Wk of Jun 25--2007 WISH Walking/Running Club

[chimera]

Hello everyone!

For those new to us, we're a group of people who are planning to participate in walking/running events throughout the year. Some of us are training for the 2006 Disneyland Half and for the 2007 WDW Half/Full marathons. We'll also be posting news/training for various other events throughout the year. We range from non-running beginners to triathletes. Come join us, whether you're training for an event or walking/running for fitness!

Here's the Marathon FAQ, a great place to answer your marathon questions:
Disney Marathon FAQ (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=725285)

And some websites for further running/walking info...

General info:
The John Bingham site:
http://www.waddleon.com/

http://www.jeffgalloway.com/
http://www.runnersworld.com
http://www.coolrunning.com
http://www.halhigdon.com
http://www.marathonguide.com
http://www.marathonwalking.com
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com
http://acefitness.com/getfit/freeexercise.aspx

Running for women
http://www.running4women.com/
http://www.yourungirl.com
http://www.runnergirl.com/index.shtml
http://www.katherineswitzer.com/fitness.html
http://www.irongirl.com

Choosing your shoes:
http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues...105/asplund.htm

Mapping your route:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
http://www.motionbased.com
http://usatg.org/routes
http://www.favoriterun.com

Racing and pacing:
http://www.active.com
Race Etiquette with Miss Road Manners (http://www.rrca.org/publicat/missrm.htm)
Pacing Calculator (http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/Running%20University/Article%201/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm)

Good training everyone!

[chimera]

akasleepingbeauty Rhonda TX
aladdinsgirl Krista OH
AmyBeth68 Amy NJ
Andrea718 Andrea NY
andromedaslove Dana FL
Buckalew11 Brenda TN
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Calcio Craig MA
CarolA Carol GA
Cheryl N. WI Cheryl WI
chimera Mel FL
Chropistopy Christy GA
Cingoutload GA
crzy4mk Michael GA
crzy4pooh Lynnda FL
debm IL
DianeL Diane
DisneyGirl Marissa
disnygoof Christiana SC
DJBounce Darcey IA
donac Dona NJ
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goingthedistance Paul NM
goofyguy1958 Mike
gradtchr Beth TX
hmgolden Helen NY
Hockeychic Kim CA
hockeygirl Laura NY
Honeibee Judy NY
icunurse_celeste Celeste IL
Jen117 Jen WI
Jodi Jodi CT
jodistar Jodi CT
k_hase Kim NY
karebear1 Karen OR
Kareneast Karen NJ
Kaycee Kaycee KY
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Kimickey Kim MD
Kimwim8 Kim NJ
Kristi1357 Kristi NH
lillouisianagal Claire LA
Lisa Loves Pooh Lisa FL
littlegreydonkey Helen NZ
lizdotcom99 Liz IN
magslite Maggie IL
maherae Anne
martysmom Jenny FL
maryliz maryliz ON
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MelRhoads Melissa AR
MickeySP Lisa MA
Minnie Suzy
monte Monica CO
Mouse Skywalker Dave NY
MouseDogMom Jackie NC
msblrobs Sara NY
NYCpa Kathy NY
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perfectmatch300 Nancy FL
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pollioni Robb CA
princessmomma Colleen NC
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RunningLilo Dena FL
sap1227 Christy FL
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ScoJo15 Scott GA
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solotraveler Kevin MI
Stenogoddess Lauren GA
stitch lover sith Erin
TammyNC Tammy NC
taz4disney CJ IN
TEK224 Terri PA
thndrmatt Matt FL
TiffJ Tiffany AL
TigerLily03 Lily OH
TnTsParty FL
TXBelle Heather TX
Viking Eric GE
Wbgirl Melissa MN
WDWfan 9 Pat IL
wfloyd Bill FL
WIsh I Lived in FL Felicia
wiskband Renee NY
wtpclc Carrie MI
xterratri Lynne ME

[pollioni]

Hello all:

My name is Robb and this will be my first "Disney Marathon". I am a clinic instructor at the Running Room up here in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

My family and I are planning on traveling down a making the most of the Marathon weekend.

I am looking forward to virtually training with all of you.

Cheers

[goofyguy1958]

Welcome Robb, as an instructor what exactly do you do? If you are basically a coach you will be asked a lot of questions here on these boards and all will be very nice and attentive to your answers.

I am off to run (with the over 6 inches of rain yesterday and a couple more inches expected today I may be swimming) my very first trail race this morning and am both nervous and excited because I really love running in the dirt. I grew up in farm country in the mountains (this is relative to those who live in actual mountainous areas) of NE PA and we were always running through the woods so I become a child again once I hit the trails. Wish me luck!

[MelRhoads]

Goofyguy- good luck w/ your trail race this am! It sounds more like a muddy buddy race :teeth:

Christa - Glad you had such a good time in HH. That is wonderful that you were able to ride and run daily!

Dave - My SS bike is a mt. bike, but it is fully rigid (no shocks in front or back) I think she still needs a little bit of tweeking, but I did ride her around the block and down and up our big neighborhood hill. It felt really nice. I'm sure I'll be hitting the trails w/ it soon, but it is very unlikely that I would race w/ it.

Amy - Great job on your trail race. Great pace!

Today is the last day of our vacation (although we are at home now) We are going out to run a 9mile trail loop near town. It is a multi use trail that i bike often (i always fall on the bike, but not running!)

Hope everyone has a good week of training! Oh yeah, I'm going to sign phil and i up for the marathon on Monday :-). I'm really glad we have decided to go. I thought we wouldn't b/c he is going to adv. race nationals in so. cal in november but he said he wanted to. I may have to start running to disney just to save (only prb is, idon't run that many miles. Sunny, could i divide the bike miles by 4 and put in a quarter for each of those (unless it is mt. biking and then i get 50centss!)?

[chimera]

:welcome: Robb! I think I recognize you from somewhere, maybe not this board? You've had some great 1/2 times :cool1: What kind of training program do you use?

Mike...good luck with that trail run! Sounds like you'll need a running boots :umbrella:

MelR...Happy belated birthday! :cake: :bday: :cake: Any photos of your new ride?

I saw the pod on Friday. Apparently the alternative to $450 orthotics is weekly taping until my foot heals...yeah...he said EVERY week. So by the time I have 15 visits, I will have paid for the orthotics :rolleyes: If I'd known tape was the answer, I'da just gotten a big roll of duct tape...that stuff fixes everything, right? ;) I'm not an ortho specialist, but I'm pretty sure I can manage the taping myself, if necessary...just don't think I could stand several weeks of tape. So...I went to New Balance yesterday and picked up their ultra arch support insoles ($45)...if they don't work, I may actually consider the custom deal. I'm cautiously optimistic...wore them walking the mall yesterday and felt good. I'm going to try one more week with no running, then I may give it a whirl again.

Have a good week everyone!

[TiffJ]

Welcome Robb! This is a great virtual training team !

Mike-good luck & have fun getting muddy :laundy:

MelR-that's great you guys get to go!

I did 3 miles this a.m. 14:26 pace incl warmup. Not bad. It's so humid from the rain you could "feel" the air. But better than direct sun :sunny:

Have a great day everyone! Going to the church to decorate the sanctuary & make final preps & make sure everyone has what they need, etc, etc, .....

[Wish I lived in Fl]

Please add me to the WISH team. I wore my shirt for the Minnie!
Signed up for the Disneyland Half in Sept.and the WDW Full in 2007. A walker.

[goofyguy1958]

Well that was the hardest race I have ever run in my life but I loved it. The guy that put it together is a very, very sick man, and the non-stop rain did not help any. At the start of the race the director apologizes for only having 3 climbs in the 15 k and states that he will work on that for next year. Well those 3 climbs were between 3/4 and 1 mile long on very steep mountains with single track rock and root and mud and, did I mention rocks, roots, mud and then rain too. Oh, you get the point. Apparently there were around 400 crazy people running the race and I shockingly came in 108th overall at 1:36 (now on normal races 9.3 miles takes me about 1:08). At the end of the race I had so much mud on my legs that I walked right into the lake and sat down - the problem here is that I had a hard time standing back up. Will I do another trail race you ask. Hows this for an answer, there is another 10 mile trail run at the end of July that I have already signed up for. I am a masocist!

[TXBelle]

Mike- Great job on the trail run!

Welcome to Robb and welcome back to Wish I lived in FL!

We survived my DD's Disco Dance Party sleepover. They all fell asleep around 1 am. Not too bad. My DD and my mom made a disco ball cake with silver icing and edible glitter. My DH described it as a big grey hamburger, but my DD thought it was the best cake ever.

No exercise for me this weekend. I bought a new gym bag today, and I will return to the gym tomorrow morning to start officially training for DL. I have to travel on Thurs & Fri, but hopefully can fit in some training on the road.

Have a great week everyone!

[monte]

Wow congrats Mike...you rock :thumbsup2

Welcome Rob, you'll love this site..alot of super people here :love:

I only did 1 mile yesterday and 2.65 miles today. I'm hoping to ride tomorrow, then heading down to Denver on Tues. & Wed. for FIL b-day. See ya on Thursday :wave2:

[aladdinsgirl]

Hey everybody!! Can you believe that it's almost July? The year is just flying by. I was thinking yesterday, I only have like 8 weeks until I start training for the marathon. I keep going in between being really excited and being really scared!! I did 4 miles yesterday, it was the longest distance I've done since the Flying Pig. I ran it pretty slow and finished in 47:06. Hines did the first 3 miles with me and I did the last one by myself. He was SO tired last night, he just laid around the house, which was great!! I think we're doing 3 miles tomorrow, I need to get back to the Community Center and start cross training and lifting weights again.

Welcome Robb!!

Melissa--Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!! Glad you had a nice vacation, it sounded very relaxing. I'm excited that you and Phil are running Disney next year!! :banana:

Christa--I am so jealous that you've been at Hilton Head. Stephen and I have talked about going there next summer, if we can tear ourselves away from WDW. I haven't been to the ocean in 6 years and I'm really having withdrawals. Did I read right that you're running Disney next year too?? :cheer2:

Mel--My dad swears that anything can be fixed with duct tape!!! Guess what, only 74 days until the NFL season kicks off!! :cheer2: :cheer2:

Tiff--I'll be thinking about you this week!! Today was our VBS program at church, it was a Fiesta theme too. I'm thinking it's the same curriculum. I teach 2nd grade girls Sunday school and all my girls were wearing their lime green t-shirts. I was thinking about signing them up for the scream team!!

Rhonda--Still thinking about you. :grouphug:

Heather--The party sounded like fun!! Good luck training this week. I really don't know how you juggle everything.

Ohh, one more thing, remember the sock episode? Guess what, the sock is STILL in the street!!!! Yesterday was the first day I've run in our neighborhood since then, and I couldn't believe that it was still there, especially because we've had some pretty strong rain lately. It's now
black and matted into the street, but it's still there! :joker: :joker:

[MelRhoads]

I ran 10.5 super hilly miles in my wish socks today!!! My teenaged babysitter came into the house, said "hi" to phil and the boy and then looked at me and said "cool socks!" I smiled like a dork and said "oh, really?", but I really wanted to say "yeah, I know" Anyway, we got a good run in. This evening I rode my SS about 6 miles of hills and a mix of pavement and gravel. I wanted to see how i would be able to climb. It felt really good and i was able to do all the hills. it may be time to take her off road.

