Blogging about jogging...let's give this a shot

Hey anyone reading this!

So...this is my blog. I'm not sure I'll be very good at this but maybe this will help me stick to my health/just because I can goals...we will see. Anyways! Background! I live in Chicagoland, love to cook, have a loving boyfriend and some really awesome friends and a kickass family (sorry about language...this will probably be PG-13 most of the time...won't drop any big bombs). I am pursuing a career in acting and I am working two part time jobs (but none of them include food...at least I broke the poor actress stereotype!) And that's all you really need to know about me...if you want to know more about my acting career visit my actor's page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Gabrielle.Arietta.Cross.  


So, the reason I am starting this blog is because I've just started training for the Disney Princess 1/2 marathon in February 2015. I know, it's really early but at this time there are 479 days until the race and for someone who hasn't seriously ran in over a year and that race was only 3.1 miles compared to 13.1...you need a little time to prepare.  This is going to be just my general feeling about my days after running (am I dying? Did I see something interesting? Did I fall?) that might hopefully be inspirational or at least entertaining for people to read.

The race goes through the Magic Kingdom and Epcot- how flippin' cool right?? It's a little expensive...but it's in Florida in Disneyworld sooo what can you really expect? All magic comes at a price.

Myself last November in my first Chicago race

A little history with myself and running- I used to HATE it. And honestly, most days it still takes a bit for me to get the running gear on. But why I started getting into it was actually two-fold; the year I started running even a little bit I was trying to get into shape for my University's production of A Chorus Line. Now- while I'm not a traditional dancer frame AT ALL;I'm a 6 foot tall (according to Disney Casting) and 176 pounds (I blame that on being a foodie and for just general lack of interest in exercise...I am very much like Jennifer Lawrence in the food area)mover/dancer. I wanted to at least get into better shape for a better chance to get into the show (which I did- which was awesome and one of the best experiences I had at USD (P.S.- USD stands for The University of South Dakota...Go Yotes!)). Another reason was that I guy I had a crush on was a cross-country runner (if he's reading this, HI! If he's reading this and he doesn't know it's him...well you weren't paying much attention were you?) and I wanted to impress him. Fast forward a year after A Chorus Line and I am bored without a show to do so I decide I am going to run a race in my hometown- the Turkey Day 10k. I had a year to train for it, convinced my then boyfriend to run with me and that was it. But a funny thing happened- while I started running to have something in common with him (sidenote-he was the cross-country runner...just in case you missed it), I fell in love with it.  It's like any relationship- we have our good days (Super fast mile? AWESOME!) and our bad ones (rain half way through run...grrrr...) And then it became a thing for ME and that's when running became fun.

So...that's it. For now. I would love comments (preferrably non-offensive ones...but there is freedom of speech so whatever...but do know that I'd consider you a coward because you're hiding behind a keyboard...probably after I ate some ice cream though.)  And if you want to join me-please do! Keep me updated on how it's going since I'm doing so with you!  

So until next time! 

Actress on The Run