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Run Ria Run –The 5K Weekend Warrior PTR *Updated September 22*
Run Ria Run –The 5K Weekend Warrior PTR
Cast:
Myself: Maria, Noonie, Ria (pronouced like Maria without the Ma to my closest friends
Husband: Benjamin, Benny Bear
Where to start…
I guess it all started in Apri…l I started to see the two Crissys posting on the boards about the Expedition Everest 5K.
At first I thought that’s nice that they are doing that…better them then me…lol.
Then I thought well if Ben gets into law school in Orlando I will start training for the 5K and see if it’s really something I want to do.
Well Ben got into a couple of law schools but in the end he choose Orlando because they offered him a scholarship and because he knew it would make me sooo happy.
Ben and I are moving to Orlando in August (August 9 to be exact). Ben is starting Law School and I am going to be going to Community College out there…I am on the fast track to transfer to the University of Central Florida in a year or so …I am finally going to fulfill my life long dream of being a kindergarten teacher (no sarcasm here I love this age group of children). Today I got the great news that I am going to be offered a job on campus…so I wont have to hit the pavement when we move there looking for a job woo hoo!
We decided that instead of spending our summer in the hot Louisiana humidity we needed a change of scenery for the summer. So I talked to my brother in Asheville, NC and asked him if he needed a summer nanny. He was thrilled that I asked and Ben and I packed up on May 5 and moved to Asheville.
pictures of Ben and i on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Wait I know what you guys are thinking…what about the 5K …I am getting to it.
So we arrived in Asheville and I had already decided this was the summer I was going to start losing all the extra weight I put on in the last couple of years because I was in LOVE (love&marriage + Cajun food= more junk in the trunk).
here are some pics of us in love
vices...not so much the oysters but the Abita Ambers I put away while eating them
So I began weight watchers. The first week I lost 3 lbs with no exercise …I was sooo excited only 96 lbs to go …lol.
me eating no fat no fun frozen yogurt
The next week was a little more difficult b/c that’s the week we went apartment hunting in Orlando/ 2 nighter at the Pop Century including the P&PP. Well I made good food decisions and even had a couple of cocktails (and a dole whip) and I lost 2.5 more lbs….I was so excited..
We returned to Asheville and I decided to start training for the 5K…
I am following the Couch to 5K plan and I am on Week 5 of training and feel great. I am now down 19 lbs since May 12…woo hoo! I am sooo excited about the idea of running a race through the AK at night and the after party.
Back to the moving…
I was a little upset that I wasn’t going to be able to write TR’s anymore b/c I am living so close to WDW (30 minutes away) …but then I read Maureens TR “Doing Disney Like “Normal People” …and I thought hey I can still write TR’s …which I love to do.
So our first weekend trip to the world will be September 26-28 for the 5K…more details coming soon.
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Great start, Maria!! Congratulations on your weight loss!!! I am so excited by your motivation!! You look great!!
I, too, put on some weight in recent years. I was always very thin, but then I developed a foot condition, needed surgery and the rest was history. Things got away from me, but now I'm motivated to take it off! Wii Fit has been my vice, but is there a link to this Couch to 5K? I'd be interested in looking at it!
great start maria
congrats on the weight loss - love and marriage and junk in the trunk - been there done that - so I feel ya
hurry back with more please
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Great start Maria. I don't know why I didn't put two and two together when seeing your Dole Whip picture. So I apologize for just calling you Starla for the last couple of weeks. Great start to your pre trip report. I guess since you and Crissy's have started I need to get mine started as well.
Congrats on the weight loss. Looking forward to more.
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They caught us all smiling and looking at the camera!!!
oh what a fun pre-TR
and of course congrats on the loss.
cant wait to read more!
Thanks! I am excited about the 5K...i have to keep saying this becasue in reality I am super nervous...ahhh!
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Originally Posted by DyanKJ130
Great start, Maria!! Congratulations on your weight loss!!! I am so excited by your motivation!! You look great!!
I, too, put on some weight in recent years. I was always very thin, but then I developed a foot condition, needed surgery and the rest was history. Things got away from me, but now I'm motivated to take it off! Wii Fit has been my vice, but is there a link to this Couch to 5K? I'd be interested in looking at it!
I was never a thin girl...but recently I have just been packing on the lbs. I can't blame it on anything except that my mom and aunts cook the best food in South Louisiana...and I am also an emotional eater so I eat to celebrate and I eat when I am sad...but i a working on all of those issues.