[TXBelle]

Good morning everyone! :wave: I made it to the gym this morning. :) I did 45 minutes run3/walk2. I took it slow because it had been 3 weeks since I last ran (Yikes!). I bought a lime green New Balance shirt yesterday and wore it this morning in honor of my WISH team buddies. I dedicated my run this morning to Sunny. I know how she is struggling, and I wanted to run for her today. PD to all who are hurting and healing. :wizard:

Judy- How's your cat? Looking a little under the weather yet? :lmao: Make sure your MIL does not watch your babies while you are at WDW!

Off to work :surfweb:

[goingthedistance]

First, thanks to all for the prayers and PD for my father. I was in Austin all this weekend. Thursday I was told that the most recent round of surgery lasted almost 5 hours. My dad was placed in ICU. I was on a plane out there first thing Friday. By Saturday afternoon, he was still in ICU, but that was only because there was not any availability in the intermediate care facility. Yesterday morning, his doctor came in and said that they may even move him to a regular hospital room! :goodvibes . I don't think they would be moving him out of ICU unless he was getting better! Thank you all for the thoughts and prayers. I am now back home, because it appears that he will recover. He's got a long road ahead of him, but things are definitely looking up.

I got back home yesterday in time to do a 7:00 PM 5k that I signed up for a few weeks ago. It is the Cherry Garcia 5k...so you know they have ice cream at the finish line! And PIZZA! I came in under 30:00 for the 5k...not my best time but still ok when you consider I spent most of the afternoon on an airplane!

Welcome to all the new people! We keep growing and growing.

Now I have to catch up on 4 days of posts! Happy training everyone.

Paul

[wtpclc]

Paul - Glad to hear things are getting better for your dad! I'll keep praying for a quick recovery (or as quick as possible at least)

CHrista - I didn't know you might not do WDW!!! SO glad that's changing!

Mike & AMy - WTG on the trail runs!!

Mel - How's that foot?

MelR - Happy belated birthday!!

Rhonda - Still thinking about you & your family! (((hugs)))

Krista - YUCK!! That's pone ansty sock!

Heather - Way to go for gettign back on track! It's not easy, I know!!!

Sunny - Hoping you're continuing to improve!

Welcome Robb!!!

Glad you're back for another year Wish I lived...!


Thanks fo rall teh undeserved sympathy for my feet. They're pretty ugly at the moment, but they did ok on my run! Whew! Still too hot for me, but I did much better on Saturday! OK, so my optimum running temp is from about 45 to 65 F. Not a great window. :(

[magslite]

Robb - welcome! This is a great group - I think you will like it here.

am off to run (with the over 6 inches of rain yesterday and a couple more inches expected today I may be swimming) my very first trail race this morning and am both nervous and excited because I really love running in the dirt. I grew up in farm country in the mountains (this is relative to those who live in actual mountainous areas) of NE PA and we were always running through the woods so I become a child again once I hit the trails. Wish me luck!

Goofyguy - from my view in IL that sounds beautiful!

MelR - glad to hear you will make it this year. I look forward to meeting everyone.

Mel - I bet you could tape it yourself after you saw the MD do it once or twice. I hope your foot feels better soon.

Please add me to the WISH team. I wore my shirt for the Minnie!

Wished I lived in FL - I am a walker too! A pretty slow one at this point! We can walk together!

Hey everybody!! Can you believe that it's almost July? The year is just flying by. I was thinking yesterday, I only have like 8 weeks until I start training for the marathon. I keep going in between being really excited and being really scared!!

Krista - I agree this year has flown by so far! I have more time before training starts since I am doing the half. I just hope I am back in to action by Sept.

I can't believe we are only 6mo away from WDW! I booked a room today at All Star Movies. Officially it will be ds2, ds4, my mom, and me. My dd15 won't be able to miss that much school. We will be there Thurs-Tues. My bday is that monday so I think I will treat my mom and kids to a dinner at Ohana that night!

I have a babysitter today, and am going to try a SLOW walk on the treadmill at the gym. If it is miserable and aggravates the pain, at least I have physical therapy tonight at 6pm.

I am going to work on being better at keeping up with the posts, I don't want to get to WDW and not know anyone! :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Have a great day!
Maggie :surfweb:

[plutosmyfav]

Good morning.

I ran over the weekend. I don't know if it was a big mistake or not, but I just couldn't take it anymore.

Sat, I walked 3 miles and then ran 1.5 with no sign of pain. Sun morning I woke up feeling better than I have in weeks so I went to the Y with DD and did the elliptical.

Then Sun evening, Dx drove DS down to my Mom's and the minute they cleared the house I was out the door. I walked half a mile and then ran 3 straight and then walk/run intervals for a total of 5. Today I woke up with a lot of pain, but no more than usual. I see the neurosurgeon tomorrow, I'm hoping he will tell me what I can and can't do. As much pain as this causes me, there is no pain while running. That makes it all the harder to not run.

It felt soooooo good.

Sunny

[pollioni]

First off let me tell you a little back ground on me.

I started running about 2 ½ years ago at the ripe old age of 37. As new father of his 2nd son who was tipping the scales at 202 I felt that it was time for a lifestyle change. Call it an early mid-life crisis

There is a bunch of stores up here in Canada (and a few in the Minneapolis area) called the Running Room. These were started by a man named John Stanton. Much like my self when he started running due a mid-life crisis and was over weight but was a smoker also.

They have “Clinics” which the run approximately every 2-3 month that I joined on that was called “Learn to Run”. This running program is very much like John “The Penguin” Bingham starting at running for one minute and walking for two and then working your way up to running for ten and walking for one.

I set a goal for myself to run a marathon before I turned 40, which I succeeded on doing 15 months ahead of time. Taking my experience I have had thru the clinics I have taken at the Running Room (Learn to Run, 10K, ½ Marathon & Marathon) I decide to pass my experiences on and instruct/coach a clinic.

This winter/spring I coached a group of 55 people to run the Mississauga & Ottawa ½ Marathon in May. All of the team did much better then there goal that they set at the beginning. Some it was there first attempt at the distance others it was the 2nd or 3rd. Coaching a group of people of different abilities and talents was one of the biggest challenges I have had to overcome.

I will gladly assist anyone with my knowledge and expertise.

Currently I am instructing/coaching a group to run a 10K race that will take place mid August. Our runs right now are anywhere from 6K thru to 8K with a max of 13 in a few weeks. Yesterdays run was great, the temp was in the mid 60’s and the sun was out.

For my first tip I will talk about pace. The biggest thing that I learned from training for my first marathon was to find my different training paces. For an example when training for the last half marathon here were my training paces.

Long Run 6:34-7:23 per km or 10:34-11:54 per mile
Steady Run 6:34 per km or 10:34 per mile
Tempo/Hills 5:55 per km or 9:31 per mile
Speed 5:10 per km or 8:19 per mile
Race Pace 5:41 per km or 9:09 per mile
Walk Adj Race Pace 5:27 per km or 8:46 per mile

Determining what your paces are and teaching yourself to run at that pace is in itself a challenge. Personally I found it very hard slowing down to the Long Run pace. But with the assistance of my Garmin it proves to be an invaluable tool.

Cheers

[Honeibee]

Well, it's official....I am a menace to my own self. :crazy:

I really hurt my back this weekend. My lower back on the left side. I felt something pop. I think I blew out a muscle. I guess pulled it is the correct term, but it really felt like it blew out. So I didn't do my LW yesterday. However, I did train this morning. It took me so long to put on and tie my shoes! But then once I got going I was OK. Standing up straight isn't the problem. It's doing anything else that hurts like heck.

So I did my usual 45 @ 3.8 @ 1% but no running today.

BTW we started using the dehumidifier in the same room as the TM. NOT a good idea! Whenever the dehumidifier kicks on there is a bit of a power surge and the TM almost stops. Twice I almost went flying! Memo to Honeibee: Turn off dehumidifier before getting on TM.

I started WW on Saturday and lost 4.4 pounds already. I realize the first week is always the best but it sure feels good! :banana:

This is probably the dumbest of all stupid questions I ever asked but will my Garmin work in Italy? :confused3 I am assuming so since it is a GLOBAL positioning system, but I thought I'd totally embarrass myself and ask anyway.

Minnie - We had monsoon rains this weekend so I didn't go ride. :guilty: I really want to though, maybe the weekend after next, because in three weeks we are going to Tuscany and we will be riding there.

Anne - "Dr Judy??" :rotfl: Thanks for the Monday morning chuckle! I'm no doctor, I'm just gettin' old, so I know what hurts the creaky old joints and what doesn't.

Christa - YES! :cheer2: Please please please register!

Robb - :welcome: Glad you found us!

Mel - Oh I hope the insoles work for you!! pixiedust:

Mike - OMG what a race! You did fabulous! :thumbsup2 You masochist you! :teeth:

Heather - "A great big grey hamburger"......What a visual! I'm sure it was really neat! My cat is just fine today, thank you for asking. She's perfectly healthy and was purring away when I left the house this morning. :cat: No sign of an impending burial. Please. I wouldn't dare let her take care of any of my babies. Don't get me going on my MIL. Soon I will have to spend ten days with her. TEN days. TEN DAYS! Lord, please hold my hands so I don't end up choking this woman. :furious:

Krista - You crack me up with the Sock Saga! :lmao:

Melissa - Wow, you ran ten miles... :worship: ..I'll never be able to keep up with you guys....

Paul - Oh I'm so glad to hear this about your dad. That's great. :goodvibes Cherry Garcia, hu? Do they have a Chunky Monkey 'cause I'd sign up for that one!

Carrie - I'm glad to hear your feet did OK on the run. :yay:

Maggie - Can you tell me how you get multiple quotes in a reply? :confused3

Sunny - Oh my goodness! I'm sooo happy for you, but cautiously so. :goodvibes I know what it means to you to get moving. BTW I read your treadmill Nirvana post for the first time and really enjoyed it. I started WW this weekend and thought of what you said about recording EVERY bite! So, I did. :woohoo:

[MelRhoads]

I officially registered Phil and I for the marathon this morning. I'm very excited!!

Here are some pics from our vacation and one of the P.U.S.S. (I think it stands for pink ugly single speed, but i haven't confirmed it w/ the bianchi site)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p5411550978ed46006291546d4c257e12/ee51d776.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p4fb24f1d5da6dad5584d087b8a821ec1/ee51d5e4.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/pff5e7e392d37b3c54084d30b5b2ac05e/ee51d45b.jpg
Judy - Here is the back part of the bronc. she was on her best behavior that day!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid208/p4a37d92e38e39edda0577ac7aac3193a/ee51d2b3.jpg

[msblrobs]

Robb - Welcome!! So glad you’ve joined our group. Thanks for the pacing information. I look forward to any training advice you might have to offer. Your story is truly inspiring.

MelR – Yeah for signing up for WDW!! It just wouldn’t be the same without you. I hope your birthday was magical. I loved the pics of you and the boy. The bike is too sweet.

Mel – I hope the arch supports work for you and you’re able to tape the foot up yourself to save on some funds to the pod. Also, since I struggle with PF, please report on the insoles after you’ve worn them for awhile.

Goofyguy – Congrats on the awesome race finish. :banana: :banana:

Heather - Glad to hear DD’s party was a success and that she loved the cake. Best of luck on beginning the DL training.

Krista - :rotfl2: :rotfl2: about the sock still being in the road!!

Paul – So glad to hear your dad is improving. Congrats on the 5k and the post-race food sounds so yummy!!

