3 days before race weekend.

The last 3 days before RunDisney MagicRun Weekend starts.

Monday 9/16

My vacation starts today.

It's doesn't feel like a vacation yet because of all the things I still need to do before we go to Disneyland Paris.

Tuesday 9/17

Did some yoga because my body needs to relax a bit.

It was nice and felt perfect.

Wednesday 9/18

Last things packing for the vacation.

Tonight we are going to Disneyland Paris.

From Thursday till Sunday we are at Disneyland Paris for the Run Weekend.

I will make some post about the trip.

But here you can see the little recap of the 3 days before race weekend and some photos from the weekend.

https://youtu.be/RViqyab7NTc

Sorry!!!

Hi everybody,


Sorry for not updating the blog.


Somehow I got a bit to busy and totally forgot to post 1 week before race weekend.


I will update the blog this week.
Also with the recaps of the races from the magicrun weekend.


Greetings Consueel and my right hand Inge.

MagicRun Training - 4 weeks before raceweekend.

This was a weird week, no that's not it, it feels weird.
I only did 2 runs because of work and the things I needed to do in the house.
I also made my RunDisney Outfits for the MagicRun.


First run was on Wednesday.



Wednesday 8/21


Today was a film day for my last RunDisney Virtual Short Series.
The Black Panther 5K.
Video is not online yet but if will be upcoming week.


Thursday 8/22


Today I didn't do anything with sports, but what I did was sport related.
I made my running outfits for the RunDisney MagicRun.
And I'm totally happy with my running gear for september.
Just love it.


Friday 8/23


This was the day for my last long run before race weekend.
The plan was to do a half but because of constructions on the road I had to change my running route.
It wasn't a half that I ran but it was 18.90K.
It was fun and mom was with me again, sweet mom on her bike.
It was hot but I did it.
I will do long runs but the runs will be around 10/13K.
The pace of this run was: 8.45 per 1K.


Saturday 8/24 and Sunday 8/25


Were my rest days after the long run and I did some little things for the park days at MagicRun Weekend.




You can find the recap of this training week on my YouTube Channel: ConsueelRuns.
You can see my running outfits!!!!

https://youtu.be/OnYstS9kNfU


Almost, almost, wow it is almost MagicRun Weekend.
For months you want raceweekend to be here, and now it's almost there, that you can go to the startline of the race.
Still 3 weeks to go.
Let's make it a good 3 weeks.

What kind of races did I do from 2018 till half 2019?

We are back after a month, we had a lot going on in our private life but now we are back!!!


Here are the  races that I did from 2018 till may 2019.
Under the races you will find a link to the video recap of that race, Januari and May don't have a recap.


In 2018 I did many Virtual Runs but my first real start and finish line was an RunDisney Race.


*September 22, 2018


I did my first RunDisney Race.
The 10K MagicRun.


I did a full trip and race recap on the blog.




https://youtu.be/bcuxR6XP158


 *December 21, 2018


FunRun at Papendal, The Papendal NightRun "Christmas Edition".
My second funrun race and the first one for my friend.

The night before the race I had my last nightshift so if it was a smart move to do a run the next day, I don't know but it was a funrun.

When new year came I said I will do a medal run every month, that is the goal I made for 2019.



https://youtu.be/MPjDKzc1k2A


*Januari 22, 2019


I did a virtual run in a while.
It was the 5K  "Suck It Up Run" a virtual run by Race The Distance.
Mickey my running buddy (one of my dogs) was with me.


*Februari 2, 2019


My friend and I did the "Apres Ski Run" in our hometown.
It was also an nightrun and it was really fun to do, all the music and lights on the runners.
I love nightruns.



https://youtu.be/OUf39C1Vcfw

*March 17, 2019


I did the 10K "KLM Urban Trail Amsterdam".
I wanted to do an Urban Trail in 2018 but I was to late to book it or I had to work.
But this year I could do the one in Amsterdam my birth place.
It was a really fun run but it was so weird I had to run through restaurants and cafes.


https://youtu.be/TIvblR2j6ys


*April 22, 2019

My first half marathon was on this day, but it went all so diffrent than I had planned.
The weather was so hot and humid that it wasn't going to be ok on my first half.
At 10.45KM I got out of the race, that was the right choice at that point.
I was really sad but it was not safe enough to do the whole 21.1K.


https://youtu.be/IgdUBRIGW7g                                                    







*May 29, 2019

My second Virtual Run of the year, this time for a Rainbow heart with tinkerbell on it.
This race was also from "Race The Distance".


