London and Half Marathon

I am sitting on my bed beside my suitcase. I am off again this weekend to Paris, but this time, I have an agenda!

The half marathon.

I am excited because I actually have never run a half before in a competitive setting and it will be fantastic to be running by the Notre Dame! They seem to have everything in place for a successful race with energy shots, fruit and sports drink. They also give you a thermal wrap at the end, a medal and a t-shirt. This is one t-shirt that I am wearing while I work out and I will refuse to feel tacky!

Excitement aside, you may be wondering how I have trained for this race.

I haven’t.

I will let you know how THAT goes.

Actually, I have been very focused on the up coming RAID that will require a lot more strength and endurance so I have been Cross fitting, going to 3 spin classes a week, pilates twice a week and then fitting running in where I can. I am hoping to actually do better than usual because I have taken a marathon training hiatus in order to strengthen my weaker points for the RAID, such as upper body strength for climbing and my cycling muscles. I have spent all evening creating a sport resume to add to the stack of paper work my team needs to send in to be considered.

Other ways that I have been training for the half is going to London, England last weekend with one of my best friends and consuming mass quantities of this:

And doing mass quantities of this:

A few more shots of the weekend:

 

…You get the picture.

I shopped like crazy. I love LOVE being in one of the fashion capitals of the world. I am definitely taking advantage of it.

In fact…I hopped up from my slothing position on my bed (which coincidently doubles as a couch) and took a picture of one of the new items I bought this past weekend:

Love it. When I bought it, the salesman asked me what shoes I would wear with it (love it!) and I told him my Christian Louboutins. He said it is perfect. I think I am going to wear it this summer, a few of Jesse’s friends are getting married and I need some great clothing for the events!

Speaking of clothing, I better get back to packing. I had a packing routine down pat, but now that I have a marathon thrown in there, it takes a bit more planning. I will see you all later with a race recap!

Cheers, lovies!