Omni Hotel and Taylor Swift...Vacation!

Have you guys missed me? I have been on vacation for 2 weeks. I also went on a computer vacation. LOL! I spend so much time on social media that I decided while I was on vacation, I would take a break and not blog, so I could give my family all of the attention possible. Now I am back and cant wait to tell you guys about all the fun I had. Starting with my trip to Atlanta with my daughter and mom. I told you guys about the wonderful Omni Hotel at the CNN Center we were going to be staying at and OMG it was amazing...

The Omni which is connected to the CNN Center in downtown Atlanta was one of the most gorgeous hotels I have ever stayed in. The hotel staff were amazing. We checked in around 1 on Friday and were able to early check in. They brought our luggage up to our room for us. It was amazing to not have to worry about the car or the luggage.

We were in Atlanta for the Taylor Swift Concert and were lucky enough to have the VIP Package through the Omni Hotel. They offer this package for a special rate.

Here are the details for the RockStar Package...

Going to a concert at Philips Arena? Indulge in a little star treatment with a night at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center! The Rock Star Package includes overnight valet parking, swag bag amenity and an exclusive VIP check-in experience with a red carpet photoshoot.

The Rock Star Package is available for the following concert dates at Philips Arena: 

Monday, June 10, 2013	Fleetwood Mac
Thursday, June 20, 2013	New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men
Friday, June 21, 2013	One Direction
Saturday, August 10, 2013	Justin Bieber
Thursday, August 22, 2013	Bruno Mars
Saturday, October 19, 2013	Rod Stewart with Steve Winwood

Promotion Details:

• Deluxe room accommodations
• Valet parking
• Swag bag amenity (one per guest)
• VIP check-in at South Tower front desk where you will walk the red carpet and strike a pose for our photographer. VIP check-in will take place from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. on the day of the concert, and a pre-concert party will be held from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Pictures will be available online within 24 hours.

Pricing Details:

• From $159 per night

Conditions:

One night minimum & maximum length of stay. Subject to availability. Does not apply to groups or conventions and cannot be combined with any other discounts. Rates subject to change without notice.  ‘From’ rates are listed as a general guideline to rate availability and prices as of the date of the posting of this promotion.  Rates are dynamic and change daily based on consumer demand and hotel occupancy levels.  Omni reserves the right to change rates based on these factors without notice.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
 

Cadence was excited when we got our swag bags brought to our room and a special little surprise from Elizabeth, the marketing genius behind the RockStar package.

After getting settled in the room and changing clothes into our concert wear, we went downstairs to meet Elizabeth for the VIP pre party.

It was a great time. They had appetizers and cocktails, mocktails for the little ones. Cadence was in heaven. I think she drank 5 of the mocktails. They had silver stars and a blow pop in them. So cute. They also had a Wii set up for anyone who wanted to do some Taylor Swift Karaoke. It was a lot of fun.

Then it was concert time. Another thing great about the Omni is that you can walk to the doors to get into the arena without having to even go outside. It is so convenient. You never have to leave. Then after the concert you just walk back to your room.

The concert was amazing. I knew Taylor Swift would put on a good show. However it was one of the best concerts I have been to. Whether you were 4 or 80, you would have loved it. Best part is the look on my daughters face, she loved it.

Taylor Swift doing her thing...

The Omni also had a photographer on the red carpet taking pictures. It was fun and we got some great pics.

I would say she was partied out? LOL This is how she fell asleep when we got back to the room.

The next day we had a free day to go check out all the great sites in downtown Atlanta. The Atlanta Aquarium and World of Coke are next to the Omni. The Olympic park is right across the street, its amazing.

On Sunday I had a date with a certain mud run...

Ill tell you all about that tomorrow, stay tuned...

 

Your Turn! Have you ever taken a media break?

I'm Backkkkkk...

Hey guys! I have been somewhat MIA for the past 2 weeks. If you have been following me on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, you probably have felt like you have been with me on my vacation. LOL! I am now back from my crazy adventures and cant wait to tell you guys all about it. First my fun trip with my daughter in Atlanta. I had such an amazing time at the
Omni Hotel at the CNN Center.

Stay Tuned tomorrow...

Boston...

Speechless...

How Many People Did He Pass? Team TLT4C Fundraiser Recap...



I told you guys last week about a fun fundraiser I was doing at the Gulf Coast Half Marathon for my Little Things For Cancer charity.

My awesome friend Ali agreed to start last in the half marathon and for every person he passed in the race, I had a couple of sponsors donating money. So my question to you guys is how many people do you think he passed?

Here is how the race went...

We arrived in Pensacola Beach around 5:30 in the morning. YAWN! We caught up with the amazing Diane and she had our race packets ready. Then I found one of my favorite race directors, Mike! Mike and his team run The Gulf Coast Half Series, Womans Half Marathon, and the Huey P. Long Bridge Run (more about that later). They are awesome and allowed us to use the Pensacola Gulf Coast Half for the charity run.

Ali, me, and Mike at the start line.

After the National Anthem and the start of the race, Ali lined up at the start. I have not watched a bunch of races from the sidelines and I guess I never knew that there were so many people lagging behind. LOL! Ali had to wait for a few people in the chute to finally decide to start. It was fun to watch...

At around 7:05, he was off and running



1 hour 31 minutes  later Ali cam across the finish line raising close to $400 for The Little Things For Cancer. 

So how many people did he pass?

He came in 23rd out of 1,442 runners.

So he passed 1,419 people

Crazy Awesome!

The Gulf Coast Half is a great race to run on the beautiful beaches of Pensacola Beach. I thought I would show you guys the amazing medals that you get for finishing the half...



You cant go wrong with a bottle opening race medal. Most useful race medal ever.

