tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-202470982024-03-23T14:04:06.484-04:00Adventures in Park HoppingLive-blogging from the shadow of "The Happiest Place on Earth"Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.comBlogger1634125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-57563210588997982972016-10-12T22:25:00.000-04:002016-10-12T22:25:02.918-04:00GOP Platform<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-76739034999038613632015-12-31T22:02:00.001-05:002015-12-31T22:02:44.662-05:00So Long 2015
I haven't been blogging a whole lot this year. I wouldn't say I've been too busy, or that things have been boring. Mostly, I just haven't prioritized writing here. Life has been happening, and I've been experiencing it...and posting Facebook status updates! One year ago today, I wrote the following:
It feels somehow selfish and ungrateful to ask for my 2015 to be Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-69141990582736668202015-02-03T22:07:00.001-05:002015-02-03T22:07:15.547-05:00A Tale of Two Races in Two CitiesTime must have gotten away from me. I failed to do a proper recap of the Run Like a Diva Half Marathon in December, and then "marathon mania" took hold in my world. Go figure! Anyway, it turns out it's a good thing I waited because now I can do a comparison of two very different races in two very different cities.
Why compare the two? Thank you for asking!
Divas is a Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-3406409156461975122015-01-15T21:15:00.000-05:002015-01-15T21:15:24.942-05:00Walt Disney World Marathon: A Marathon Post<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-41741978663079273222014-12-31T19:30:00.001-05:002014-12-31T19:30:19.256-05:00Putting 2014 to BedTime for the year in non sequitor! The following is a hodgepodge made of the first sentence from each month's first blog post:
Ever since I started training for my first race, I have been humbled by the support I continue to receive from friends, family, and even strangers. Y'all know I have trouble accepting compliments, right? After Princess was relatively unstressful for myJamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-9512770583034304532014-12-07T20:02:00.002-05:002014-12-07T20:02:59.413-05:00Ten in 2014You may not know this, because I don't talk about it too much, but I ran a few races this year.
I'll wait while you stop laughing.
OK. Anyway, yes this blog has turned into all-run-all-the-time. I kind of like it that way too, so don't expect it to change anytime soon! I did the Diva's Half Marathon today, and will likely do my recap tomorrow (spoiler alery: key words will Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-86371529312694029942014-12-03T19:11:00.001-05:002014-12-03T19:11:30.116-05:00Space Coast Half Marathon Recap ReduxI have to warn any non-regular readers right now that this isn't going to be a standard race recap. If you're wondering what Space Coast is like, you should probably head to last year's recap.
This race was not my finest 3 hours. I wasn't in it mentally. My body didn't cooperate physically. And really? I was just going through the motions. At the end ofJamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-44398956052953533332014-11-22T10:54:00.000-05:002014-11-22T10:54:55.246-05:00Not My Finest MomentI screamed at a telemarketer yesterday.
Having worked as the faceless person on the other end of the phone for a year or two, I know how badly the job sucks. I know it's easier to be mean to a person you don't have to make eye contact with, and I'm certainly not bragging about screaming at a stranger. But he deserved it. Here's my best reconstruction of the conversation:
Him: Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-32853275463384022612014-11-17T19:27:00.001-05:002014-11-17T19:27:04.133-05:0017 Miles Like a (Crying) BossThis past Saturday, Sarah and I went out to Ft. Wilderness to do our 17-mile marathon training run. She's way faster than I am, and I was grateful she was willing to run at my slow-poke pace. All in all, the run went really well. The weather was great, so was the conversation, and I'm walking with no major leg issues.
So why bother with a blog post?
I made some stupid mistakesJamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-47566731962127430032014-11-03T21:50:00.002-05:002015-02-03T22:08:35.196-05:00Race Results & Upcoming Race Calendar2012
Tower of Terror 10-Miler
Mickey's Jingle Jungle 5k
Reindeer Run 5k
2013
Princess Half Marathon
Tower of Terror 10-Miler
Space Coast Half Marathon
OUC Orlando Half Marathon
Tap 'n Run 4k
2014
Walt Disney World Half Marathon
Celebration Half Marathon
Melbourne Music Half Marathon
Enchanted 10k
Princess Half Marathon
Winter Park Road Race 10k
Sarasota Half Marathon
FlavorJamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-76916614817660351632014-10-28T09:17:00.002-04:002014-10-30T17:13:52.086-04:00Race Recap: Lake Nona 13.1Scott wanted to try out a half marathon, and had his heart set on Space Coast. Unfortunately, that race filled up on day one and he didn't get a chance to register. So we were looking at the Halloween Halfathon in Clearwater... until I found a cheaper race much closer to home: the inaugural Lake Nona 13.1. I'm so glad we did!