Carrie – I hope the feet are looking better and that the temps take a dive for you soon. I could send a little rain your way...

Maggie – Best of luck for a pain-free treadmill walk today. I’m also taking my two youngest with me to WDW and leaving my 16 yo DS at home due to school. ‘Ohana sounds great for a birthday/post-marathon celebratory dinner!!

Sunny – Please be careful!! I am glad you were able to run, but I am still going to worry about any damage being done by it. I completely understand however about you not being able to take it anymore. When I told my DH about your condition, the first thing he said was “you would go absolutely crazy if you couldn’t run.”

Judy – Congrats on the WW!! :cheer2: That is wonderful. I hope your back is alright. :wizard: Just take it easy until the pain subsides. :rotfl: about the Garmin working in Italy!! It just has to pickup the new satellite signals.

I am still hanging in there with my Marine Corps Marathon training plan. It is raining like crazy in the Northeast today and it is supposed to continue for the entire week. I am just praying I’ll make it outside for my 14 mile run this weekend without getting soggy.

Has anyone ever seen an accupuncturist to treat running issues? I've been struggling with a tight hip or some other muscular issue on my right side for years now that I can't seem to shake. I am seriously considering going to get a few treatments to see if I can get some relief.

Happy training to all this week!!

[pollioni]

I started WW on Saturday and lost 4.4 pounds already. I realize the first week is always the best but it sure feels good! :banana:

This is probably the dumbest of all stupid questions I ever asked but will my Garmin work in Italy? :confused3 I am assuming so since it is a GLOBAL positioning system, but I thought I'd totally embarrass myself and ask anyway.


Honeibee, you may want to be careful with WW and running. When you get up into the longer distances you requirements for cal's, carbs and potasium may lead you into some trouble. :worried:

As for your Garmin, this will work pretty much anywhere in the world. It only needs to pick up 3 sats. It may ask you when you turn it on for the first time if you have move more than.... miles. Say yes and it will triangleate sats again. This could take upto 5 mins.

Cheers

[Honeibee]

Honeibee, you may want to be careful with WW and running. When you get up into the longer distances you requirements for cal's, carbs and potasium may lead you into some trouble. :worried:

As for your Garmin, this will work pretty much anywhere in the world. It only needs to pick up 3 sats. It may ask you when you turn it on for the first time if you have move more than.... miles. Say yes and it will triangleate sats again. This could take upto 5 mins.

Cheers

Oh thank you Rob. I'm only doing 15-20 miles a week right now. And most of that is walking. Quite frankly I think the extra 40 pounds I'm carrying around with me are doing more damage then anything at the moment. If you hang around here long enough, you'll here me complaining about my knees. But that's good advice, I will keep it in mind as I increase my distances. :thumbsup2

[pollioni]

Ok here is my first question. Which resort would be the better to stay, French Quater or Riverside. How far away from the Start line are they?

[RedSonya]

I joined this virtual running club last week and have already learned so much!

A little about myself. I turned 40 in December and decided that I should have a new goal. I have never been a runner and a year ago I would have only run if someone bigger than me was out to get me. I was a long distance swimmer in college however.

I started on the treadmill in February and moved outside in April. I have adapted the Salt Lake Running Company marathon training program to get me started. I have been running about 4 times a week going about 6 miles on each run. On Saturday I graduated to a long nine mile run with a 11:07 pace. It was mostly downhill. It felt good! I have a map of the WDW marathon course so I visualize where I am. Gettin close to Cindy and could have used the fairy godmother's help!

My biggest concerns about the WDW run are the humidity, the time change and training in the Utah winter. I didn't even sweat on Saturday cuz it is so dry here in the desert. Hopefully the wet air won't make me too congested.

I have been married almost 15 years and we have DS 11, DD 7 and DS 4. I'm excited to train with all of you!

[TiffJ]

TG today was an off day! I was at church from 12:30 pm until 10:00 last night. And sat down for about 15 min of that time to eat a sandwich DH brought me.

Welcome to all our new people.

Sonya-it is more humid in FL than Ut but Jan is considerably less humid than the rest of the year so hopefully it wont be too bad. The weather is anybody's guess. It could be really cold or really warm. You never know in FL & have to pack for all possibilities.

Judy- I just started WW a couple of weeks ago & last weekend they gave me a slide to calculate AP's , well it only goes up to 120 min so you will have to guestimate AP's when doing long runs. I laughed because doing full training I may get another days worth of points ;) Good luck with it!

Paul-I'm glad your dad is getting better

Mike-that is one psycho race :crazy: Glad you had fun.

Robb-thanks for sharing your background! Alot of us really relate to the "penguin" and being an "adult onset athlete" :teeth:

Maggie-that's so great you have booked your room , how exciting, its getting close!!!

[gatorphipps]

I started WW on Saturday and lost 4.4 pounds already. I realize the first week is always the best but it sure feels good! :banana:

Judy - A BIG congrats on the WW...I do WW core and love it...to agree with Rob, once you start logging 20 miles in 1 run, the points in WW cannot keep up. THis is why I switched to core, so I can eat as much as I want! Good luck on the back and I know NOTHING about a grimlin (garmin) as I do not use one.
LATER ALL!
Swam 1/2 a mile today.

[wtpclc]

lol Tiff! I count calories and have a program for my palm that calculates calories burned. I burned 3 days worth for the marathon! ;)

SOnya - I have no upper body strength, swiming would kill me! It was cold enough this year in Jan, that I don't think you'll have a huge problem with humidity, but don't know for sure. The heat can be tough, though. We finished at around 67 and that was wayy hot for me! Just stay hydrated!

Robb - I want to say RIverside is best, but Calcio is the expert on this one. Careful what you offer, we will take you up on advice. :teeth:

[Calcio]

Hello Robb

The start of the Marathon course is on the 6 lane road (3 lanes each way) between the OKW/POFQ/POR resorts and the eastern edge of the EPCOT parking lot.

I've spent the night before the marathon at POFQ for the past 2 years (and am doing so again this year), and it takes me less than 10 minutes to get from the lobby of the hotel into the corrals. I hang around in the lobby stretching and getting the last bathroom break before walking out about 5:35.

Port Orleans Riverside is right next door, but farther away from the start. I suspect it's a 5 minute longer walk to get to the starting corrals.

For both resorts you walk out past the guard booth, turn left on the access road (watch for cars) and walk toward Old Key West. There is a bridge over the canal (which has been blocked for car use by Disney Security the last 2 years), turn right over the bridge and the corrals are literally 50 yards in front of you. If you are in Corral A it's right in front of you. If you are in Corral B you're on the other side so you'll need to walk in front of the A's and then double back.

You can't miss it, as once you leave your room you'll hear the music and the DJ's, and see the arc lights in the sky. It's quite a rush, one I greatly enjoy.

Welcome. Your times are quite similar to mine. We may end up running the last 20 miles together once the field shakes out.

Craig

[princessmomma]

I am still hanging in there with my Marine Corps Marathon training plan. It is raining like crazy in the Northeast today and it is supposed to continue for the entire week. I am just praying I’ll make it outside for my 14 mile run this weekend without getting soggy.

!!

Sara, you are already up to 14 miles in your MCM training plan!! What plan are you using? I am kind of messing things up a bit because I am running a half marathon in Calgary, Canada on July 9th, so I ran 11 miles this past weekend and I plan on a 6 mile LR this Saturday to taper for the half on the 9th. I will need a few weeks to recover after the half and then be back up to about 12 or 14 the end of July. I hope I can swing it back into gear. The good thing is that I will be up in Canada for most of July visiting family so I will be able to get my LR's in with less humidity and heat than what I would experience here in NC.

Judy good job on you WW. :thumbsup2

Christa, welcome back! :wave:

MelR, great pictures and congratulations to you and Phil for signing up for the marathon. :cheer2:

Robb, I too really find it hard to slow down my LR pace. My DH keeps telling me that I run it too fast. Usually about 10:30 - 10:45. My 10K race pace is about 9:25, 5K pace is about 8:50. Tell me again why my LR pace should be in the 11:00+ range? :confused3

Colleen

[Mouse Skywalker]

Hello Robb

The start of the Marathon course is on the 6 lane road (3 lanes each way) between the OKW/POFQ/POR resorts and the eastern edge of the EPCOT parking lot.

I've spent the night before the marathon at POFQ for the past 2 years (and am doing so again this year), and it takes me less than 10 minutes to get from the lobby of the hotel into the corrals. I hang around in the lobby stretching and getting the last bathroom break before walking out about 5:35.

Port Orleans Riverside is right next door, but farther away from the start. I suspect it's a 5 minute longer walk to get to the starting corrals.

For both resorts you walk out past the guard booth, turn left on the access road (watch for cars) and walk toward Old Key West. There is a bridge over the canal (which has been blocked for car use by Disney Security the last 2 years), turn right over the bridge and the corrals are literally 50 yards in front of you. If you are in Corral A it's right in front of you. If you are in Corral B you're on the other side so you'll need to walk in front of the A's and then double back.

You can't miss it, as once you leave your room you'll hear the music and the DJ's, and see the arc lights in the sky. It's quite a rush, one I greatly enjoy.

Welcome. Your times are quite similar to mine. We may end up running the last 20 miles together once the field shakes out.

Craig Hi Craig: Was it you that was doing the deep water running last year? I thought it was you that recommended I try it. Did you lose much fitness when you were doing it? I've had to do the deep water running for nearly a month now, and I'm really curious what kind of shape I'll be in when I get back to the roads. I did manage to do a 60 min long deep water run on Saturday.

[Calcio]

Hello Dave

Good for you getting a 60 minute deep water run. You're a better man than me.

I have done it, but in 1999, not last year. I broke my tibia length-wise playing soccer (tibial plateau fracture, ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!), and had 3 long steel screws put in the leg to stabilize and let it heal. As part of my rehab I did a fair amount of deep water running, and I can safely say it was one of the most unpleasant experiences in my athletic life. Legs spinning like crazy, getting fatigued, look at the watch and I've been at it 3 minutes. Then 2 minutes, then ARGH get me out of here.

It is very hard work and excellent training, however. True story, in 1984 just before the US olympic trials for the 1st ever women's marathon, Joan Benoit had a piece of cartlidge come loose inside her knee, locking it completely. 1 week before the trials she has arthoscopic surgery to take out the piece, and she trained all week in the pool, deep water running to hold fitness and let the knee heal. On trials day she zoomed to a comfortable win, and (with regular training) in Los Angeles won the marathon by breaking away from the field at mile 2 or 3 and then ran the entire rest of the race by herself.

So the pool running is great training, hard work and no impact, but to do it you need innards. I don't have them but Joan, and apparently you, do.

As I've told you, at my age of 49, and my weight 30 pounds above my college soccer playing weight, I cannot run every day. I'd just pound everything too much and break down. I do 7 workouts a week, 2 hard lifting sessions, 3 hard biking sessions, and only 2 running sessions. Last week my 5 cardio sessions summed up to 210 minutes, and I'm feeling pretty good right now. As the year progresses I'll lengthen the cardio sessions, hopefully to the point that I'm getting 360 minutes every week of run + bike time during November and December.

It's not ideal, but it did allow me to complete the Goofy in January, 2:05 for the half and 4:47 for the full. The key is every session is done with intensity, but on the bike I really work the quads hard without pounding my calfs and ankles. I'm sure I could do better in the races if I ran more, but I'm also sure I'd get hurt while training. I think I've found a point which allows me to participate and be pleased with my results.

