On Sucking Less & Being More Awesome

Every once in a while I like to do a bulleted post. Why? Just because I feel like it.

• I love/hate crossfit. I feel like I am getting much stronger and fitter, which is always a good thing and sort of the goal of going in the first place; plus, the lifting stuff is pretty bad ass (you know how I feel about all things bad ass). The hate part comes from feeling like I am always lagging behind in class. 
• I saw this picture from Monday's WOD.... talk about bad.... right there is some in your face motivation. How did I let myself get back to looking like this?! A beer gut is not cute, but beer is so good...oh the dilemma!

• Look at my pink shoes.... pink is pretty much my favorite. I heard that wearing pink and/or bright colors makes you at least 75% more awesome. There might be some sort of scientific study about that, and if there isn't there should be.
• Taught Zumba with a friend of mine yesterday, it was so much fun but so nerve wracking. She says she loves my class but it still makes me so nervous. It might be a little childish but I worry that my ladies like her more than they like me. It doesn't help that when we walked in, they freaked out and told my friend that they were worried that now they'd have their butts kicked. What does that mean? Do I suck? (yup, crazy town)
• On to school news, taking exclusively online classes this semester sucks monkey nuts, I need to be in a classroom. 
• Still debating over whether or not I should enter the honors program. What would you do? 

Wanna win some awesome running gear? Just make a donation to my fundraising efforts. I decided to change the entry

$5 = 1 entry

$10 = 2 entries

$20 = 5 entries

$30 = 8 entries

$40 = 15 entries

$50 = 20 entries

Just go to http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/LucyMcCullough/disneyprincessweekend2014, make a donation. Fill out this form so I can make sure you get all the entries you deserve. 

Momentum Jewelry Review

Back in March, a friend gifted me with an awesome bracelet from Momentum Jewelry. The bracelet is a wrap bracelet with an oval pendant that reads "go hard...no excuses". I LOVE this bracelet, not only is it an awesome message, but the bracelet is pretty rockin' fine. Beyond physical motivation, it actually was a motivation for school, sounds weird but it helped. I still wear the bracelet for every exam and test, because sometimes, I just need a little motivation to keep working hard. Now that I am crossfitting, I wear it everyday to remind me that it's time to "go hard..no excuses". Check out the awesome bracelet...

Go visit their site, and have a look around, there is some cool stuff there. http://designsthatmoveyou.com/

Go to their Facebook https://www.facebook.com/designsthatmoveyou, let them know Lucy from Run Chunky Run sent you. 

Momentum has graciously donated a bracelet for the fundraising raffle. To donate, and enter to win a momentum bracelet of your very own just follow the link. 

http://runchunkyrun.blogspot.com/2013/10/wanna-win-some-awesome-stuff.html

 *Momentum provided me with a bracelet to raffle, my opinions are my own.

Wanna Win Some AWESOME Stuff?

Alright, so if you've been reading lately, you'll know that I am running the Glass Slipper Challenge at the Disney Princess Half Marathon weekend. I'm running the challenge as a member of the Give Kids The World Team. Give Kids The World exists solely to fulfill the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. These deserving families are treated to weeklong fantasy vacations to Central Florida where accommodations, attraction tickets, entertainment, meals and more are all provided at no cost. Being part of the GKTW team also means that I have some fundraising to do. This is where you come in, and it's super easy to help out, for the month of October I am raffling off some pretty awesome stuff. So, all you have to do is go to http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/LucyMcCullough/disneyprincessweekend2014 and make a donation. You receive one entry for every $5 you donate. After you've made your donation, just click here and fill in your information, it's just that easy. On November 1st, I will pick 3 winners!

$5 = 1 entry
$10 = 2 entries
$20 = 5 entries
$30 = 8 entries
$40 = 15 entries
$50 = 20 entries 

Here's part of the ever growing list of companies who have graciously donated goodies. Go like their Facebook page and let them know that Lucy from Run Chunky Run sent you

• Momentum (FB page)
• My Race Ragz (FB page)
• Gypsy Runner (FB page)
• BIC Bands (FB page) 
• Lift Your Sole (FB page)
• Bondi Band (FB page)
• One More Mile (FB page)
• Fresh Feet Wipes (FB page)
• Handana (FB page)
• Paper Shower (FB page)
• Proud Runner (FB Page)
• More to come...

PLUS, I am throwing in some vinyl decals for the winners, the winners will choose the design. For those of you in the Atlanta area, I am adding a 4th winner, who will win a photography session with me. You can see my work at www.facebook.com/LucyMPhotography. 

To enter:

Donate Here: http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/LucyMcCullough/disneyprincessweekend2014 

Fill This Out: http://bit.ly/15Gw028

Wanna know what your donation can do? 

$25 says YES to unlimited ice cream served in our Ice Cream Palace for an entire week for one family. Imagine; ice cream for breakfast! And the only hard part is choosing between a cone, cup, sundae, or banana split!

$50 says YES to a welcome basket for one family. Each basket includes milk, juice, and snacks in the fridge and gifts including an autograph book for the kids to capture signatures of their favorite characters.

$75 says YES to our Gift-giving Fairy who delivers gifts to each child in the family, every day of their stay. Stuffed animals, DVD’s, games, souvenirs, and more – all the things that make a child’s face light up with joy.

$100 says YES to Christmas every Thursday, complete with visits from Santa, horse-drawn carriage 

rides, and yes, even snow in Florida!

You can read my friend's experience at Give Kids The World 365awesomedays.blogspot.com/2012/07/gabs-wish-trip-part-1-give-kids-world.html

Et Tu, Pizza?

