from college...so I'd essentially gone from couch potato to runner, and now I felt like I had lost all of the progress I had made over those years as well as the enjoyment I'd gotten out of my now-favorite hobby. I think running has become a big part of my identity, and suddenly I didn't feel like myself anymore.
It's been a really hard year (for other reasons as well, but this was a big part of it).
My last serious back injury was right after we bought our house in 2010 as a result of falling down some stairs (I think I need to just live in a padded bubble or something! ). I was sad, turned to food to cope, and gained about 20-30 pounds. This time, I was sad and turned to runDisney race registrations to cope! I signed up for Mickey's Holiday 5K and Lumiere's Two Course Challenge in March (after checking with my doctor that the thought that I could be half marathon-ready by November wasn't an insane idea) and the Goofy Challenge in April (again, after checking with my doctor). On a whim, I upgraded my Goofy registration to a Dopey registration a few weeks ago...so I was really looking at this Wine & Dine weekend as a good indicator of my Dopey training progress, since I had started training for Dopey in early September.
And I signed Will up for the 10K...I was hoping he would want to try another race with me and we narrowed it down to either the Princess 10K or the Wine & Dine 10K. Wine & Dine is during Food & Wine festival, so that was his pick. Can't say I blame him!
Here we goooo!
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Let me tell you about my Wine & Dine weekend experience!
The cast includes me (Shannon, 32) and my husband, Will (31 - I’ll refer to him as Mr. A or Mr. Ariel484).
This was a very important race weekend for me for a couple of reasons...
- It was my husband's first-ever 10K, and 3rd Disney race (he has done the Jingle Jungle 5K - now called the Holiday 5K, and the Castaway Cay 5K)
- It was my first half marathon and challenge weekend after coming back from an injury
I ended up taking over a month off from running (I tried to start up again, but it was just too painful) and made the difficult decision to defer my Glass Slipper and Pixie Dust Challenge entries to 2017. I began running again in late February and was able to still go to Tink weekend to run the 5K and 10K. But coming back was difficult - I felt weak and slow (I still feel slow - compared to where I was pre-injury, anyway), and while the pain had greatly diminished, the numbness was still there (and still is now, though it has improved). I am not a naturally talented runner, and it's something I absolutely hated to do until shortly after graduating from college...so I'd essentially gone from couch potato to runner, and now I felt like I had lost all of the progress I had made over those years as well as the enjoyment I'd gotten out of my now-favorite hobby. I think running has become a big part of my identity, and suddenly I didn't feel like myself anymore.
It's been a really hard year (for other reasons as well, but this was a big part of it).
My last serious back injury was right after we bought our house in 2010 as a result of falling down some stairs (I think I need to just live in a padded bubble or something! ). I was sad, turned to food to cope, and gained about 20-30 pounds. This time, I was sad and turned to runDisney race registrations to cope! I signed up for Mickey's Holiday 5K and Lumiere's Two Course Challenge in March (after checking with my doctor that the thought that I could be half marathon-ready by November wasn't an insane idea) and the Goofy Challenge in April (again, after checking with my doctor). On a whim, I upgraded my Goofy registration to a Dopey registration a few weeks ago...so I was really looking at this Wine & Dine weekend as a good indicator of my Dopey training progress, since I had started training for Dopey in early September.
And I signed Will up for the 10K...I was hoping he would want to try another race with me and we narrowed it down to either the Princess 10K or the Wine & Dine 10K. Wine & Dine is during Food & Wine festival, so that was his pick. Can't say I blame him!
Here we goooo!
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