Good luck. I would encourage you to add intense cardio sessions which are non-impact, not-running. You won't get the exact same fitness, but you won't get hurt so much either.

Craig

[pollioni]

Robb, I too really find it hard to slow down my LR pace. My DH keeps telling me that I run it too fast. Usually about 10:30 - 10:45. My 10K race pace is about 9:25, 5K pace is about 8:50. Tell me again why my LR pace should be in the 11:00+ range? :confused3

Colleen

The idea of the LR or as I like to call them LSD (Long slow distance) is these runs are to devlop aerobic fitness with your heart rate between 60-70% of max. On these runs you should be able to carry on a conversation very easy. When you are doing you speed/hill/tempo work these workouts are anaerobic. These sessions are aimed at strengthing your muscles.

Hope this helps you with slowing down. It's weird that you need to slow down to speed up, but I have seen this many times.

Calcio, thanks for the info. I sort of mapped it out using Google Earth and FQ is about 1/3 of a mile from the enterence and Riverside is just under a mile.


Cheers

[Kaycee]

Can I join the training club? DH (Chuck) and I just decided today to do the 2007 WDW half-marathon. :woohoo: This will be the first half-marathon for both of us. DH ran in high school, but that was a long time ago, and he has to get back into it. I've been working out regularly for the last few years, lifting weights and doing cardio, but I've never been a serious runner. I'm really excited, and a bit nervous, about training for the half-marathon.

My workout routine has hit a temporary snag. I fell at work (did I mention I am a bit of a klutz? :rolleyes: ) and broke the base of my thumb, so I have a hard cast on my right arm. I'm on week 3 of 5 weeks in the cast - ugh. I've had to really cut back on my cardio workouts (don't want the cast to get sweaty and start stinking :crazy2: ) and I can't do any lifting at all. :sad2: Can't wait to get this cast off so I can get back to working out. :cool1:

I'm looking forward to training with you all!

[msblrobs]

Sara, you are already up to 14 miles in your MCM training plan!! What plan are you using?All registered MCM runners were given an active.com virtual trainer subscription. It is a Jeff Galloway 24 week training program based on anticipated finish time. The weekday runs are dictated by time, as opposed to miles. However, the LR's give a distance range, i.e. 7/1's LR says 12 miles but you can go up to 15 miles depending on how you feel. I usually go by the high range. Also, LR's are only every other week for a while, which may explain the 12-15 mile range this far out. I am also training for the DL 1/2 in September, so I am just strictly sticking with this program to get me prepared for that race also.
Best of luck on your 1/2 marathon on the 9th :cheer2: . I'm sure you'll have no problem jumping back into the training plan for Chicago. Canada should provide the perfect training weather. Enjoy the time with your family! I'll be running the DL 1/2 with DH in September, so it'll be strictly a training run that will require no recovery.

4 miles for me this a.m. :confused3 on 5 hours sleep...I should be dragging around lunchtime. :rolleyes1

[wtpclc]

Welcome Kaycee (and Chuck)!

Sara - Good luck getting through today. I woudl be dragging sooo bad!

Robb - Thanks for the info! Somehow, my Saturdays are still faster without really trying. I think the weekday just takes too much out of me. :(

[TXBelle]

I made it to the gym again today. I am on a roll. Today was 30 minutes of xt on the bike and elliptical plus some wl. Had my Starbucks and caught up on this thread, now I am ready to face the day. :)

Welcome to all the new WISH team members! We are so glad that you joined us! :welcome:

This board moves so fast I apologize if I forget anyone:
MelR- Love the photos! P.U.S.S. and it's pink? Someone in Italy has a strange sense of humor!

Judy- Your MIL could come to TX and babysit my DDs, and I could go to Italy with you guys instead. ;)

Carrie- Great job on your running. I will be in Holland, MI in a few weeks. I will send you an e-mail with the details. I wonder if Kevin will still be in Toronto then?

Craig- My DH played soccer in college also and loves the sport. He coaches my DDs on their soccer teams. Luckily they appear to have his athletic ability not mine.

Colleen- Good luck on your 1/2 marathon! We want a full report when you get back.

Dave- Great job on your deep water running. I doubt you will have any trouble when you hit the pavement again. I hope your shins are healing.

Sunny- Take it easy! We look forward to hearing what the neuro says. :wizard: that it's good news.

Better get to work. :badpc:

[magslite]

Good morning TEAM! :sunny:

Today I woke up with a lot of pain, but no more than usual. I see the neurosurgeon tomorrow, I'm hoping he will tell me what I can and can't do. As much pain as this causes me, there is no pain while running. That makes it all the harder to not run.

Sunny - I can only imagine how you must feel. I had only been consistantly active for 6 months before my pain started. You were lightyears ahead of me and I am feeling very much a slug who can't move. I've put the 5lbs I dropped back on and that is adding to the feeling of being a slug. In my case, at this point I can't find an exercise that works without causing more pain within in few hours post. I think I am going to try to hit the pool this week to see if water walking helps.

Maggie - Can you tell me how you get multiple quotes in a reply?

Judy, When I post, I have 2 windows open, one that I read, and the other I use for typing replies. I copy the quote in the first window, go the the second window for reply, click the wrap quote icon, paste the quote. It then enters the quote in the reply box.

As I type that it sounds confusing, but it is really simple and quick. I am sure someone here could explain it better than me. HTH

Sorry to hear about your back pain. Take it easy and ice.

MelR - you and your son are so cute! Great pics.

Maggie – Best of luck for a pain-free treadmill walk today. I’m also taking my two youngest with me to WDW and leaving my 16 yo DS at home due to school. ‘Ohana sounds great for a birthday/post-marathon celebratory dinner!!

Sara - How old are you youngest? My dd15 (16 at the time of the marathon), was dissapointed, but I told her that we could have a girls only trip for a short weekend in May for the Minnie!. It would be our first trip without her brothers since they joined our family and our first trip just she and I. She was VERY excited at the thought. She already has told me she would like to spend one day just strolling around the World showcase without having to worry about her brothers melting down. She enjoys good/interesting food and shopping! Gotta Love her! :thumbsup2

RedSonya - welcome, I can't answer to the humidity vs. dry heat, but I am sure someone here will be able to help.

Good luck. I would encourage you to add intense cardio sessions which are non-impact, not-running. You won't get the exact same fitness, but you won't get hurt so much either.

Craig - thanks for this advice, I know you were talking to Dave, but this is where I may have gone wrong. After being only moderatly active, I started with only impact activities and nothing to break it up, so six months later it hurts to walk. But then I have to wonder if I had a problem before from having such a physical job, and the running just brought the problem to the surface! Once I am back into play, I will absolutely add non impact activites to my week.

Kaycee - Welcome!

Minnie - How is it going?

As for my try at the treadmill yesterday, it didn't really go well. PT last night was miserable. They reevaluated me last night, and my right hip mobility in terrible. Oh and he said I walk funny on the treadmill! :rotfl2: What he actually said was Do you always walk like that? Ofcourse I said like what? :rotfl2: :rotfl2: Anyway, apparently I walk with my hips externally rotated quite a bit more than the average person. :confused3

I am keeping at physical therapy 2x week, and will see the MD on the 5th. Until then, I am going to try the pool.

Thanks to all of you, my spirits are still up, and while I am definately out for the CDC half in Aug, I still have high hopes for WDW half.

Have a great day!
Maggie :surfweb:

[Honeibee]

Greetings all! :sunny:

Today was supposed to be a training day but my back had other ideas. :furious: Memo to all of you 20-somethings....enjoy it while it lasts! Middle age ain't no place for sissies! :guilty:

So...I did nothing today. However, I do have to say DH was WONDERFUL to me this morning. :cloud9: He volunteered to come out and help me with barn chores. He said I looked like I needed help. Hmmmmm....what exactly did he mean by that??? :rolleyes: But anyway, that was so very nice of him! So, no training for DH either since he was out helping me when he is usually on the TM.

Hey I lost five pounds so far since Sat morning! :woohoo: Ohhh I can't wait to weigh in at my next meeting!

Tiff - I try to stay away from Flex Points and Activity Points. I know myself and if I give myself an extra inch....well, you know how that goes. :rolleyes2

Christa - 20 miles in one run????? :faint: OK well, in five or so years when I get to that distance I'll worry about it. :lmao:

Craig - Ohhh we are staying at POR and I didn't realize I was so close! That's fabulous! :thumbsup2

Kaycee - :welcome:

Mel - The pics are great! You guys are both so cute! :teeth: The P.U.S.S. is really cool looking, when she's behaving!

Heather - My passport came in the mail the other day so there went my last good excuse for not going on this trip. :rolleyes: Thanks for your offer but your kids would never be the same.

Maggie - Oh thanks! Where is that "wrap quite icon"?? I need "DISing For Dummies"! :p

Is Kevin away? I need to write these things down because I always forget. And where's Cam? :confused3 And how's Sunny today??? :flower3: And how's Mel's ductaped foot?? :tiptoe:

[wtpclc]

Judy - Last I knew, Kevin was headed to Toranto. I think he was trying to find htat large-chested girl he met last year. ;)

And, Judy, isn't it your job ot keep track of Cam? :D

ALso awaiting Sunny's checkin. :)

[Mouse Skywalker]

Good morning TEAM! :sunny:
I think I am going to try to hit the pool this week to see if water walking helps.

Craig - thanks for this advice, I know you were talking to Dave, but this is where I may have gone wrong. After being only moderatly active, I started with only impact activities and nothing to break it up, so six months later it hurts to walk. But then I have to wonder if I had a problem before from having such a physical job, and the running just brought the problem to the surface! Once I am back into play, I will absolutely add non impact activites to my week.

As for my try at the treadmill yesterday, it didn't really go well. PT last night was miserable. They reevaluated me last night, and my right hip mobility in terrible. Oh and he said I walk funny on the treadmill! :rotfl2: What he actually said was Do you always walk like that? Ofcourse I said like what? :rotfl2: :rotfl2: Anyway, apparently I walk with my hips externally rotated quite a bit more than the average person. :confused3

I am keeping at physical therapy 2x week, and will see the MD on the 5th. Until then, I am going to try the pool.

Thanks to all of you, my spirits are still up, and while I am definately out for the CDC half in Aug, I still have high hopes for WDW half.

Have a great day!
Maggie :surfweb:Maggie - I'm dealing with the exact same thing you are. My hips are externally rotated too, and it's causing my feet to point outward putting too much stress on my shins. My PT has been working on hip exercises to try to bring the hips back in so my feet aren't rotated outward. My right leg is much worse than my left, and that's the leg where I have the severe shin splints. I've been getting into the water walking/running and I think I'm going to keep it up as cross training once I get back to the roads. I'm hoping I can do the CRIM 10 miler in Michigan in August, but I don't know at this point. :confused3 I also thought Craig's advice was right on, and once I start back again I'm going to do more non-impact cardio work to go easier on my legs.

[magslite]

Judy - when you have the post reply box up, look at the icons above it. There is a line of icons starting with B I U etc.. the last one in the the line is a picture of a quote box, that is the one I was referring to.

Keep in mind, I am assuming that the reply box and icon are the same on your screen and mine. Sometimes things are different.

HTH
Maggie

[Honeibee]

Judy - when you have the post reply box up, look at the icons above it. There is a line of icons starting with B I U etc.. the last one in the the line is a picture of a quote box, that is the one I was referring to.