*June, 2019

This month the RunDisney Virtual Short Series starts.
This is the first time I'm doing the RunDisney shorts.
It means your doing a 5K in June, July and August.
June is Captain Marvel 5K.

        






https://youtu.be/mmgijDLaIiA


*Juny, 2019

Now it's July and I just did the Iron Man 5K.
This is fun.
The medal didn't arrive yet but when they do I will post it on my blog.

               







https://youtu.be/mgPc59vj0gI


                            ****************************


September is the month of RunDisney's MagicRun Weekend.
I will do my first 36K challenge.


And the plan for the last 3 months of the year are not yet complete.
But there will be some races and a Virtual Run.

Booking My New RunDisney Vacation.

Booking a RunDisney race(s) can be a stressful thing.
Like the problem I had in 2017 for my first RunDisney race.
The 5K sold out in just 30 min and that was the race I wanted to do.


So I told myself if I can book my challenge pack before the bibs only sale starts, I will do that.
You can book it through a running vacation planner but I didn't wanted to do that, with a race weekend package you also get park tickets and I don't need that because I have a annual pass.


In November '18 you could book your challenge pack in combination with a Disney Hotel stay, if you did your booking through Disney itself.
Because I'm an annual passholder I get discounts on my hotel stay and on my challenge pack.


So it was November 15 and we could book our stay for race weekend.
It became a real thing now, I am going to book my 36K challenge and I will be a part of the Disney half marathon.


There are different kind of Disney Resort Hotels.
I really love Hotel Santa Fe but I wanted something special for this run weekend.
What kind of hotel do I want, the beautiful New Port Bay Hotel or the warm Sequoia Lodge Hotel.
For this runcation I chose Sequoia Lodge Hotel, my mom had never stayed there so that is special, the pool will be open after renovation plus in september the evenings are a bit colder and they have a big and beautiful fireplace.
It is going to be magical.

When I'm in Disney I often do a diner at New Port Bay "Cape Cod" it is nice and it has really good food, so this trip will have a diner at "Cape Cod".
I booked it for 4 nights with breakfast and on Sunday the last race day, half marathon day, I will drive home later that day.


New plans can start now, and how do I stay motivated till September 2019.


Some funruns maybe, or some virtual runs.


I knew I needed to train for a half marathon and maybe to do a half marathon race.


What am I going to do for the RunDisney race, race shirt, costume or disneybound style.


So much to think about, and so much to do.

Training for the 10K MagicRun

Yep a 10K instead of 5K MagicRun.
I hope I can run that.

Lot of training to do.
Small, short even longer runs I needed to do now.

I needed something to not lose my focus on running.
Because it was still some months before my RunDisney race.
I didn't want to go to a real startline because really I'm not a runner and not
fast enough to do a real race.
So to keep me motivated I did some Virtual runs and that was great.
Got some cute medals and did some dog jogs also for a medal.
It was working, I was motivated and everything went well.

My first long run, on the May the 4th be with you was 9,9K and the time was 1 hour and 33 minutes.
I was again proud of myself.
After that first long run I did my training between 2K and 8K.
Somehow if you do a long run, your done running, why I don't know but it happens, that 9.9K was my long run at that time.

In July I did a full 10K Virtual run and I got a Disney Castle kind of medal for it.
It was 10.2K and the time was 1 hour and 24 minutes.


Whoop Whoop my work paid of.
This is still my PR for the 10K in a training run.

(Virtual Run Site Race The Distance )








I did some extra 10K's but never got that time again.
But I knew I could do my 10K MagicRun.

