RunDisney Tag

I got RunDisney tagged by Running in Make-up, you can find her on instagram and YouTube.
Here is the link to her YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSunzTicx9FqaNm30-j6LPA


There are 12 questions in this RunDisney Tag.


Here we go.


1. How did you first discover RunDisney?


I discovered RunDisney a long time ago but it was only in the USA.
In 2017 I was at the sportsbar in Disneyland Paris and there I discovered that Disneyland Paris also had RunDisney.
So there my running journey starts.


2. How many RunDisney races have you done?


I did one RunDisney race in Disneyland Paris and if you count the virtual runs with it than there are 3, the 4th is on it's way and that is the Black Panther 5K for August.


3. What was your favorite RunDisney race or race weekend?


It was my MagicRun RaceWeekend, I only did one race the 10K but I stayed there the whole weekend.


4. What's your favorite park to run through?


Disneyland Paris, it has Disneyland and Walt Disney Studios but it is so close together that it feels like you run through 1 big park.


5. What's your favorite RunDisney Medal?


The only one I got at this point and that is my MagicRun 10K medal from last year.
It's my panic and pain medal.


6. What's your favorite RunDisney shirt?


Also the only one I got and that is the one from the MagicRun 10K from last year.


7. What are 3 songs on your RunDisney playlist?


Run that Race - Dan Auerbach


Try Everything - Shakira
There is a line in this song that is my motto "I wanna try, even though I could fail".


Don't stop believin' - Journey
Always loved this song but than I saw a video by RezRuns, he is dancing and singing with is running buddy and now if I hear this song I Always thing about that video it's fun.
Here you can find that video: https://youtu.be/P_rJZlCU0V8


8. Do you go for a PR at a RunDisney race?


No I'm not a PR lady, I run for fun and I don't like to be totally out of breath, so I don't go for PR's on any race and certainly not on a RunDisney race.


9. Which characters do you Always stop for?


I like all characters so I don't have one I Always stop for, plus I only did one race and I told myself that I would stop for the first character that I saw, because I didn't know how long I had for the 10K plus I didn't know when I would be cut off.
My first character stop in a RunDisney race was Honest John and Gideon.


10. What's your favorite pre/post race meal?


Uhhh I eat everything I don't have something special to eat.
Normally on a training day (bad habit) I don't eat before the run, after the run I love to eat some toast with peanut butter but it could be something else.


11. Favorite costume in which you've run?


I didn't really run in a costume, I did more a Disney Bound style.
I had a Snow White legging and a orange nike shirt and I had a little Snow White from the Disney Animator's Collection on my shirt plus my new RunDisney cap that I got at the Expo.


12. Which costume are you most excited about running in?


I'm creating 3 costumes at the moment, for my 36K challenge in september.
I'm keeping the race theme in mind.
5K: Lion King.
10K: Fearless Princesses
21.1K: is a medal with Mickey and Minnie on it.


So just wait and you will see what I made for the races.

Here you can see my MagicRun Training - 5 weeks before raceweekend where I did the RunDisney Tag: https://youtu.be/CFpjlZDAvyA

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.

MagicRun Training: 5 weeks before raceweekend

The forecasts give a week with only rain.
I don't mind running in the rain but a whole week, really, yak.
We will see what it brings.


Tuesday 8/13


Yesterday was a rest day and today we are going to run a short easy run.
I was a Lucky lady today because on my run I had no rain at all.
Before my run and after there was rain again.


This week of training is going to be so much fun because I was RunDisney Tagged by a insta and YouTube friend: Running in Make-up.
Click the link to go to her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSunzTicx9FqaNm30-j6LPA
So I need to answer some questions, in total 12 questions and all about RunDisney.


Today I did 4 questions and it made the run different than other runs.
I will do another blogpost with all the questions so you can read them in one go.


It was a 4.40K run with a 8.56 min pace per 1K.


Wednesday 8/14


Today was a cross training day and there was a lot of rain, so perfect weather to do a home workout.


I did Pilates Fix from Beachbody, it always kicks my........ , and did 2 questions.


Thursday 8/15


Again a rest day, so we could get some stuff for the RunDisney races in september.
I finally got everything complete, I only need to put it together.


Friday 8/16


Today I want to do a long run but not to many Km's because I really need to slow down for a bit.
Next week is going to be my last long run before raceweekend.
Mom was with me on her bike so I could go in to the Woods.


Did 4 questions for the RunDisney Tag, only to 2 go!!!


It was a 9.83K run with a pace of 8.27 min per 1K.


Saturday 8/17


Rest day!


Sunday 8/18


No workout today but the last 2 questions from the RunDisney Tag.


You can see the recap of this training week here:

https://youtu.be/CFpjlZDAvyA

MagicRun Training: 6 weeks before raceweekend

Only 6 weeks before raceweekend.
It's going fast now.
This week is more about cross training than running, because of work.
I'm in the nightshift from Sunday 8/4 till Friday morning so I will do 3 cross trainings and in the weekend some running.


Monday 8/5


I did yoga, the yoga fix workout from beachbody, love the coach Autumn Calabrese so it was a nice workout and perfect after the first nightshift.


Wednesday 8/7


Today my focus was on my arms, maybe you think you don't have train your arms but you need them on your runs and they need to be strong to help you on your run.
So because of the nightshifts I did a light weight workout.


Friday 8/9


This moring I came home after the last nightshift of the week.
I did the workout Tabata in the late afternoon, and it was a fun workout because one of my dogs was playing with me while I was doing the workkout.


Saturday 8/10


Finally a short run, I was trying to do my RunDisney virtual running shorts the Black Panther 5K, but my gimbal went crazy on me.
There was a lot of wind, really heavy wind.
It was a shorter run and I didn't like it I was a little mad at my gimbal.
I did 4.54K and the pace was 8.53 min per 1K.


Sunday 8/11


Time to do a long run today, mom was again on her bike, power woman she is, really really sweet that she is still going with me on my long runs.
There was still wind but not as bad as yesterday.
I didn't want to do a real long run so I made a 9K route, but mom didn't thought it was long enough so on the route I made a longer one.
It was a hard run and felt my legs after the run, I didn't die but I felt like dead.
We did 15.32K at a pace of 8.49 min per 1K.

https://youtu.be/pnP84VgsN0U

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


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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.

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!!!