3 Things on a Thursday.

1-  Today is the first day I attempted to run since the marathon. As much as I hate to admit it, but being sick for 2 weeks straight really helped me rest (even though I don't feel like I have). On the bright side, food poisoning yourself post-marathon means those 5 stubborn pounds that wouldn't budge during training are now gone :)

 

The 3 treadmill miles weren't that bad. I was super slow, but hey! I was moving and it felt good. I know I don't plan on racing this half marathon, but it would be nice to have a bit of cushion. 

 

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2- Having an "I miss NOLA" day. I don't know if it's all the Superbowl/ Mardi Gras stuff that has it in the news all the time. A co-worker forwarded me the NYT article about a certain famous bakery and my old roommate even posted on my facebook wall about king cakes, too. Earlier this week, Jaime was talking about doing the RNR NOLA in 2014. . I'll admit I'm super bummed I won't be running it this year (and did you see the medal?!) but I will be in Disney; if I couldn't go, this reason is kind of the best. So, yea. That's a lot of NOLA talk for this girl.

 

3- Speaking of Princess. . I decided on my costume! (If you follow me on twitter, pretend you haven't seen a post about it ;) I'm sure it's against some law, but I just couldn't stomach putting on a tiara/ tutu and being one of the masses (such is my life!) because let's be honest, how do you dress up as yourself? :) The next idea was villain; I already went down the villain road for ToT. So, the only thing left was to go with sidekick. And I'm pretty sure I decided to be the very best sidekick there is! 

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I seriously need to learn to sew/ own a sewing machine if these running costumes are going to be a habit. Here's to the next round with my trusty dollar store glue gun!