Give Away*CLOSED*

Sorry I have been MIA lately.  I have been dealing with some health stuff, again.  Hopefully I can nip all this in the bud and move forward with training and getting life back on track.

I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving.  I got a little something in Disney World and I am going to give it away.  This will be open until Sunday December 6th.  I figured a week was a decent amount of time (hopefully)  In order to be eligible you have to go over to my instagram here, pick one of your favorite pictures, then email me at lifetravelrunrepeat@gmail.com and let me know which one is your favorite.  You will get an extra entry by commenting on this post and by following me on instagram & commenting on your favorite picture with the hashtag #winmickey

You probably want to know what the give away is so drumroll please.........

It's a stuffed Mickey 

On the 6th I will put all the names in a hat and have the kiddo pick one. 

Quick Check In

I wanted to do a quick check in to say we did it!!!  The 5K was awesome and the kiddo did great, the half marathon is another story.  They ended up cutting the race in half and we only did 6.8 miles due to a weather delay :(  I will do a recap soon.

I am going to do a give away in the next few days.  I will provide you with all the details soon.  I am just really busy getting back into the swing of things and I am still trying to kick this sinus infection I have so I have been calling it an early night a lot lately so my blog has been lacking sorry.

Only a few more days

I wanted to check in and just let you guys know I probably won't be doing another blog post until we get back from our trip.  I was hoping to do a packing post and an updated carry on post as well as finishing up my trip recaps,  but I am not sure if I am going to get a chance to do it before we go.  We have been so busy the past two weeks.

I am planning on doing a give away while I am on the trip so watch my Instagram, Twitter, & Facebook during the trip:

Instagram
Twitter
Facebook

I plan on updating them a lot more this trip.

I'm a bit nervous for the races though because I am still fighting this sinus infection, so I don't think I will PR but as long as I finish both of them I will be happy.

I can't believe the trip is almost here, I am so excited!!!

Trip Recap Day 5

Today was the day that we were switching from Paradise Pier to the Disneyland Hotel and hubby was going to come join us.  I set my alarm for 5:30 am so I could call hubby to make sure he was up and ready to head to the airport.  When I called him he had been up for a while because he was so excited to come join us :)  He was already headed up to the airport and had just stopped by Starbucks for a coffee.  After I talked to him for a bit I went back to sleep until around 7:30.  I got up and called hubby again just as he was boarding the plane.

 I jumped in the shower and then started packing up.  Totally not like me to pack up last minute but since we were just switching hotels it wasn't like I had to pack smart, I just had to make everything fit in one of our 4 suitcases & 2 backpacks.  I managed to get it done in about 15 minutes, I think an all time personal record.  It wasn't pretty but it worked.  The kiddo was up at this point so I poured us some cereal and we watched Dumbo on TV.  Hubby called us about 10:45 to let us know he had landed and was getting into his cab.  So we grabbed all our bags and headed over to the Disneyland Hotel.  I am not going to lie, it was a very interesting walk and felt a bit like it would never end.  It really isn't that far of a walk but with 2 big suitcases, two carry on's and two backpacks it was an adventure.  The kiddo was a pretty good sport, but he was ready to just be there.

The pink line shows our route

We got there and just hung out at the front of the hotel until hubby got there.  We were so happy to see him!!!!

We got checked in really quickly and they gave us our room number and said they would text us when the room was ready.  So we checked our bags and then headed into the parks.

We had reservations at Carnation Cafe again so we headed over there.  What can I say it is one of our favorite restaurants.

How can you not get the fried pickles

The amazing shrimp salad.

We headed over to the rockets and then we we got a call from the hotel saying that a different room was ready for us so we could come and get new keys and the new room number.  

So we headed back to the hotel and got our new room keys and number.  When we got in the room I was actually really disappointed.  Don't get me wrong the hotel and rooms are really nice and I love staying here.  We had decided to splurge this time and get a deluxe room which I thought would be bigger than what we got.  The room was still really nice, just much smaller than I was expecting and smaller than Paradise Pier.  I didn't take any pictures of the room which I wish I had.  I promise when we go in January I will.  I am still trying to get used to taking pictures for the blog.  I am just not ready to put our faces out there so I don't really have a lot of pictures without us.  I noticed that I did take more when it was just the kiddo and I.  I think we did a lot more though once everyone joined us so that may be it.

Anyway, the hubby and I had booked the kiddo at the Pinnochio's Workshop for the night and since hubby had been up really early he took a nap and the kiddo and I went to the pool for a bit.  I cannot say how much I LOVE the Disneyland Hotel pool.  It is amazing.  They have two pools, two waterslides, and a little kid area with small waterslides.  It really is a lot of fun.  

We headed back up to the room just as hubby was waking up and got ready to go.  We headed over and dropped the kiddo off and then head to our dinner reservation at Wine Country Trattoria.  This is hubby's second favorite restaurant.  I didn't take any pictures but I can tell you it was yummy.  I had the Shrimp Scampi & hubby had Alla Vongola.  Then it was time to hit up the rides the kiddo won't ride.  We rode Soarin, California Screamin two times, then we headed over to Disneyland and we rode Star Tours, Space Mountain, Matterhorn, Big Thunder, and Splash Mountain-twice.  When we were waiting in line for the Matterhorn they were doing the fireworks and when we got to the openings they were doing the grand finale and it was so amazing.  Super romantic to get to share it with the hubby.  We couldn't have timed it better.  The upgrades they did to the Matterhorn were pretty awesome too.  Still a super jerky ride, but much improved.