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Originally Posted by B.M.
Congrats all the way around!!
Congrats on the weight loss, Congrats on the move, Congrats on the job, and Congrats on deciding to run the 5k!!!!!!
Thank you ...its an exciting time.
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
Great start Maria!! Good luck with the training
Thanks! So far so good on the training.
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Originally Posted by KandJluvdisney
great start maria
congrats on the weight loss - love and marriage and junk in the trunk - been there done that - so I feel ya
hurry back with more please
I don't want to be stick thin just healthy, active, and at least 1/2 of the junk gone from the trunk.
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Originally Posted by MyRapunzal
Yay! I foooouuunnnddd your PTR!!! Go Ria!
I am currently on week -22 of the Couch to 5k plan! lol!
Can't wait to hear more you lucky duck! Good luck with the move!
I feel like I am week 22 ...I have to run for 20 minutes straight on Thursday...the longest i have run so far is 8 minutes straight....I am going to need major pixies.
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Originally Posted by tammyd_rn
Great start Maria. I don't know why I didn't put two and two together when seeing your Dole Whip picture. So I apologize for just calling you Starla for the last couple of weeks. Great start to your pre trip report. I guess since you and Crissy's have started I need to get mine started as well.
Congrats on the weight loss. Looking forward to more.
Starla was a high school nickname...lol. It seems like I have always been called anything but Maria...my niece and nephew call me Taunt Noonie which has now made my whole family call me this and my friends call me Ria and my DH calls me Ria-Bear...lol.
Couch to 5K is getting tougher I finished day 2 of Week 5 today...i have to admit it was a little rough...but I did it!
Congrats on moving, college, weight loss, and of course....your 5K training; I admire your dedication. Looking forward to following your progess and plans!
danielle
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I think it is great you are going to be a K teacher. They are so cute at that age. I like first grade best myself. Great start to the TR. I can't wait to meet up at EE5K. Good luck moving!
I admire your determination to keep running, even though it's getting harder. I have a friend who runs 140 miles a week to train for marathons (he's ranked 19th in the country). He has told me about how vigorous the training is, but how much he absolutely loves it!!
Congrats on moving, college, weight loss, and of course....your 5K training; I admire your dedication. Looking forward to following your progess and plans!
danielle
When you list it all ...it sounds like I am doing a lot...but I am taking everything one day at a time.
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Originally Posted by djcrysi
I think it is great you are going to be a K teacher. They are so cute at that age. I like first grade best myself. Great start to the TR. I can't wait to meet up at EE5K. Good luck moving!
Well I was a daycare employee for two year in charge of a group of seven 2 year olds...I knew that i loved it but it wasnt the best age range for me...I also know that I am terrible with teenagers (or most teenagers)...I work the best with 4-9 year olds based on my past experience.
We def have to meet up at the 5K...I will keep in touch about that.
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Originally Posted by DyanKJ130
for the link. I added it to my favorites.
I admire your determination to keep running, even though it's getting harder. I have a friend who runs 140 miles a week to train for marathons (he's ranked 19th in the country). He has told me about how vigorous the training is, but how much he absolutely loves it!!
Maria!! Keep up the hard work!!
My brother who I am living with now is an avid Marathon runner...I think he has done 7 or 8 of them and is working to qualify for Boston...I am just working not to collapse at the finish line....
Yay i didnt realize you were getting started!!! But i'm thrilled to see that you did! Okay, like tammy, i too am guilty of calling you starla. Sorry
I'm so glad that we inspired you to do this somewhat. I remember when we first started posting NO ONE was interested. But, now its building and its great to share this with fellow PP's.
I'm SOOO happy for your success so far and you really inspire me because i feel so nervous about it all inside but its great to have people we can talk about the nervousness with!
A few comments I LOVE abita beer...actually turbo dog is my fav*L* I think Louisiana put out the best american beer i've ever had with that brand!
Loved the comment about love & marriage = junk in the trunk :rotfl2: I agree...i gained 15 pounds over the past two years with all the LOVE +southern food period! They say when you are in love you gain together and we sure did!
Congrats on the job!!!! I cant wait to hear all about how your move goes and not much longer to wait huh???
Well i sure cant wait to meet you at the race and so excited to hear all about everything!!!
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i didnt realize you were getting started!!! But i'm thrilled to see that you did! Okay, like tammy, i too am guilty of calling you starla. Sorry
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