Keep in mind, I am assuming that the reply box and icon are the same on your screen and mine. Sometimes things are different.

HTH
Maggie


Maggie - Honestly. As many times as I have seen this screen I have never noticed that! Geez! :rolleyes: Thanks very much!! I am now quote enlightened! :goodvibes

[Jen117]

I GOT MY SOCKS, I GOT MY SOCKS!! Are they awesome or what? I think they are even cooler than the pic!! But I love fun socks, so I may just be more excited than the rest. I can't wait to wear them on Saturday for my 5K race. Now I can't wait for my shirts!!!

I ran last night, not sure on the distance, but it was about 25 minutes with 10 minutes walking. I am guessing somewhere between 2.5-3 miles. I just mosied around the neighborhood, up this street, down that street. I noticed that when I run in the evening my knees and ankles ache more. Or maybe it is the pavement? When I ran on Saturday at the campground, it was dirt and gravel and I felt like I could run forever, until it rained.

Oh and last night was the first night in forever that my 3 year old didn't scream when I left for a run. She always tells me she doesn't want me to run, but this time she was OK with it. She even waved to me from the driveway.

Judy - I started WW again about 3 weeks ago. I have lost 6 pounds since then and feeling great. I still have way too much more to lose, but if I lose 40 by the 1/2 marathon I will be feeling pretty awesome!!! Congrats on your loss!!!

[msblrobs]

Sara - How old are you youngest? My dd15 (16 at the time of the marathon), was dissapointed, but I told her that we could have a girls only trip for a short weekend in May for the Minnie!. It would be our first trip without her brothers since they joined our family and our first trip just she and I. She was VERY excited at the thought. She already has told me she would like to spend one day just strolling around the World showcase without having to worry about her brothers melting down. She enjoys good/interesting food and shopping! Gotta Love her! :thumbsup2 My youngest are DD5 and DD9. Their 16 yo brother could care less that he's out for the marathon :confused3 . My girls love cheering for us and making signs. My DS just doesn't but into the Disney/running thing...

[pollioni]

Today is yet another off day for me. With only running 3 days a week mentally it does not seam like enough. Physically my cardio is staying up and I am really looking forward to starting training in August.

I think I have decided on staying at the French Quater. My kids will like the pool and the proximity is great to the Start. Since it is so close to the start will I still have to show up at the start line 2hrs before the start? :confused3 Most races I have been in I line up in the corel aprox 15-30 Mins before the start.

I feel extreamly lucky I am fairly injury free (at the current time). I have a great sports physo and a awesome chiro who also does ART. If I can't get into one I always can get to see the other.

Cheers

[MelRhoads]

Robb - I did that 3/week plan last year. I actually really liked it. I used the one that was in RW and I modified it a little moving in the mid week tempo to the day b/4 the LR and 3 times ensuring that it was 1/2 the distance of the LR. I used it for Goofy, which was my 1st marathon. I'm an adventure racer normally, so the 3/week gave me plenty of time for crosstraining and gave me time to do 3 big adv. races and a century ride (not race!) during the plan. It was awesome!

Lynn - were are you??????? I miss you and i don't know whether to sign up for that 1/2 ironman in AUGUST in ARKANSAS!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!! (Plus, I really want you to look at the pics of the P.U.S.S.!!! I'm extremely proud of my new bike building skills - I had to take it to the LBS to have them check everything out and basically ensure it was ride worthy :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: ) I think i might be getting hard core w/ the SS.

[wtpclc]

Heather! I missed your post last time! Please let me know the details. I think Kevin said he'd be gone 2 weeks, so he shoul dbe back. Was wondering when that trip was coming up. :cool1:

[Calcio]

Robb and Judy

You absolutely do not need to be in the starting corrals 2 hours in advance. Actually the Disney race people "hold" the runners in the staging area in the EPCOT parking lot, and then let the Cecil B. DeMille-esque procession to the corrals begin at some time before the start. If you come out of POFQ or POR at 4 a.m. and walk to the corrals you'll be mighty lonely for about 90 minutes.

The best part is last year when I stepped out of the POFQ lobby at 5:35 for the race there was a Disney bus sitting in the circle and the driver kindly asked me if I would like a ride to the start. My mind starts spinning and sees 2 alternatives:

1. I walk over to the starting corrals, and I mean directly to the starting corrals. I arrive in 10 minutes at most, and am in the corral by 5:45 ready to go and fresh.

OR

2. The nice driver takes me out on the access road, turns left, turns right at the second traffic light, drives me behind EPCOT, past the Boarwalk and Swan, turns right onto world drive, turns right toward EPCOT, turns into the parking lot, parks, I get out, walk to the staging area, and then walk at least 1 mile to the starting corrals. I anticipate this will take 30 minutes under ideal conditions, and before 6 a.m. on marathon Sunday it isn't ideal.

My darker side formulates a witty answer for the driver, but thankfully what comes out of my mouth is, "no thank you, I'll walk."

Take care

Craig

[skfulkers]

Hi Craig: Was it you that was doing the deep water running last year? I thought it was you that recommended I try it. Did you lose much fitness when you were doing it? I've had to do the deep water running for nearly a month now, and I'm really curious what kind of shape I'll be in when I get back to the roads. I did manage to do a 60 min long deep water run on Saturday.

Dave, I actually had to pool run last summer for about a month due to a knee injury that kept me from running. Like Craig pointed out, it is absolutely the most boring cardio training in the entire world (but you've probably figured that out by now). That being said, I came back from my injury stronger and more fit than before I was injured. I combined the pool running with biking and swimming (laps), as well as weight lifting and core exercises--I always end up overdoing it on the cross training when I'm injured because I'm worried I will lose fitness.

Without a doubt, the pool running was the most beneficial part of the cross training. It is such a tough workout that returning to real running after being in the pool almost seems too easy. Now obviously, you can vary the intensity of pool running and I'm sure if you moved slow enough in the water, you would lose many of the benefits of the workout. But if you move at a decent pace (keep your breathing and effort similar to what it would be during a run, whether it be a tempo run, LR, etc) and keep good form, I don't think you'll need to worry about losing fitness.

Quick funny story about my pool running. I refused to use the pool at our local community center for my workout sessions, since I pretty much looked like a big dork with my aqua belt on, so I would use the pool in our neighborhood early in the morning or late at night. I used to go over around 5:00am so that it was still dark and I wouldn't run the risk of anyone coming to use the pool at that hour. One morning I was in the middle of a 30 minute hard "run" and I had forgotten my aqua belt, so I was using the pool life preserver to stay afloat. All of the sudden I was startled by a dog barking very close to the pool area. Some guys had been walking his dog down the street and the dog must have either seen or heard me in the pool, because he dragged his owner across the lawn to the edge of the pool fence and stood there barking at me 15 feet away. So there I am in the middle of the pool at 5am (still dark outside) thrashing about like a crazy person with a life preserver wrapped around my shoulders . I stopped as soon as I saw him and sheepishly said "uh, hi." The guy just looked at me quizzingly, gave a questioning "hi" in return and pulled his dog back up to the street. Guarantee he thought I was either drunk or mentally insane.

Steve

[gatorphipps]

Hey I lost five pounds so far since Sat morning! :woohoo: Ohhh I can't wait to weigh in at my next meeting!
Christa - 20 miles in one run????? :faint: OK well, in five or so years when I get to that distance I'll worry about it. :lmao:
:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: Judy - I thought you were running the full marathon... I can't keep up. :confused3 I do have to say the 20 milers are most of the time easier than the shorter runs. I think of it as an adventure. Sometimes when I do a 3 or 5 mile run, I am looking at my watch and wondering when I will be done. With a LR, I know it will take me hours, not minutes, so I don't look at my watch as often.
I am so proud of your WW progress! I lost over 25lbs on WW and am able to eat! DD8, DD5, and I are (as I type) eating a whole bag of grapes. I don't know if you know this about me, but I am in the BIG EATERS CLUB! Really, I am willing to bet I could out eat anyone on this thread! I can ALMOST eat a whole Kitchen Sink ALONE! :rotfl: I can outeat my DH who is 6'3''...a full foot taller than me.....I pretend I am 5'4'', but I am really just over 5'3''.
OK I must go shower, I ran 3 miles after work and I STINK NOW!

[gatorphipps]

OK! I am posting a few pics from HH....My computer is slow so this is all I have the time for right now.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/ChristaPhipps/GraduationHHgirlssinging043.jpg
This is me and DDalmost 6 on the beach
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/ChristaPhipps/a48ae96e.jpg
This is DD8.5 on the beach...we don't know where the blond hair comes from! :lmao:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/ChristaPhipps/90e90274.jpg
This is DDalmost 6 going down the slide...A VERY BIG DEAL for her!
I will try to post more later.

[solotraveler]

WARNING: TOTAL DRIVE-BY POST!!

Hi all! It has been a wonderful week here in Toronto. Even though I am DC-bred and live in Michigan, I always feel like TO is my "home," so to speak.

Sadly I will be heading home tomorrow and clearly I have many, many, many posts to catch up on.

Looks like we have a few newbies, which is always wonderful! WELCOME to you all.

Heather-- Wow, you won't be far from me at all!! Very cool.

Take care all!
Kevin

[jodistar]

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for being MIA for the past couple of days. June (especially the end) is always a very hard month for me to deal with. My dad passed away a couple of years ago, a week after Father’s Day weekend – and well, I just tend to get a little depressed. I went through everything with my Dad (he was a drinker)…..well, I would go on but if anyone has dealt with that experience before and if you haven’t well….I really don’t want to unload everything on to you.

I wanted to try and catch up on everything so, If I miss anything I’m sorry.

Thank you all for the great compliments on the baskets – I poured myself into them a little bit to get my mind off of things.

Jodi-- your baskets are beautiful! No wonder people think they are pro. You could earn a second income!!!!!
Thanks Sunny! That’s a great compliment, I really wish I could do baskets for a second income…..it would really help out.

Hi Jodi Your baskets look great. Keep on chugging away on the treadmill. Do you run exclusively on the treadmill? I thought you had an outside route too. Hi Dave, for right now I am doing things on the threadmill…..just being a little bit of a wimp with the heat and all – I was going to try and venture out this past weekend but it pretty much rained all weekend.

I just got back from a very satisfying 3.75 mile run. Stretched really good afterward, and decided to ice the shins just to be safe (forgot to do that until I read Dave’s post – thanks, Dave!) The first 3 miles were 11:41, 11:34, and 12:17, the last ¾ mile took 13:45! Needless to say, I died at the end of 3 miles. But it was still the best time I’ve ever run, even in either of my whole 2 5Ks, so I’m feeling improvement. DH is scouring the web trying to find another race for me to run, but I’m not feeling a real need to race right now. Congratulations Jackie….good job! I totally understand about not really feeling the need to get back out there but that will change, it’s always great to get a way and out for a good run.

Well, this morning I got out of the house early and put in 6 miles, which is the farthest I have run in years. Turned out really good. I finished in 1hr 0min Excellent Dana! BTW – I really like the sports beans too! For some reason I can’t do the gels like most people can.

Amy the Summer Solstice run sounds like a lot of fun – Congratulations!

Jodi- great basket ! You could go into business for sure Oh, Thank you so much!

Hi Sonya – welcome to the team

may get to do the WDW marathon! My BIL wants to do it with DH and me. Oh Christa – you have to.

Hi Robb

I need to get back to the Community Center and start cross training and lifting weights again. I need to get back to the gym also and do cross training day with weights too!

