As you know (unless you’ve been living under a rock in blogland) today is the
Boston Marathon!
It is my dream to qualify for Boston and I really look up to all those runners who qualify. I will be watching the race today and dreaming of tackling the race myself one day 🙂
Boston Marathon random info:
– The oldest annual marathon in the world
– You have to qualify to run Boston, but you can also sign up with a charity
– The winners of the Men and Women Open Division Winners each receive $150,000
– The race is on a Monday
– Approximately 25,000 runners will race today
– The Boston Marathon course has a reputation for being one of the most difficult courses
Wanna Watch the Boston Marathon? WBZ-Boston is streaming it online!
Run: I started the day with a less than qualifying for Boston paced run 🙂 6 miles in approx 56 minutes. Um, I better speed it up if I want to get to Boston!!!
Eat: This morning I made an easy breakfast of Ezekiel muffin with almond butter and butta with stevia and cinnamon. I put too much cinnamon though and added some jelly to take the edge off.
Plus watermelon for the fruit factor.
and coffee for warmth. It’s cold today!
Fail: Last night I realized that I made a mistake in scheduling my flights to Orlando this week 🙁 I somehow managed to book Orlando to Baltimore instead of vice versa?!?!
I fixed the mistake, but it cost me an extra $115. Boo.
I have a very long To Do list since I am leaving tomorrow at 3pm!!! I will be in Orlando only two days and should be home by late Thursday night. I will be blogging from Florida too of course.
Stay tuned for good eats from my travels to Disney World!
See you later 🙂
You hit the nail on the head with that one, awesome read! Keep up the good work 🙂
You’ll get to Boston one day! 🙂 I have so much faith in you girl.
Have a fantastic time in Orlando. I missed why you will be there but I hope you have an amazing time regardless.
One thing I really like about blog posts is that often they spark an idea in my brain. Once that happens, I feel as I must write a comment hoping it may be valuable to some people.
Hi there! I have never commented before but I have now come out of the “lurking closet” to make you fel better about your flight booking issue…..I live in Sydney, Australia and last October I visited the US for the first time (PS: The States are so awesome and I am so jealous of all of you that can live there!!!). Anyway….I am usually the most organised person with EXTREME attention to detail. I turned up 24 hours late for my flight….I thought I was leaving Australia on Monday night but it was actually SUNDAY!!!! I had a non adjustable ticket so this cost me an extra $1500 Australian (about $1300 USD at the time). I was so devastated and that was all I could think about for the first few days of my trip. Needless to say I had the BEST HOLIDAY of my life and I am heading back in 7 weeks time. I have checked my itinerary about 50 times already to make sure I turn up on the right day this time! So don’t feel bad about your mistake at all. I love your blog and I especially love how positive you are….this is what I love the most about people in America!
I have been searching for this, was not on the similarpage in search as it was last week when I first saw it. Anyway, thank God for search history!
You’ll get to Boston one day! 🙂 I have so much faith in you girl.
Have a fantastic time in Orlando. I missed why you will be there but I hope you have an amazing time regardless.
Have fun in my town! Let me know if you just happen to have any random free time while you’re here. 😉 Otherwise enjoy the time with the fam!
omg, it would be so cool if you could qualify for boston!!!
bummer about the flight error. you are only human with a ton on your mind!
have a safe flight and a great trip!
So sorry about the flight mix up, but at least you are still getting there!
That watermelon looks so fresh and juicy, I love summer fruit!
Summer fruit is my reason for living 🙂
I had no idea the winners won cash prizes! DUDE!
I would love to go to Boston and watch it one day.
You are going to have a blast in Disneyworld, I’m jealous!
My cousins goes to school in Boston, and says it is just crazy up there. I’m sure you will be able to qualify-because you are amazing! And that watermelon looks so sweet and juicy-I need to get me some!
Thanks for the vote of confidence!
Thanks for posting the link! I’m going to try and sneak peaks while I’m at work!
I usually don’t commonly post on many Blogs, yet I just has to say thank you… keep up the amazing work. Ok regrettably its time to get to school.
Oh no! I’ve definitely done that before!!
Yesterday I booked a flight to CA! So excited to go home!
I’m watching the marathon on TV right now 🙂 I love it. I also love when runners get proposed to at the finish line, it’s happened a few times and the cameras have been there to capture it 🙂 adorbs.
I think you should totally run with a charity if you want to run the race. You won’t have to kill yourself to make a qualifying time and you get to have fun fundraisers to raise money for your charity! Do it up and you can run next year!
Ugh, I hate airline change fees. I had to change a RT international ticket and they charged $250! 🙁
Ugh, screwing up flights really sucks. I screwed up and made a flight at 8pm instead of 8am! It cost me $200 to fix. Now I will triple check next time!!
I will be triple checking from now on too!
AND it also starts in my hometown!!! It’s not known for anything EXCEPT the marathon!! We don’t even have a drive through. It’s so small! 🙂
That is so cool though!!!
I saw your tweet about that! I’m glad you got the problem fixed:)