At that time I didn't know what to expect at the Disney race.
I wasn't really a member of any RunDisney groups on Facebook and if I was I didn't ask things or didn't really read stuff because I still was in that mindset of not being a runner and I was to slow.
So I was looking at the pictures of outfits.
I posted my runs on instagram and Facebook so I could see what I did.

A month before the race I had to work alot and got a bit of the flu.
So running wasn't all that good.
Worrying that was something I was good at, I might be the winner off that.
Oooo my what a mess, the stress, no running, lot of night shifts at work.
Never going to get to the finish line at Disney.
I had some Disney friends on instagram and Facebook that did some Disney races.
They told me your going to be fine, you doing great, your working hard, don't worry, it is a lot of fun and you will have fun, but I didn't believe them.

Booking My Runcation

So I was in training for a 5K.
Training was so tough.

I started with a small route in the park, it wasn't a 5K but you have to start somewhere.
After a while it even became fun because I saw that I was making progress.
Never thought it would be so motivating.
Running even became therapy for me in an extremly difficult year, it kept my head on the right path and the demons away.

My first 5K (run/walk method) was in an hour, that sounds long for many of you but for me it was a victory.
I was so happy.
Weeks of training and I got it to 39 minutes. (that is still my PR in training and on a run/walk method)

Run Disneyland Paris








April came and it was time to book my race package for the RunDisney vacation.
The registration opened around 4pm, but I couldn't get on the website, it was to busy.
That was no fun at all, I was afraid I couldn't get my race bib.
After an hour trying to get on the website, I finally did.
Yes, O No the 5k was sold out.
What now?!?!
I was so bummed, I was at work and I could cry, I was so sad....

After some conversations with colleagues, I put on my big girl pants and ordered the 10K MagicRun.

10K! What did I do?! Wow that is so far and long.
For me it's like a marathon!

My training had to change to more runs in a week.
I also have a fulltime job, so I needed to do some planning, I needed more motivation to do my runs, so I did some research on the net.

What I found was amazing.

There are Virtual Runs.
You can run on your own time and you can do it in your own back yard, if you want to.
The beauty of it is, you get a medal for it and a part of the money you spent goes to a charity.
How Awesome and Motivating is that.
A training race and a medal for your effort.

There are website where you have to upload proof of the run before you get your medal, but
there are also websites where you just order your race and you get the medal.

I got some medals in de mail while I still had to do the run.
But all the medals that I have are earned not given.
I did my runs!!!

Here are my 2 go to Virtual Runs websites:

 


Virtual Runner UK

Race The Distance

 






There are many more all over the globe.

But my 10K training was on!!!

Learning to Run...

Uhhh What did I say ...

Running?
I believe I am losing my mind.
Have I gone mad?
Back from vacation, knowing what I had said and wanted to do.

But how?
I am not a runner, I even dislike it, why did I say I wanted to do this?
Yep, I know why "it's a run through Disney".

Where do I start, how do I start ...
Oh Boy ...

With our great phones and apps, I'll probably find an app, which can help me to learn how to run.
I found an app "RunTrainer".
So that was nice at least I could learn to run.
It has different training programs, also a free trail, don't know if that is still the case but they did when I started running.
There are a lot of running apps to make a start.

Running...
Goal the 5K MagicRun in September of 2018.
For me it seemed like a half marathon.
After a lot of postponing and excuses I started with a little training in February of 2018.
It became really serious in April of 2018 after I booked my RunDisney Race.

Running was so hard to do.
A minute was so heavy.
So my runs were 30 seconds or less and then walk again.
Thought everyone looked at me, I'm sure people looked at me weird.
I also thought I was weird so it made sense that people would look at me that way.

Still after almost a year and a half, I run on a run/walk method, but this time the program is created by the former Olympian Jeff Galloway.
I found his method after my first RunDisney Weekend.

If I can learn to run at the age of 41, anyone can do it.
Everyone can run on this schedule, and if you start running more often, you become better and you can run longer.