princess_jamie
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2015
Well I have put this off long enough!
It has been over a month since I officially committed to Dopey 2018, and one of my goals was to start a training journal on here to help keep myself accountable - yet this has been way harder to start than actually running.
First off - let me introduce myself: I'm Jamie! I'm 27, a hopefully soon to be puppy-mama, long time disboards lurker, wannabe Disney Princess, and bling inspired runner from Canada.
My runDisney journey started way back in 2007 - I saw an ad for the Disney Princess Half Marathon in a free running magazine I was flipping through in my dorm in my first year of University. That day I decided it was my goal to run that race by the time I turned 25. If you're doing that math, you know I was giving myself LOTS of time. I was never much of a runner growing up. I played a lot of team sports - basketball, fastball, and some volleyball/field hockey in the "off-season" - but wasn't really into the solo sports. I remember that day I went for a run around a little pond on the edge on campus and thought - I don't think I like running. I ran my very first ever race in 2012 while in University - a 6km night run that included an insanely long and decently steep hill.
Fastforward to 2013 - I somehow convinced myself and my dad to run my very first half marathon - the Lululemon Seawheeze race in Vancouver. Now that I was closing in on my goal of PHM by my 25th birthday, I had to make sure I could actually run a half marathon first. I ran my very first 10k race and three months and likely very minimal training later, I had completed my very first half marathon in 2:34:28.
My dad and I ended up doing that race again the next year with some of my friends from school. Similarly, minimal training led me to a 2:33:16 finish. I remember feeling a bit bummed when some of my friends kicked my butt in the race, but reminded myself that I can't really compare myself to someone who trained well, when I didn't train much at all.
February 2015 rolled around and included many firsts. First time at WDW as an adult. My dbf's first time at WDW. First runDisney race. First runDisney challenge. I turned 25 on the Friday, ran the Enchanted 10k on the Saturday, and ran the Princess Half Marathon on the Sunday - earning my coveted Glass Slipper Challenge medal and a rose and mimosa from my dbf. That was an amazing trip, but also got me totally hooked on the runDisney experience.
I ran my 3rd consecutive Seawheeze Half Marathon in Vancouver in August 2015 - 3 in a row for me and dad, plus first half marathon for my sister and dbf - with a half marathon PR of 2:19:08.
Then less than a month later, I dragged dbf to Disneyland so I could run the Dumbo Double Dare and earn my Coast to Coast medal.
Running the PHM by my 25th birthday was probably one of the only times that I've set a pretty big, time-bound goal and actually accomplished it. I'm incredible proud of those medals.
After that, it was time for a new goal....
It has been over a month since I officially committed to Dopey 2018, and one of my goals was to start a training journal on here to help keep myself accountable - yet this has been way harder to start than actually running.
First off - let me introduce myself: I'm Jamie! I'm 27, a hopefully soon to be puppy-mama, long time disboards lurker, wannabe Disney Princess, and bling inspired runner from Canada.
My runDisney journey started way back in 2007 - I saw an ad for the Disney Princess Half Marathon in a free running magazine I was flipping through in my dorm in my first year of University. That day I decided it was my goal to run that race by the time I turned 25. If you're doing that math, you know I was giving myself LOTS of time. I was never much of a runner growing up. I played a lot of team sports - basketball, fastball, and some volleyball/field hockey in the "off-season" - but wasn't really into the solo sports. I remember that day I went for a run around a little pond on the edge on campus and thought - I don't think I like running. I ran my very first ever race in 2012 while in University - a 6km night run that included an insanely long and decently steep hill.
Fastforward to 2013 - I somehow convinced myself and my dad to run my very first half marathon - the Lululemon Seawheeze race in Vancouver. Now that I was closing in on my goal of PHM by my 25th birthday, I had to make sure I could actually run a half marathon first. I ran my very first 10k race and three months and likely very minimal training later, I had completed my very first half marathon in 2:34:28.
My dad and I ended up doing that race again the next year with some of my friends from school. Similarly, minimal training led me to a 2:33:16 finish. I remember feeling a bit bummed when some of my friends kicked my butt in the race, but reminded myself that I can't really compare myself to someone who trained well, when I didn't train much at all.
February 2015 rolled around and included many firsts. First time at WDW as an adult. My dbf's first time at WDW. First runDisney race. First runDisney challenge. I turned 25 on the Friday, ran the Enchanted 10k on the Saturday, and ran the Princess Half Marathon on the Sunday - earning my coveted Glass Slipper Challenge medal and a rose and mimosa from my dbf. That was an amazing trip, but also got me totally hooked on the runDisney experience.
I ran my 3rd consecutive Seawheeze Half Marathon in Vancouver in August 2015 - 3 in a row for me and dad, plus first half marathon for my sister and dbf - with a half marathon PR of 2:19:08.
Then less than a month later, I dragged dbf to Disneyland so I could run the Dumbo Double Dare and earn my Coast to Coast medal.
Running the PHM by my 25th birthday was probably one of the only times that I've set a pretty big, time-bound goal and actually accomplished it. I'm incredible proud of those medals.
After that, it was time for a new goal....