Happy New Year and going Goofy

First of all:

Happy happy happy new year to all of you! I hope your 2013 will be as amazing as you hope it will be.

And, you know, all those things you have always wanted to do? You should go do them.

Second of all:

I have instructed the house sitter (house sitters rock!), and am gearing up to go Goofy. The planned race (or actually double race) next weekend. So excited! And really looking forward to meeting all of you.

As for the outfits (yes, Tracy, I do plan on dressing up), I'm going for the mermaid look for one race and the Queen of hearts look for the other one. :) 

Are you running in costume? If so, tell me about yours!

What I do on weekends

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Preparing to go Goofy

Yeah, I know, I am acting like a 12 yo. Boo-freaking-hoo. Can you blame me? When you get the chance to race in costume - grab it! 

So, I plan on running the Disney World Half Marathon dressed up as a mermaid and the Disney World Full Marathon dressed up as the Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland). Why? Seriously, is that even a question?

As for the mermaid outfit - the costume had a long tight-ish skirt and a mermaid tail. I cut out the middle man (ha!), and attached the tail to the waist. And now it looks like this. Oh yeah, baby, sparkly shells on my boobs. 

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What's going on - what's going on - dumdiedum

So, what's been going on?

I am still running. Training. Running bug is still very much there. ;) Don't you worry about that. Ha!

Current plans: I hope to do the Goofy's Challenge at the Walt Disney Marathon this January. And the Brocken Challenge in February (a 50-miler / 80K). And the Eco-trail de Paris (50-miler / 80K) in March. I really hope to hop on a plane to Boston in April...to run the Boston Marathon. :) So, those are the planned races all through April. And I have already planned some races after that. I can't help myself. ;)

Apart from that, I'm still busy being self-employed. :) 

TMI START

Physically, it pretty much sucks at the moment. TMI ALERT! In my last post I wrote about stopping birth control pills (detox to the max, hun!). Still very much sucky. The whole waiting for your cycle to find its way thing is no fun. I used to be clockwork regular before starting BCP, so that's what you're hoping for. And now it's just waiting till 'ya know what' comes. Frustrating. Especially when you read all these stories about it taking 6 months to a year on average. And 29 days into my cycle (I used to have a 28-day clockwork cycle) my tummy is bloated. Not charming. Not fun. Very uncomfortable. And no signs (cramps, headache, etcetera) of 'ya know what'. Doesn't help my running - the elastic band on running tights hurts. Blah! So, we could state I'm still freaking out. My current obsession: I've had numerous x rays and ct scans, and even an IVP, diagnosing the gazillion kidney stones I had in my early twenties. Ergo, I'm now worried like crazy that these messed up my cycle. Again, this bloated tummy does not help my running. 

TMI END

On a completely different note: I have discovered the most delicious vegetarian sausage rolls out there. Check out Fry's Vegetarian. :)