The fireworks in line from the Matterhorn

After our second go around on Splash Mountain we went and picked up the kiddo.  He had a blast!!  They had a special viewing area for the kids to watch the fireworks from, they had a Mad Tea party, he got to play games and watch a movie.   I cannot say enough about how wonderful the babysitting is at both Disneyland & Disneyworld.  The Cast Members obviously love kids and love what they do.  Thank you to the wonderful cast members who take such good care of the kiddo.  He is really sad that we didn't book one for him when we go to Disneyworld.  

Then we headed back to the hotel for a nice sleep.

Kiddo's Disney Tag

This is the kiddo here, and this is what I answered:


1- Favorite Character-Luke/Pluto
2-Favorite Princess - Snow White
3-Favorite Heroine - Leia
4-Favorite Prince - Charming
5- Favorite Hero-Iron Man
6-Favorite Animal - Pluto
7-Favorite Sidekick - Robin Hood in Disney Infinity 3.0
8- Favorite Villain - Darth Vader
9- Favorite Original Character - Pluto
10 - Favorite Love Song - You'll be in my Heart
11-Favorite Song-Heffalumps & Woozles
12-Favorite Villain Song- Be Prepared
13-Least Favorite Song-I don't have one
14-Favorite Kiss- It's to awkward to answer
15 - First Movie I Saw - Snow White
16-Favorite Classic - Robin Hood
17-Songs that is always stuck in your head-Heffalumps & Woozles
18-Favorite Pixar Film-Cars
19-Least Favorite Pixar Film-I don't have on they are all really good
20-Favorite Sequel-Cars 2
21-Overrated Movie-They are all really good.
22-Underrated Movie-Planes
23-Movie that makes you laugh-Cars
24-Movie that makes you Cry-Inside Out
25-The saddest Scene from your favorite movie-When Luke is struck by the Sith Lightning
26-Saddest Death-Clone Troopers
27-Favorite Quote-When Francesco is away from home he misses his mama
28-Favorite Theme Park-Disneyland
29-Favorite Theme Attraction-Silly Symphony Swings
30-Favorite Theme Park Show-Fantasmic

I hope you enjoy.  What are your favorites?  If you want to share them go ahead and do the Disney Tag.

Disney Tag - Me

So the Disney tag has been making it's way around the internet and the kiddo asked if he and I could do it for my blog so I figured why not.  Since I am up and can't sleep I figured I would do mine now and then tomorrow or the next day we would do his.  Ok timer is set, go:

1- Favorite Character-Emma Swan/Mickey
2-Favorite Princess - Jasmine
3-Favorite Heroine - Emma Swan
4-Favorite Prince - Aladdin
5- Favorite Hero-Killian/Kristoff
6-Favorite Animal - Maximus
7-Favorite Sidekick - Genie or Mushu
8- Favorite Villain - Regina
9- Favorite Original Character - Mickey
10 - Favorite Love Song - A Whole New World
11-Favorite Song-Never Had a Friend Like Me
12-Favorite Villain Song-Pour Unfortunate Souls
13-Least Favorite Song-Feed the Birds
14-Favorite Kiss-Emma & Hook
15 - First Movie I Saw - 101 Dalmatians, but the movie stopped playing halfway through, my first full Disney Movie was Babes in Toyland
16-Favorite Classic - Robin Hood & Trick or Treat(cartoon short)
17-Songs that is always stuck in your head-Boo to You
18-Favorite Pixar Film-Brave/Inside Out
19-Least Favorite Pixar Film-Bugs Life
20-Favorite Sequel-Toy Story 2
21-Overrated Movie-Maleficent
22-Underrated Movie-Enchanted
23-Movie that makes you laugh-Aladdin
24-Movie that makes you Cry-Up
25-The saddest Scene from your favorite movie-Baby Mine - Dumbo.  Not my favorite movie but it hurts me to see and always makes me cry
26-Saddest Death-Ellie
27-Favorite Quote-All your dreams can come true if you just have the courage to pursue them/I will always find you.
28-Favorite Theme Park-Disneyland
29-Favorite Theme Attraction-California Screamin/Expedition Everest/Space Mountain in Disneyland Paris
30-Favorite Theme Park Show-Paint the Night

Some of these were so hard to pick just one so I cheated a bit.  I wasn't sure if Once Upon a Time counted but I made an executive decision that it did in my case.  It took me 5 min 45 seconds so just a bit over not to bad for being a bit tired :)

Training catch up

The hubby and I had been doing really well on our training when we got back at the start of last month, but the past few weeks not so much.
About a week and a half ago I got sick, again with another sinus infection.  This one knocked me on my butt!!!  I spent about 4 days just sleeping.  I am still suffering from it right now, and just want it to go away!!!  While they have been treating me for the sinus infection they also discovered that my anemia has come come.  So not only am I dealing with the cold but also super low iron levels.  Joy of Joy.

So I took a bit of time off of training but started up again this week.  I did two 30 minute runs this week as well as the long run for the week yesterday.  I did 11 miles and managed to keep a 15:04 pace.  Not my best pace, but I'm trying to be ok with it because it is still better than I have to have to finish the half and it does feel like I have an elephant.  Hopefully the meds will work there magic and I will be ready to do a much better time on my 14 mile run next Saturday.

The kiddo has been doing really well on his training.  He is running cross country at school so he has practices three days a week and then his meets on the weekend.  We do have to get a few three milers in with him during the week.  I think we are going to do those on Wednesdays.  I will let you know how he does on his first one.