I want to thank Ali for running the race for Team TLT4C. It was an amazing time. I also want to thank all the great people at the Gulf Coast Half for allowing us to use their race for raising funds for Team TLT4C.

If you would like to donate to my fundraising for the Marine Corp Marathon, you still can.

Go to my FUNDRAISING page and donate, every $1 counts.

You can also go to my Spreadshirt store and buy one of my super cool shirts. I would love a picture if you get one:) 



I'll even take cheesy bathroom pics like mine:)

 

Your Turn: Did you race for a cause this weekend?

Zombie Warfare, Say What? Zombie Run Recap!

On Saturday, I was invited to run the Zombie Run in Gulfport MS, supporting the SMILE TRAIN charity, with some of my Gulf Coast Blogger friends. Melanie, Mindy, Holly, Gina, and Heather (not pictured) went zombified!



We arrived around 8:30 to check in and get our make up done. The check in process was fairly easy. However it was a little bit disorganized. Anyways we found our way to the make up tent. They had a ton of makeup artist on hand to make us nasty and zombie-like! 



Our makeup artist was awesome she did our makeup in like 5 minutes and then told us she had only learned how to do it 30 minutes prior. This was when I was named lifeguard zombie, lol!

Mindy and I getting our zombie on. Did you know that Zombies use I phones? Yeah watch out when they come to end the world, they can GPS and find you:)



After getting our make up done we practiced our Zombie stare! What ya think?



After getting our make up done they marched us up to our Zombie spot. We were put out in this huge field and told that we were going to get shot at with Nerf arrows. HUH?





In classic Zombie Fashion we had to have a little lunch before we were pelted with Nerf arrows.

Then the fun started the runners had to come out on the field and grab 2 of the arrows, this is when we could go and grab their flags. Talk about a workout. It was awesome.

Then after they grabbed the 2 arrows they had to climb up on a big railroad cart and grab a bow and try to shoot us. IF they shot one of the zombies they earned a flag back. Trust me we didn't let that happen too often.



I love it when people actually have fun with the race. I loved her shirt! It says WINNER, WINNER, NOT YO DINNER! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm!



Holly and I teamed up with these two super cool Zombies for some flag pulling fun. After three hours of nothing but sprints and all out Zombie warfare we had it down to a tee. Can you say Zombie dream team?





We got to meet some great people being Zombies. If you like competitive fun. This race is perfect for you. 

Our newest Zombie friends. We had a great time  with these guys. Cloud Pajama boy was awesome! I think he was used for target shooting the whole day.

After our Zombie shift was over we met up with Heather, who's husband did the Traditions Triathlon earlier in the day. (Congrats Bobby)!

 

She looked so clean next to us. Mindy and I were exhausted after three hours of Runner chasing and had to rest up for the Gulf Coast Half on Sunday, we opted out of running the course. Gina stayed and ran the course with Heather.

We had to take a little bite out of Heather before heading home.

This was an overall fun time. I am not one to do theme races more than once. I will definitely be doing this race again. Probably as a runner, I want to have that opportunity. The great people at The Zombie Run had awesome medals.

Red (Survivor Medals) for the runners.

And black (Infected) medals for the Zombies.

I loved the medals and the tech shirts were amazing.

The after party was help inside the Fair grounds. They had free beer, however you had to pay for food, which I thought was strange because most everyone had just run 3+ miles. They should have had something for the runners to eat. The Shed BBQ was there selling food, so I am sure that it was delicious. The music was great.

My overall opinion of the race was that if you are looking for a really fun time with your friends and have a little competitive nature, you will love the Zombie Run. It was a little disorganized and the food thing was weird, but overall we had a blast and I would definitely do it again.

Check out where the Zombie Run will be infecting next.

 

 

 

Team TLT4C...How many people do you think he will pass?

Hey guys!

Just wanted to tell you guys about a really fun thing I am doing on Sunday to raise money for The Little Things For Cancer charity.

On Sunday I will be running the Gulf Coast Half Marathon in Pensacola Beach. If you haven't heard of this race, your missing out. It is put on by some of the coolest guys and has some of the best medals around. Can we say "beer openers" SCORE!
Anyways my awesome friend Ali has agreed to help me raise some money for my Marine Corp Marathon Charity The Little Things For Cancer. He has agreed to start dead last in the race and pass as many people as he can in the half marathon. CRAZY I know! LOL!
This is Ali and yes he is super fast. He finished 70 something out of 17,000+ last weekend at the Crescent City Classic. See F.A.S.T.!

He's pretty freaking cool and hes from London so he must be even cooler! Hes also my "race wife" Melanies husband. LOVE THEM!
So your probably wondering how this is going to raise funds?
I have always thought it was pretty stinkin' cool that TIMEX sponsors a celebrity every year for the New York City Marathon to start dead last in the race, and they donate $1 for every person they pass in the race to the NYRR Youth Association. So I thought I would do something like this to raise money for the TLT4C. Easy right?
Yep, I have some great people that are more than willing to donate money to a great cause esp when the great sport of running is behind it. And an awesome race series willing to help us out. So I have made a pledge page for people/businesses to make a donation to the TLT4C.

If you would like to make a pledge/donation to the TLT4C before the race on Sunday, please email me at zerototwentysixpointtwo@gmail.com or go to my donation page and donate there too!

You can make a donation per person he passes, (i.e. $.25 per person he passes, up to $50) or you can make a one time donation for him running.

Every $1 helps, THANK YOU!

Don't forget you can still order one of my 0to26point2 t-shirts. A portion of each shirt goes towards the TLT4C.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER!

 I will have a full recap of the race results and how much money we raised on Monday morning.