Sat, I walked 3 miles and then ran 1.5 with no sign of pain. Sun morning I woke up feeling better than I have in weeks so I went to the Y with DD and did the elliptical. Yeah – Sunny’s back to exercising

Honeibee, you may want to be careful with WW and running. When you get up into the longer distances you requirements for cal's, carbs and potasium may lead you into some trouble. Very true – I think I have to switch things a bit, I’m starting to loose too much weight now that I had achieved Lifetime….I just need to get used to eating to support the running instead of counting points to loose weight.

Hi Keycee

Oh BTW – I started a Pre-trip report for January, feel free to read it

Okay, last night I ran 3 miles on the threadmill 10.45 min/mile overall. I also worked out on the elliptical for 20 minutes and I think I found my next run……It’s in August – It’s called the Ice Cream ……It’s only a 5k but I will be happy to do it. Ideally I wanted to look for another 10k but I only could find 5k’s in my area.

Wow, it’s still blowing my mind with how soon the January trip is coming up. Although, still no AAA rates out yet. But before that also fast approaching is the half marathon in October

[wtpclc]

Jodi -Just had a travel agent tell me that WDW will not put rates out until August fro Jan (although I'm sure I fgot my AAA rates in July last year.) Anyway, that may be the hold up. (((hugs))) So sorry about your fatehr. I am so drading the day when I have to deal with losing a parent.

Solo! Thanks for posting! Been beautiful here,so let's hope for the best! Do you do Grand Haven firewokrs on the 4th?

Christa!!!! DH was just at the computer asking who the pics were. I said, "Christa, she passed us in MGM." "She's the one who'd MIL thinks she would be skinny with all that running." After looking at all of teh pics dh said something about your MIL's competancy level and "She's a stick!" Thought you might like to hear that! :goodvibes BTW, He meant she's a stick in a good way. ;)

[plutosmyfav]

Jodi-- I'm sorry June is a hard month for you. :wizard: :wizard: and :grouphug: :grouphug: for you.

Robb-- I love the term LSD. I think I first picked it up from Helen (along with many other interesting words). Here's one of my T-shirt designs:

:rotfl:

http://livinglively.com/images/LSD_drugMagneLittle.jpg

Actually, post race analysis showed me that I ran my LSDs too fast last year. I don't think that will be a problem this year!

Craig-- I chickened out last year, but I just booked my ressies for POFQ this year and I'm walking. No near race-miss port-a-potty stops for me this year!

Judy-- WEIGH TO GO on the weight loss :cheer2: Awsome. You will probably need to tweak your point levels as WW is not set-up for endurance athletes. I can remember a leader marvelling over someone she had in a previous class who earned 8 activity points... in ONE day! Ha, Ha that's everyday life for us :lmao:

Christa--I've said it before and I will say it again... there is NO WAY you could out eat me. I don't think there's anyone who could out eat me. Its not something I'm proud of... I still haven't tried Core. I've been "meaning" to for over a year. You are such an inspiration, I must follow your lead... soon! You look so fabulous and your HH pics are great.

MelR-- I love your pink bike. I'm amazed that you know how to put all those pieces together! I'm still waiting for my day to become a rider. Speaking of which, the Y is raffling off a bike at the end of teh summer. You have to get your ticket punched 15 times (once per visit) before submitting it. You can submit multpiple tickets. I will probably be lucky to get two in. I wish DD would do them, too. I want that bike!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and the news of the day... two NS guys checked me out and said I am doing great. They said since my back has started to improve on its own surguery is out of the question. They gave me a medusol pak (spelling?, its downstairs and I'm not bothering to go get it). Its a 5 day oral steroid pack. I really hope it finishes the job. But I am free to workout, run and even lift weights but staying with light weights for a while. I am perfectly happy with that.

I did a baseline 5k on the TM at the Y last night. It wasn't pretty. It was 34:50. But now I know where I stand. I had also done 60 minutes intense arc trainer before doing it. The silly machine said I burned 900 calories in one hour and I set my weight 40 lbs light. There's no way I believe that!

So feeling much better today, I went out and purchased the bare minimum camping gear and put ressies in for my favorite campground in the White Mountains (Lafayette) for next week. It'll just be me and DS6. Am I insane or what? I just can't let this summer go by without some real fun and the vacation days were already planned before the stupid pn and sciatica.

Pool running: I take DS to the town wading pool. It is 2 feet deep and about 10 yards in diameter. I can't stand just sitting around while he swims to I run around in circles. I feel completely foolish. Sometimes I make him be a caboose so I can at least feign playing instead of training. Its not very deep but it is quite challenging.

Sunny

[MelRhoads]

Sunny - I'm glad you got the workout green light. You do need that bike!!! I hope you get it!!!!! I just learned how to put all of those bike pieces together! It was my first one. It would be a really cool hobby if it wasn't so expensive! I got all take off stuff (basically new but taken off another bike and replaced by an upgrade) so it was cheap and I took some yummie treats to the people at the bike shop, which helped!

[Mouse Skywalker]

Good Morning Team: :surfweb:

Not much new to report for me. Did another 30 min of deep water running yesterday. DD8 princess: came with me and sat by the pool reading Harry Potter while I swogged (how do you like that? - instead of wogging I was swim/jogging, swogging). Saw my orthopod, and he didn't have anything new to say. He agreed with my plan of not running on the roads until after July 4th, and then we'll see how my shins are.

MelR and Christa - thanks so much for posting pictures. Your families are both beautiful, and it's so fun to see the pictures.

Sara - your girls are about the same age as my girls. Maybe they can all make signs together for the marathon.

Welcome Robb!!! - in case I didn't say it. Good to have you here, and great to get more advice. I was actually up in Mississauga to give a talk this spring at UT-M. If I make it back up there, maybe I can stop by your store.

Steve- Thanks for your comments on the water running. I was thinking of your story while I was in the pool yesterday. I know just what you mean about not wanting others to see my swogging, but I've gotten over that. I did forget my life jacket the other day and had to use a noodle under my arms, and I felt even sillier.

Jodi- Sorry you had a rough week over Father's Day. So sorry for the loss of your father a couple years back. Here's some PD :wizard: :wizard: for your getting through the rough patch. I hope your depression lifts. Hey, do you get ice cream after that Ice Cream 5K? :thumbsup2
Jodi -Just had a travel agent tell me that WDW will not put rates out until August fro Jan (although I'm sure I fgot my AAA rates in July last year.)Carrie- I thought some of you already had room reservations made. :confused3 Do you change your reservation once the AAA rates come out? Can you only make reservations for AAA rates through AAA? Does that rule out using Anthony Travel to get a marathon package?

Here's a question for the Disney planning experts. I'm considering staying off site for the WDW marathon weekend. We have a voucher for 4 nights in a 2 bedroom condo at the Sheraton Vistana Villages, but I was thinking of getting a room for 1 night in the Wilderness Lodge to sleep on site the night before the marathon. So can I only make dinner ressies for the 1 day/night that I am on site?

Sunny- Great news from your NS guys!!! :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: Glad your back is healing, glad you don't need surgery, and so glad you can workout. Maybe we can have a eating throwdown between you and Christa at WDW after the races. I'm really glad you're starting to feel better. Small steps.

[TiffJ]

Dave- I was thinking about staying offsite too. We have rented a condo in Windsor Palms 3br 2ba 1300 sq ft & love it there, easy access to back entrance by AK. Anyway if I come it would be me, DH, DS9, Ds5 & my parents. It is 1/3 of the cost to stay offsite so we could come earlier & stay longer. Then I could get a room at POFQ for race weekend. You can make a room reservation now & when AAA rates come out you can apply the AAA rate. If getting AAA room rate only you can do this directly thru WDW (that's what I did last year) You also have up to 5 days prior to trip to cancel, so you can go ahead & get room for marathon weekend & hunt for better rates later. As for dining, you can make reservations for any of the restaurants even if you are staying offsite the whole time. You cant get the dining plan but you can make ADR just like anyone else, so go ahead & book away no matter where you stay. Also, if you book a room & Anthony Travel comes out with better rates then you can cancel you ressie, get your deposit back & book with Anthony. Race weekend fills up so there is no way we can wait until Aug to book rooms.

Sunny-so glad you are improving! :Pinkbounc I love the Tshirt design.

Christa-great pics!

Kevin-good to hear from you again, glad you had a great trip.

Jodi- :wizard: for getting thru this rough patch and definately up those point you are eating! We dont want you to dissapear on us.

Jen- I love those socks too! WTG on the wl! :cheer2:

Judy- yea for you too :cheer2:

Steve- that story is hilarious :lmao:

Krista-VBS is going great, exhausting but great. I love the Fiesta theme. Bright, colorful & fun. We have the whole church decked out. I am doing elemtary ( 1st - 4th) and we have about 350 kids this year. About 800 for all the groups. The kids seem to be having a great time!

Colleen-good luck on your race on the 9th!

[aladdinsgirl]

Guarantee he thought I was either drunk or mentally insane. now do you see what I live with every day??!! :joker:

Good morning everyone. Glad to see that everyone is working hard and getting their steps in. Hines and I did 2.75 miles in 30 minutes last night, I thought about just doing 3 miles, but it was still pretty warm at 8:00 and Hines was dragging behind me. It's so funny, at the beginning of our run, Hines is usually running right with me or slightly in front of me, but by the end, he's 6 feet behind me. He needs to learn how to pace himself!!! :teeth:

Christa--It must go with the name, I LOVE to eat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stephen and I plan our vacations around where we want to eat, just to make sure we get all of our favorites in. Loved seeing pictures of your girls and you look fabulous in your bikini. I hate to know what your MIL thinks being skinny is.

Jodi-- :hug: :hug: :hug: July is just around the corner!!!!

Sunny-- :cheer2: :cheer2: that your back is getting better and you are able to run and lift again. That is fantastic news!!! You truly are an inspiration to all of us. We're going camping next weekend too, but there's going to be 9 of us, you are brave going with just your son!!

Melissa--Great pictures!! The boy is a cutie!! I must have been skimming again, because I totally missed that you built that bike. Impressive!!!

Dave--Swogging! I love it!!

Tiff--Glad that VBS is going good. I know from experience how time consuming it has been. Fun, but time consuming (and tiring!!).

Kevin--I'm glad that your vacation has been great. Did you get some training in? I always love running while on vacation--even weekend trips, it's amazing what a change of scenery can do for you.

Carrie--How are the feet? Looking any better?

Colleen--Good luck on the 9th!

[msblrobs]

your girls are about the same age as my girls. Maybe they can all make signs together for the marathon..My girls would definitely love to work on that project with your princesses. They are the best little cheerleaders ever and my sole inspiration.

Here's a question for the Disney planning experts. I'm considering staying off site for the WDW marathon weekend. We have a voucher for 4 nights in a 2 bedroom condo at the Sheraton Vistana Villages, but I was thinking of getting a room for 1 night in the Wilderness Lodge to sleep on site the night before the marathon. So can I only make dinner ressies for the 1 day/night that I am on site?You can make ADR's for anytime you want. At 180 days out call 800-828-0228. We are staying offsite for marathon weekend also. Since we'll be at WDW 11/23-12/4, I just can't justify spending anymore than I have to in January.

