Found It!!

I found my race outfit! With a few accessories, it will be great!! 

I tried on several things. When I first went in to Athleta on my short lunch break, I saw what I thought would be perfect. All pink and spunky... but alas, it was not meant to be when I tried it on.  But I was determined to find something bright and fun, so I told the two gals helping me about my quest for the perfect top to run my Tinkerbell Half Marathon in. They got to work about brought me top after top, and some bottoms just for fun.  
Here are some of the tops that I liked, but ultimately declined because they weren't THE one. 

So I really liked the last one. ----^But neither Dustin nor I LOVED it. So I told my gals and they brought me this one...

Really, pictures don't do it 100% justice. But it is NEON pink! BAM! It has a light shelf bra in place for low impact stuff, which is not fab for a 13.1 mile race, but with a regular sports bra on too, it is perfect! It is made out of nylon, polyester and spandex, which is great for wicking away moister. Its long for us tall mamas! And get this-- it also has polygiene which helps it to not hold smell between washes- I'm sold! haha
I also really liked the bottoms they brought to me, so I got those too. Really light weight, called "bare to run" because you hardly tell that you're wearing them.  I had such a hard time looking at traditional stores, so I was so relieved to find both the top and bottom of my outfit in one foul swoop.  

First Trial Run with new top and pants! 

The last few things I need is my tutu that I'm going to make.
I really like both of them and it is just simply black versus blue.
So we'll see if I can find a match like these at the fabric store. 

I also bought my wings tonight! So it's all coming together. 

The final thing on my list was my running belt.  

The Fitletic belt was what I wanted for awhile. It has received some great reviews. No one local carried it, so I settled for something else, and immediately hated it. I ordered this one from Amazon and now there's no turning back. My biggest peeve from the first one was that the waist band was nylon with no elasticity to it, which forced me to wear it high, on my ribs really. But this one's a more elastic material and I can wear it low like I like. No bounce, holds like 4 or 5 energy gels, my phone, and I can buy an add on water bottle for long runs that don't have water stops.  I really love it. 

On the down side- I have yet to make my 10 miles that I wanted to get to prior to the race. 18 days until race day and I'm still fighting my hip pain and I just went to the doctor today to fight a major cough and sinus infection. Like I said- the cosmos are really testing my wherewithal for this run. But I'm really just giving in to the mind-over matter thing of it. I have been running consistently for 4 months, and not so consistently for almost a year now. I know that I can do this, and I know that my body is capable of it, so now I just have to trust that.  1-2, 1-2, 1-2, right?
I got the outfit, I've paid the fees, all I need to do is show up and have fun!