The Tinker Bell Half Marathon Expo is this weekend. I decided to go on Friday so that I wouldn't do a lot of walking the day before the race. I picked up my bib- I'm #9600. Not sure if that's good or bad yet! I'm hoping that I'm not in one of the last corrals. The further back you are, the less time you have to do the race. I also got a pin. It's mostly just a keepsake. I can't imagine anyone wearing it on race day... I also got my race shirt. You don't have to wear them, it's just included in your price. I was hoping it would be short sleeve because I already purchased a long sleeve running shirt. It wasn't. It's long sleeve, this weird mesh fabric, and white- so extra see through. Not my style. SO I purchased a different shirt to wear. They had an "official Tinker Bell Half Marathon" store operated by RunDisney. I purchased one of theirs. Jan-Michael helped me pick it out (he's my husband for those who don't know!). The long sleeve shirt I bought to wear under is black, so I didn't want to get anything white- even though they had exact replicas of the "free" ones, only they were short sleeved. I really liked this blue shirt that had a big picture of Tinker Bell on it. The only catch is, it says "I DID IT! 13.1!". I guess it should be worn AFTER you do the race... but I really wanted it to wear DURING. Presumptuous? I'm going with motivational. I've been told that positive thinking is half the battle =p I also bought a few things for my Mom (she is the biggest Tinker Bell fan!) and a magnet for my fridge. They had these keychains that were exact replicas of the medal. For one moment I thought, hmmm, maybe I should buy one just incase! But Jan-Michael said "Well then you might as well throw in the towel now!" He's right, of course. Anyway, I also bought a headband from a vendor booth. It's a special runner headband that supposedly won't slip off. It's sparkly green! I love it. They had TONS of stuff any runner would love to buy, but I tried to just pick up the things I needed. I went in knowing I needed a shirt and headband. I came out with a shirt and headband (ok and a magnet LOL). There were free samples of Craisins, yogurt, power drinks and power bars. I think most of that stuff is nasty, so I stuck to the Craisins and yogurt. Luckily the expo floor wasn't very big. It was in a ballroom of the Disneyland Hotel. So, we were in and out in an hour. I absolutely loved that Tinker Bell was everywhere. It made me wish my Mom was here though.
Last night, I added the finishing touches to my shirt- Autism logos. I had purchased a crystal iron on decal a long time ago, but I wasn't sure how it was going to work out. So we also bought some puff paint and my husband was going to draw on their logo. Luckily, the crystal decal worked, I just had to cut it apart. I put the puzzle logo on the sleeve of my arm and "Autism Speaks" on the back of my shirt. I think it looks awesome and matches well with the colors of the shirt. It's very sparkly so I'm sure everyone will see it!
I've been getting up at 5am every day this week to prepare my body to be awake at 5am since the race starts at 5:45am. One of my really good friends told me to sleep in the day before because I probably won't sleep the night of. SO today I slept in... until 8am haha! Not much of a sleep-in but I don't normally sleep in very late anyway. I've already been tossing and turning and dreaming of the race for a couple nights now, so I'm still going to try and go to bed pretty early tonight. I think I am going to wake up around 3am. I should probably get up earlier than that, but we will see how it goes. Sometimes when I go Black Friday shopping, I end up waking up before my alarm anyway. That might be the case here too. I don't normally eat or drink until I've been awake for at least an hour, but I'll need to eat and drink right away so that my body has time to digest before the run. I don't want to use time standing in line at the bathrooms. I need all the time I can get!
I did a practice dress rehearsal last night. The skirt is a little tricky because the "Tinker Bells" at the ends of the ribbons stick to my pants LOL! My iPhone holder doesn't work as well as I anticipated. It's a little big for my arm. And if you have a cover on your phone, it's hard to slid in and out. I might have to go cover-less and pin it in place. I just hope I don't accidentally drop if since it won't have any protection! My phone is being used as a music player, camera and race tracker!
Well, that's all that's on my mind for today! Thanks for listening =)
Now for some photos......
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