[Mouse Skywalker]

So feeling much better today, I went out and purchased the bare minimum camping gear and put ressies in for my favorite campground in the White Mountains (Lafayette) for next week. It'll just be me and DS6. Am I insane or what? I just can't let this summer go by without some real fun and the vacation days were already planned before the stupid pn and sciatica. We're going camping next weekend too, but there's going to be 9 of us, you are brave going with just your son!! That makes 3 of us!!! We're going camping next weekend too down in the Finger Lakes region. DW and I are taking the princesses, DD5 princess: and DD8 princess:, camping for the first time. They got me a huge 2 room cabin tent for Father's Day, we've already practiced setting it up, and we're all going down over the 4th. Got our ressie all set.

[wtpclc]

Sunny - Woo hoo for the green light to work out. I'm hoping you can keep it wasy, as you plan to. I nkow that's hard fo ryou. ;)

Carrie- I thought some of you already had room reservations made.
I do have them. The TA was answering my question on another board about MAgical Express cost for January when she told me that prices fo 2007 coume out in August, so ME prices should come out then. Looks liek all your other questions were answered.

Krista - The worst-looking blister is still pretty nasty. Only 2 show, but this one is huge, nasty (rubbed of before I finished) and on the top of my foot. SInce I have to keep a band aid on it, it doesn't scab over. SUpposed to heal quicker, though, right? Let's hope. Tee hee on the"what you have to live with." :rotfl:

I took last night off, but moved a bunch of clothe sot the basement and switched out sumemr and winte r(only slightly behind, long story) and finally arranged most of the stuff in my bathroon m the wasy I want (yes, I'm as slow putting back together as Scott is constructing.) So, kind of a cross train. ;) Our legs are feeling stiff, so I don't want ot overdo and get really discouraged. Scheduled for 3 tonight. SUpposed to be cooler. Yay!!!!

[pollioni]

Good morning all, from hot hazy & humid Mississauga. Tonight I'm scheduled to run a 4 miler (6KM). It should be a very hard run which will be mentally challenging.

Mel - I noticed in the Wish Team that you listed me from CA - is the not California. Sould it not read. CAN or ON. This is just me being petty.

Melissa - The 3 day a week is just a "Rest period" for me as I trained really hard for my last half and shaved 3 mins of my PB. Will get back up to 4-5 days a week come Aug. with x-training the other ones.

Craig - Thanks for the info. I still can't make up my mind on which resort to stay at FQ or RS but is deffinatly going to be PO. The distance away from the start is not that much. I do like to do a short run before the start a half mile would be perfect.

Christa - I do have to say the 20 milers are most of the time easier than the shorter runs. I think of it as an adventure. Sometimes when I do a 3 or 5 mile run, I am looking at my watch and wondering when I will be done. With a LR, I know it will take me hours, not minutes, so I don't look at my watch as often.
- I agree that the short ones are eaiser. They are suppost to be that way. The short one should stress your muscles but the long ones should stress on your heart.

BTW you have a very cute daughter.

Kevin - Next time you are in T.O make your way to Port Credit in Mississauga and come by the Running Room for a run. We have group runs on Wedensday at 6:30pm and Sundays at 8:30am. Ask for Robb

Sunny - Love the t-shirt design. I agree, my training program says that I sould also slow down on LSD runs. On the other hand I need to speed up on my other runs. Pace pace pace.

Take it easy with runs don't go out and hurt yourself again.

Dave As I said to Kevin please when you are in town drop by for a run once you get a green light.

Krista - He needs to learn how to pace himself!!! . I've said it before and I will say it again. PACE PACE PACE pass it on to Hines

Cheers

[aladdinsgirl]

Krista - . I've said it before and I will say it again. PACE PACE PACE pass it on to Hines

I keep forgetting that we have new people who don't know every little about us. Hines is my dog! :dogdance:

[pollioni]

I keep forgetting that we have new people who don't know every little about us. Hines is my dog! :dogdance:

What you me your dog can't read :rotfl2:

[MelRhoads]

Did a 3 mile tm run today. Also lifted. I've been havin that left booty pain again, so i got an x-ray. I don't think it showed anything. Phil thought it was possibly a stress fx in pelvis (but we don't actually think it is). While I was up there, they asked me to do a bone density test (bc they are getting a new machine and need 30 people to do one on old machine and then new) My bone density was good (which i was happy aobut) but we did notice that my spine was curved. Phil thinks that is why my hip keeps hurting but I'm not sure what we should do about it. We were thinking aobut putting an insert in one shoe. I tried to run w/ a different gait today to see if that would help. Anyway, I'd like to get my booty to stop hurting! Does anyone run w/ slight scoliosis?

Christa - love the pics. You look great and the gals are beautiful!

Dave - I've basically done every workout in the socks since i got them!!!!

Krista - Was the sock still there last night?

[Mouse Skywalker]

Dave - I've basically done every workout in the socks since i got them!!!!MelR - I hope the socks aren't throwing off your gait and causing booty pain! Seriously, glad you're liking the team socks.

[aladdinsgirl]

What you me your dog can't read

Robb--I keep working with him, I just don't know what his problem is!! ;)

Krista - Was the sock still there last night?

Melissa--YES!! The sock is still there! It's back to it's original khaki color, the rain we got Monday night must have washed it clean. :laundy:

Maggie--Thanks for teaching us this nifty wrap quote thing. If only I could post pictures, my Dising would be complete!!

Carrie--Good luck with your run tonight. Cleaning/rearranging is definitely cross training in my book! I have plans to clean out the basement someday--go through old papers and throw them away, repack boxes, etc--not looking forward to that! I may have to do it fairly soon as we need to dig out our camping stuff and I need to see what we have and I need to get before next Friday.

Kaycee--:welcome: (Sorry, I'm a little behind!)

[thndrmatt]

Alriiiiiighty then. My first post in an exercise thread. As I mentioned over in the intro thread for the mara/half, my wife and I are diving head first into all this.

My challenge is the full marathon, never completed more than a half, and only did one of those in Austin in January in 2:07ish and since then have gotten more out of shape and gained more weight. My wife's challenge is probably harder, she's never raced more than a 5k before and is going to try to complete the half marathon.

We're both active military up in the panhandle of Florida, so those 3 times a week PT sessions should help, but going to try to motivate each other outside of that for those weekend long runs.

I did probably a bit under 3 miles midday today in the searing heat, been averaging 2-3 miles three times a week so far in the few weeks since I've started this latest "new leaf."

Oh, I'm also going to run the Disneyland half by myself, my hometown is only a half hour away so I'll be staying with the 'rents. :lmao:

[TXBelle]

Welcome Matt! :welcome: There is also a DL 1/2 marathon thread that you can join. A group of us are going to DL and plan to meet while we are there. We will be wearing our lime green WISH Racing Team shirts.

Today is my rest day so nothing to report on the training front. The images of Steve, Dave, and Sunny running around like crazy people in the pool made me smile. :)

[plutosmyfav]

MelR-- I'm sorry to hear you are having booty pain. Are you sure its not piriformis syndrome (you know I can't spell, hope you know what I meant). I have slight scoliosis. Is that what you meant by curved spine? My right leg is slightly longer than my left, I'm wondering if that affects my running.

Speaking of bikes... I just learned that my brother's future father-in-law (would that be DBDFFIL?) collects bikes and bike parts from his local dump and cleans them up, fixes them and sells them on Craig's list! Maybe I have a source for a cheap bike afterall... I wish DS and I were both ready to ride for this camping trip. There are great paths in the White Mountains.

But I bought an inflatable kayak for our trip! We just tried it out on a local pond and it works great. As long as it doesn't spring a leak. Its hard to fully deflate again, but easy enough to inflate with a foot pump. I made DS do most of the pumping. Can you tell my back/leg are much better?

I woke up to severe pain this morning and wondered what in the world I was thinking when I booked a camping trip. But the pain was gone within an hour so I should be good to go. We'll just have rough mornings.

I went to the Y and did weights for the first time in 6 weeks. I did exactly half my normal weight settings. The stupid FitLynx machine kept saying "You did not reach your target weight, would you like to decrease your target weight?" By the third machine I was ready to scream at it "Of course not, you idiot!"

I also improved my recovery baseline (TM) 5k to 33:22 (it was 34:50 a couple of days ago).

Sunny

[plutosmyfav]

Robb-- I meant to add, pace is definitely something I need to become diligent about. Like you, I tend to run my LSD too fast and then skimp on speed work, temp runs. Last year I didn't follow a plan for the marathon. This year I think I will try to be more disciplined. (ya I know, some people are laughing).

[gatorphipps]

Sunny - :thumbsup2 :Pinkbounc :cheer2: :woohoo: for your good report...hate to hear that you are hurting! :wizard:

Melissa - Hope your booty feels better! :rotfl: Are you sure it isn't all those times your bronco has thrown you!?!?

Matt - :welcome: To this nutty group! It is a party 24/7! party: My DH is named Matt..so I think you have a VERY cool name!

Krista - That sock is kill'n me! :lmao: And I am so glad you are teaching your dog pacing! I need tips...my JRT is crazy! She can out run me...for 3 miles at least! :thumbsup2

A MIL note.....Some of you have commented, but Just in case everyone doesn't know or remember my posting my MIL story...My MIL has always said with all the working out I do, I should be skinny...Well this year at the beach she commented on the weight I had lost...I said, well you would think with all the working out I do, that I would be skinny! She looked very dazed and said, well all those marathons must be finally working b/c you look really good! :confused: OUT OF CONTROL! Am I supposed to take that as a compliment (I cannot spell so sorry!?) :furious: DH did tell her I was really in shape and started bragging on my fitness level and body fat level, ect, ect....and how proud he was of me! :love:

[wtpclc]

Christa - Yes!!! Take that as a compliment. (Besides, I think it's as close as your MIL will ever get.) Trust your real friends to tell you how it is, though!

Krista - Ewwww, somehow, that seems worse than black now. Be patient with Hines, K? :rotfl2: OK, I had a friend ask for me to tell how to post pics "very slowly". Here's my reply. If this doesn't work, just e-mail them to me and I'll post 'em for you. ;)

1. Go to http://www.photobucket.com
2. Hit Register Now (it's free)
3. Enter User Name and Enter password twice
4. Hit submit
5. You should be at your main page
6. Hit browse
7. Find pic on computer
8. Hit open
9. Hit submit
10. Repeat steps 7 - 10 until you have all pics. There is also a multiple pic funtion, but I'd start with one at first.
11. Go to the first pic you want to insert
12. Beneath the pic, there is a line called Img
13. Click once in the box next to Img
14. Right click
15. Click copy
16. Come back to the board.
17. Click New Thread or Reply, depending on were you want to put it
18. Type any into words you want
19. When you are ready to insert pic, right click and hit paste
20. Repeat 12 to 20 until you are done

Welcome Matt! I have a friend from another board whose dh is in the pan handle and in the AF? You in the AF? I'm geographically adn militarily challenged, so I have no idea how many branches of the military may be in the pan handle.

Sunny - WHy am I still worried about you? ;)

Judy - Have you found CAm yet??? ;)

Minnie - How are you doing? I was thinking of you and your recoveery adn I'm afraid I may have skimmed too much.

ahhhhh........ It was so much less hot tonight. Still not cool while running, but I finished without wanting to die. I should be so much further ahead though. Darn that slackign time!

[chimera]

:welcome: Kaycee and Matt :welcome:

Psssst Sunny...I fell off the wagon, too. I hit the TM last night. Slow and easy (W8/R2), but it was ok...with everything going on, I really needed the run.