Dear Pizza,

I have loved you for a long time, so I fail to understand why you could betray me the way you did. You sounded like such a good idea last night, the whole family was excited to see you. I'm not gonna lie, you were perfectly cheesy, your toppings were just right and thoroughly delicious. It was like Pizza Leonardo Da Vinci himself had created you. Each bite was glorious and at the time I thought you were worth it. Then this morning rolled around and you showed me a very ugly side of you, it was awful. My stomach was protesting but what's worse is that you have left me feeling so sluggish. I went for a walk this morning and I felt awful the entire time. I'm still feeling sluggish and tired. Why would you do this to me? I'm so hurt! In going to curl up in a corner and try to forget you. 

Lucy (aka-Slug McGlug) 

Lions and Tigers and Crossfit, Oh My!

So, I don't remember if I mentioned here that I started Crossfit earlier this month. Anyways, this week has been pretty kick ass in terms of working out, I've gotten my runs in, I've been working my hardest in Crossfit, although all of the workouts have to be scaled (aka modified) for me. I've been a little scared each workout, but I think that's because I'm pushing myself out of my comfort zone. Today, that's another story, today's workout has me terrified. To make it worse, I'm still pretty sore from Wednesday's workout, I know it's a good thing but it's killing the motivation this morning. I usually go in the afternoon, at the same time as B goes to Crossfit Kids, but today she's got a friend coming over, so I kind of have a lame excuse. This pretty much sums up how I feel about going to Crossfit today.

Turtles + Peanut Butter = My Run

This morning, I ran with K... I know, it's been forever since I have posted about her. OK, it may have also been a while since I have blogged with any sort of regularity. Anyways, she and I ran/walked/waddled (well, I did the waddling), and it was like old times. The only exception was the part where our pace was miserably slow, so slow in fact that I would call it turtles stomping through peanut butter. I can't remember where I read that saying but I feel that it accurately describes the pace this morning. The best part was getting the miles in, and getting it done. We were able to go on about our days after our all too early wake up calls. I've missed our crazy chats.

Ok, so did I tell you that I started a Facebook page for the blog, you can go give it a like over here.....
https://www.facebook.com/runchunky.

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

Remember during that first week back to school when the teacher would make you write about your summer vacation? Well, it's happening right now.

Most of the summer was spent in school and chauffeuring B around from camp to camp. There were bouts of running and half assed attempts at being awesome. Then to make things worse, I was feeling very uninspired with my Zumba classes too. Part of the problem is that I did not take the time to plan properly and make time for all the things. I'll be honest, summer classes were tough but I could have made it all work a bit better, the lack of planning made me feel like I was barely keeping my head above water. The good thing is that I have a good idea as to what next summer's classes will look like so I can plan and prepare accordingly. On a good note, I did manage to get straight A's and oh yeah, did I mention that I made the Dean's List in the Spring/Winter semester?! What a difference being an adult and paying for school yourself will make. Then to add to it, we had some testing done for B and found out that she's extremely intelligent, I mean crazy smart y'all, but she is also dyslexic (which is not as cut and dry as one would think), she has dysgraphia (a writing related learning disorder) and ADHD (totally different in girls than boys). It was a lot to process, and something that was a bit difficult to talk to her about. She cried and was pretty upset at first but we explained it to her, let her read about it on the Yale Center For Creativity and Dyslexia site, and she felt much better after reading that. Then she saw some of the documentary called The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia, she loved seeing some intelligent and successful people who also have similar diagnoses.

Ok, don't worry, it's not all doom and gloom. I did get to go to Disney World with the fam. Check us out...

The trip was pretty epic, B and Patrick have a way of making some pretty awesome things happen. Like seating right by the window when we had dinner in the castle so we could watch Wishes (the fireworks show) right from our table on B's birthday; it was MAGICAL. B had some issues with her car design when we went on Test Track, and when she told a cast member about it, the cast member took us in the back way, gave us as much time as we needed to design the car then we got to bypass the line to get back on the ride. There were some other cool things but I won't bore you guys with it. If you need to go to Disney, Patrick and B are the people to go with if you want to have some cool and magical stuff happen.

On the Disney trip, something pretty magical happened to me. I met a family at Downtown Disney that touched my heart and inspired me to do something worthwhile. I met a family who had recently lost one of their adopted daughter to a heart condition, and they were at Disney celebrating the life of their beloved daughter. They handed my husband and I a scroll, tied up with a pretty little ribbon and a tiny tiara attached to it. Patrick and I sat down to read their daughter's story and we were both moved to tears, I am tearing up just thinking about this family. When we got back, I read the families' blog and I read about their volunteer experience during their recent visit to Disney and their stay at Give Kids The World Village on their daughter's Make-A-Wish trip. This was the second time I had heard about this wonderful organization, and I started to have a nagging feeling that I had to do something for this organization.

Imagine my surprise and excitement when I found out that Give Kids The World has started a running team to raise funds, the teams will be running in the Disney Marathon Weekend and at the Disney Princess Half Marathon weekend. So, I joined the team, and I will be running the Glass Slipper Challenge at the Princess Half Marathon weekend for Team Give Kids The World. So, here we go again, I'm getting ready for another half and running for an important cause. If you have it within your budget to donate, I would greatly appreciate it. I am also working on a virtual race with some pretty awesome prizes, so stay tuned. http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/LucyMcCullough/disneyprincessweekend2014

http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/LucyMcCullough/disneyprincessweekend2014