#thingsisawonmyrun

Hashtag hashtag hashtag.  I hate them if they're used anywhere but Twitter and Instagram (where they belong), but used properly, they're pretty great.  I'm on a mission to use the one in the title of this post at LEAST once a week on Instagram.  I got this beaut to show for this past weekend's 8 mile run:

In other (and much more important) news, I've signed up for the 2014 Walt Disney World Marathon.  They officially have my insane amount of money, so here we go again.  After my poor showing at 2013's race, all I'm hoping for is a sub-5 hour marathon and no injuries.  Oh, and a cool, pleasant morning would be nice too.  None of that 80+ degree crap, Florida.  I'm already excited.

#seacrestout,

CQ

DANGER

I ran in the dark last night.  Thought I was gonna get murdered.  Thankfully, I didn't, and I got this pretty sweet pic:

Took it on the fly too.  I'm getting better at that. 

I will not, however, make a habit of running at night by myself.  I was 99% positive that one of four things would happen:

• Serial Killed
• Hit by Car
• Faceplant
• Solicited by a Drug Dealer

I'm all in one piece though, and didn't return home with any contraband, so I'll call last night's run a win.

Hasta La Bye-Bye,

CQ

Shoes, Glorious Shoes

Well, I feel better now.  A week of religiously sticking to the training schedule INCLUDING cross training by way of picking things up and putting things down and capped off with a really great 7+ mile run yesterday makes me feel 100% more prepared for this half marathon. 

What also helps is the brand new kicks I just bought!  I've decided that the Nike Frees I've been running in aren't gonna cut it for me if I wanna keep running these distances.  They're a light shoe good for fast people who run short to medium distances.  Neither of those things are me.  Soooo I've decided to give these bad boys a try:

Brooks Ghost 5.... ooooooooohhhhhhhh scary.



I spent all day yesterday reading a zillion shoe reviews, and these came out on top.  It also helped that they come in wide width, because I have ridiculous duck feet (thanks, mom).  Sooo they should be arriving somewhere in the realm of tomorrow-Thursday and I CAN'T WAIT.  They're still a fairly light shoe, but they are way more supportive and cushioned than my formerly trusty Frees.  I'll be sure to post my own review of these shoes when I actually run in them.  Maybe they'll be injury preventative.

Well that was a boring post.

My apologies,

CQ