I offered to drive, since I remember trying to driveJamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-64536306876199044002014-10-02T06:12:00.001-04:002014-10-02T06:12:14.886-04:00Another Two-Month Check-InHappy October! This is the month where s--t starts getting real with marathon training. The weather is FINALLY starting to break, and I've got my first longer-than-13-mile run this weekend. At the moment I'm dealing with some monster sinus issues, but haven't got a fever. Plus, I'm a mouth breather when I run anyway. No excuse to take time off!Below are this month's check-in pictures. I'll be Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-61479878112515176592014-09-24T21:00:00.000-04:002014-09-24T21:00:27.061-04:00Top TenNow that I've run in TEN half-marathons, I figure that I have enough experience to write a top-ten list. All of my races have had wonderful aspects that I genuinely enjoyed, and I wouldn't say that I hated running in any of them. And because I'm a slow/beginning runner, I'm pretty sure that my list wouldn't match up with most other people's lists. Just the same, here we go:
10.Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-25749857299739397602014-09-24T10:01:00.001-04:002014-09-24T10:01:43.239-04:00Race Recap: Marine Corps Half MarathonI don’t think I can say enough positive things about this race. The expo was held in conjunction with a local festival (at which I spent a whopping $2 on a pumpkin pie Rita’s), and packet pick-up also included a free pasta dinner. I got my race bag from a nice man named Dennis, who snuck two extra safety pins in my bag when I commented about stealing the extra two that Jackie wasn’t Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-41278920372966143992014-08-18T20:07:00.000-04:002014-08-18T20:07:08.873-04:00Challenge AcceptedSo...by now I assume everyone has heard of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. For those who haven't, here's the quickie recap:
The stunt goes like this: People make a video of themselves dumping a bucket of ice water on their heads, post it on Facebook, Instagram, or other social media sites, and then challenge friends to do the same within 24 hours or donate $100 to ALS (many do both). (per Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-20295370833350124562014-08-10T20:31:00.000-04:002014-08-10T20:31:19.991-04:00This is Why I Have a BlogI have a tiny bandage on my forehead, right at my hairline near my temple. Under that bandage is a small but mighty head wound. It's one of those random ouchies I occasionally get that starts out as a bug bite or a pimple, gets scratched, and bleeds like a gunshot wound.
I'm not the only one who gets these, right?
Anyway, after my seven-mile run* this morning, I took a long bath, Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-23121131763353066332014-08-05T20:17:00.002-04:002014-08-05T20:18:18.546-04:00Backward Progress
Well, it's been two months since my last check-in, and what a crazy two months it's been. Between vacation, starting my new job, and some assorted other excuses, I've really been off the exercise wagon. It's hard to say for sure, since I seem to be completely incapable of holding the same pose two of these sessions in a row, but I think I slid backwards. I see a thicker Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-26078437042757974832014-07-14T21:03:00.001-04:002014-07-14T21:03:54.642-04:00Race SeasonThe official RunDisney training program for the WDW Marathon started at the beginning of this month. As I was planning my long training runs around my scheduled fall races, I realized I had a 13-mile training run scheduled for September. What's a girl to do? Find a half marathon, of course! I'm actually traveling again for this one - up to Camp Lejeune, NC. And sinceJamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-42073290077313708662014-06-21T22:35:00.000-04:002014-06-21T22:35:06.855-04:00Oh, the Places I'll Go!Today is the last day of Part One (weeks 1-2) of Jamie's Excellent Adventure. Although I did my race recap right after ODDyssey, I didn't chronicle my travels to Philadelphia. I also took zero notes while I was traveling, vacationing, and enjoying the hell out of the last week, so I'm using this post to record every thing I can think of. It'll probably be long, but it's been Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-87292417359650135092014-06-11T09:40:00.001-04:002014-06-11T09:40:38.699-04:00ODDyssey Half Marathon RecapGreetings from rainy New Jersey, my home base for two weeks. What started as a "runcation" for the ODDyssey Half turned into an extended visit stretched out between the race and my week at Penn State. So I'm enjoying quality time with Jackie and Jon and their kids (OMG toddlers love taking selfies. This is my new favorite "make it stop fussing" activity. Thank God for the Otterbox!). Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-24688811199581378352014-06-02T21:47:00.000-04:002014-06-11T09:57:48.966-04:00Six Months of "During"
It's been six months since I posted the first of my "during" photos. My weight hasn't really changed much in the past two months, and I have to say I don't see much of a difference at all anymore. Honestly, at this point I'm just keeping it up because I think once marathon training picks up in the fall there will be big changes relatively quickly.
I'm fine with thatJamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-82066893615812697232014-05-24T12:16:00.001-04:002014-05-24T12:16:43.351-04:00Timeline
Often, the periods between my blog posts are either filled with negative things I'd rather not talk about or negative space -- nothing at all to talk about.
This time, it's been absolutely crazy around here. I kept thinking, "I need to blog this," only to decide that sleep was a more effective use of my time. But so much has happened and is about to happen that I feel I need to Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-73384136352614411662014-05-15T17:50:00.000-04:002014-05-15T17:50:52.314-04:00Actually Park Hopping!
If you've been reading the blog recently, you might have realized that I haven't actually been doing much park hopping. Perhaps after 14 years of living in the shadow of Disney, I've had enough "magic." Actually, I don't think that's true at all. Life has been pretty busy, and I genuinely enjoy my couch!
That said, I decided that the best way to celebrate my graduation (byJamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20247098.post-20280189729935202152014-05-07T13:52:00.000-04:002014-05-07T17:54:28.262-04:00Leapin' Lizard!I'm having a bad lizard week here at Casa ParkHopper. Monday I came home to a dead-ish lizard in the middle of my kitchen floor and two cats completely disinterested in assisting with its disposal. As it turns out, the lizard was only "dead" until Elphie took a half-hearted swat at it and her claw hit it mid-back. THEN it was miraculously cured and running right at me! Jamie the ParkHopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721658062040599027noreply@blogger.com1