Welcome to a new and a little different edition of Friday Favorites. Instead of talking about some awesome stuff that I may have just picked up recently…I wanted to talk about several things going on in my world right now.

• 18 Mile Training Run Tomorrow I am back at the long training runs for the Chicago Marathon. Unfortunately, the weather has not changed at all. Still very hot and very humid. I’ll have a blog update after. Wish me luck!

• California Trip On Wednesday, Rachel and I are heading back over to the West Coast for a 5-day trip to California/Disneyland. We absolutely love Disneyland and California Adventure and cannot wait to spend some more time out there! It’s one of our favorite places in the world.

• Disneyland Half Marathon As a part of our trip to California, we will be running the Disneyland Half Marathon for the 3rd straight year. This is also our 3rd straight Coast to Coast Challenge. The Coast to Coast Challenge is where you run at least a half marathon at Walt Disney World in Florida and then a half marathon at Disneyland in California in the same calendar year. The medal is probably one of my favorite Disney medals. In addition, the Disneyland Half is one of my favorite Disney race courses.

2014 Disneyland Half

2015 Disneyland Half

• Atlanta Craft Classic Half Marathon One of the cool perks of being a BibRave Pro is the opportunity to run races on behalf of BibRave. The weekend after we get back from California, I will be running the Atlanta Craft Classic Half Marathon. So back-to-back weekends of half marathons should be fun! I do have a code for the race if anyone wants to join me! BibRave (not case sensitive) is good for $10 off the Half or $5 off the 5K.

What’s going on in your world?