The foot's doing better. I'm wearing my ASICS at work with the NB arch supports and things seem to be getting better. I've given up on the taping for now, but if anyone's interested in the technique, it's called low Dye strapping and can be found with any google search. My pod used 2 inch tape for mine.

MelR...you asked about scoliosis...DD13 has a 30 degree curvature. She's done the Minnie 15K, plays soccer, tennis, swims...we never would have known anything if the pediatrician hadn't caught it.

Ready for another bad doctor story? DD13 had a kidney ultrasound during her scoliosis evaluation which turned up a cyst on the kidney. Her pediatrician wanted her to see a pediatric urologist in St. Pete at the children's hospital. We were told a month ago to make an appt and bring the ultrasound films for the doc to look at and see if he thought she needed further follow-up. The urologist's office couldn't schedule us then because of a computer problem, so I was waiting to call them for the appt. Last week I got a call wanting to know if she'd had her CT scan yet. Ummm...what CT scan? :confused3 Apparently the urologist wanted to get a CT scan, but no one bothered to tell us. The problem...DD13 is spending the summer with her dad on the other coast. I've spent the past week trying to get things clarified (why he's ordering the CT, what we're looking for, possible next steps, etc), getting her scheduled, and now have to go to Orlando to pick her up tomorrow night for the scan on Friday, then take her back to Orlando to her dad. All of this for a doc she's never seen :furious:
We personally never order tests or procedures on patients we haven't seen first to discuss things...I'm getting the scan done, but looking for another urologist to follow-up with...I still just can't believe how poorly this has been handled.

OK, rant off...sorry to dump, but this is driving me :crazy: I just had to run last night to defuse a bit.

[MelRhoads]

Sunny - Piriformis (or whatever) syndrome is a possiblilty for they booty pain. I started some new stretches to address that. I was actually wondering if I could put an insert in one of my shoes to balance out my legs/hips to see if that would help the gait and in turn help the booty! The camping trip sounds awesome!! The kayak sould be a blast :thumbsup2
and yeah for the potential bike source!!

[plutosmyfav]

Mel-- no need to apologize for the rant. What a disaster. I hope you can get teh apts resolved and get poor DD13 where she needs to be, when. And espeicially, :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: to make all these tests totally unnecessary.

MelR-- I've thought about trying to even out my legs, too. But its scarey to start messing with them. A few years back i bought a cheap pair of Nike running shoes and thought nothing of it. I ended up with achillies tendon that took nearly 4 months to resolve. It is amazing how sensitive our little tootsies really are! I hope you find a solution soon. Weren't you experimenting with wearing two different shoe models at one time? Did that help?

Christa-- your MIL is too much! I'm glad your marathon running as finally paid off-- as if it hasn't been all along and as if that was the sole purpose of running :confused3 Don't give it another thought!

[MelRhoads]

Sunny - go to bed!! It is reallly late there!! I'm night owl too, but it is only 11pm here. I am going to run w/ ec tomorrow and i'm going to put an extra insert in my right shoe to see how it goes. I'll keep you posted! I was thinking that i might need a new pair of shoes. I know i've done 3 marathons in the pair i'm currently using in addition to about 100 more miles. Unfortunately, i've spent all my $$ on bikes :smokin: (just had to use my fav. smile) I love your new siggie!!!!!

[plutosmyfav]

Sunny - go to bed!! It is reallly late there!! I'm night owl too, but it is only 11pm here. I am going to run w/ ec tomorrow and i'm going to put an extra insert in my right shoe to see how it goes. I'll keep you posted! I was thinking that i might need a new pair of shoes. I know i've done 3 marathons in the pair i'm currently using in addition to about 100 more miles. Unfortunately, i've spent all my $$ on bikes :smokin: (just had to use my fav. smile) I love your new siggie!!!!!


OK, I'll go to bed if you'll buy new shoes ;) Thanks on the siggie, its one of my new shirt designs at cafepress. Its as close to a Disney logo as I dare get!!!!!!

[jodistar]

Just a quick post for now - last night I did 3 miles on the threadmill I was hoping to do 4, but when approaching mile 3.....I started to feel sick, so I thought I'd better end the run.

Sunny - I love the Goofy 07 Clip Art :thumbsup2

[aladdinsgirl]

Carrie--MY DISING IS COMPLETE!!!!!!!!!! :cool1: :cool1: Here are some pics we took in May. Does it make anyone homesick???

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/krista_fulkerson/DSC01944.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/krista_fulkerson/DSC01946.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/krista_fulkerson/DSC01994.jpg

[wtpclc]

Love the pics Krista!!!! What does my tiemr say? Yes, I'm homesick . :(

Funny, I've been DIsing more at home. DH has been checking out the pics. I think we're sucking hin in even more! ;) He can't read too close, though, Where would I complaiin about him then. ;) :rotfl2:

Sunny! Nothing has made me want to do the Goofy more that your clippie!!! That's not playing fair. Good thing it's closed. ;)

Mel - Docs. What can I say. ;) WIsh I could go to your office. (Actually, I do like my current doc, but so many....) Sending pixie dust for dd!! Hope that foots gettign better. Don't push.

:wizard: for everyone hurting. And :wizard: for everyone not hurting that they don't get hurt.

[plutosmyfav]

Sunny - I love the Goofy 07 Clip Art :thumbsup2

Thanks, Jodi

Anyone who WISHes to use it can put it in their siggie:

http://livinglively.com/clipart/goofy_clippie.jpg
{IMG]http://livinglively.com/clipart/goofy_clippie.jpg[/IMG}

[keenercam]

Sorry, guys, that I have been so out of the loop. I now have a week and a half worth of posts to catch up on and lots to respond to, but just when I recovered from Jenn’s graduation open house party (about 60 people starting at 11 am and going through until 12:30 am) and then getting Andrew off to his 3 week Johns Hopkins program, work has gotten very busy. 6 nights in a row last week I got 5 hours of sleep or less. I have been a bit :crazy:

I havent’ been as disciplined about the training plan as I should have been but have a couple good training sessions recently to report:

Monday night on the treadmill (6/26) – 3 miles in 44:55 (14:59 pace)

Last night was much better! I am really psyched to have pulled this off.

3 miles on Treadmill with the following splits:
Mile 1 -- 13:25
Mile 2 – 13:26
Mile 3 – 13:01 !!!!!! Total time 39:52!

I can't believe I was able to sustain a less than 13:30 pace for 3 miles! Now to build up distance. I will tell you one thing -- when you pick up the pace the time commitment to a training session isn't so bad. There is a BIG difference in planning 3 miles at 17:00 and planning to do 3 miles when you can do them below 14:00. Yeah, it doesn't seem like much, but it starts to get easier, for sure. :confused3

Howard and I are doing 2 5Ks next week after way too much time off. We are doing the firecracker 5K on 7/4 that we did last year. My time was over 50 minutes. I’d LOVE to do so much better this year. Then, a business colleague asked us to do the Lance Armstrong Foundation 5K Thursday night. Not sure about doing 2 5Ks in less than 72 hours, especially since the second one is after a long day of work, but I am really hoping to start demanding more of my body. 3 mile “wogs” should not be a big undertaking for me by now. I should be able to manage that.

Well, I want to respond to everyone, but I’ll start with Tiff’s post from last week:

Cam-are you just aiming for a 15 min pace so you can finish comfortably? Where are you staying? What are we thinking?! How are you incorporating the DL 1/2 into the WDW full training? Taking a week off & then hop back into the appropriate week? Will we survive? Will we want to take turns slapping each other en route for signing up for this in the first place ? Are you going to train by yourself since Howard runs? Thats a long way for me to go during training without running my mouth. AGH, so much going thru my mind right now.

Tiff – I have really been training for something better than a 15 minute pace, just because I did that for the Minnie and I am always hoping to improve my pace. And now I always have real cause for concern that my hip/hamstring issue will slow my pace considerably after a distance, so if I can really pick up the pace from the beginning, it gives me a cushion for later. I am doing the MfM ½ marathon plan for Disneyland and then I am going to jump in on the Full Marathon training plan at whatever week it is on to prepare for the Full. I am a little nervous about that, but I am hoping I will feel pretty confident by the time we are done the DL ½. We aren’t returning until 9/23, so I will have pretty much missed most of the week after the DL ½ and will jump back in when we return. I am beyond nervous about the Full. I just have to NOT think about that until I have the ½ under my belt with a good finish time. I am definitely training solo though I really WISH I didn’t have to. I will end up doing as many short walks as possible on the treadmill but have to map out a route for LWs. I have NO IDEA where to go to get in that much distance when I am training for the FULL, especially in November and December in the cold and dark. And Delaware is such a small state! :teeth:

Where are we staying? For DL, we are at the Candy Cane Inn, though our plans aren’t finalized yet and we may move from there for the last couple of days of our trip to see another area. For WDW, we are at Beach Club Villas. It worked out so perfectly there last year being able to walk to and from EPCOT no matter how tired we were.

Dave – My socks arrived and they are wonderful!!! I can’t wait to wear them for the first time tonight at the gym! Thank you, thank you, thank you! :hug:

UGH, back to work. I’ll get back here as soon as possible.

Oh, one last thing – last night, Howard and I were on TMs next to each other. He was running. I was "wogging" -- walk at 4.2-4.4 mph and job at 6.0 mph. Everytime I did a jog at 6 mph, it actually felt like we were running together. Of course, I only lasted a minute at a time and he did, like, 25, but for that one minute (x 7), it felt like anything was possible. What a glorious feeling! Maybe some day we will actually be able to go out for a mile or two running together! :cool1:

[wtpclc]

I can't believe I was able to sustain a less than 13:30 pace for 3 miles! Now to build up distance. I will tell you one thing -- when you pick up the pace the time commitment to a training session isn't so bad.
:cheer2: :cheer2: :cool1: :banana: :cool1: :cheer2: :cheer2:

That's awesome Cam!!!!! That';s also why Scott and I are doing SRs of 3 miles instead of 30 min. More motivation to push yourself. (Hasn't worked yet, but when we're fully back, it should. :blush: )

[Honeibee]

Greetings all! :wave2:

I took yesterday off for a "Mental Health Day". :teeth: It was very nice to stay home. The past two days I have had two really strong training sessions. :woohoo: I am limiting my running to only five minutes but I really feel like I could do more. Which is a shock to me, I'll tell ya! So both days I did my 50 min @ 3.8 @ 1% with 5 running @ 4.5. I am also really glad to have the TM downstairs in the rec room/finished basement. The humidity is just about unbearable here. I swear I'm growing gills! But it's always cool downstairs.


Mel - Ouch, the booty pain in back. :guilty: Maybe you need a bronc with some shocks! You're wearing your socks already!?!?! Geez, I was saving mine.... Maybe I should just save one pair and start training in the other.

Krista - OMG the Hines mix-up! :rotfl2: And THAT SOCK! :lmao: Oy! You guys are really making me laugh this morning. Oh what great pictures! And oh how adorable you are!!! :goodvibes

Matt - Welcome! :dumbo: I'm glad you found us.

Sunny - Oh I'm so excited to hear about your progress! :banana: Whoo hooo! I just knew you wouldn't be sitting around for long!

Christa - Is it possible we have the same MIL? :sad2: Honestly! Where do these women come from!?!?!?

Mel - Oh how frustrating!!! Kinda makes you just want to smack somebody, doesn't it! :furious:

Cam - YAY! There you are! :Pinkbounc Every time I hear about flooding in Delaware I run to the tv, but then it's usually the Delaware River someplace in New Jersey. Wow, your pace is awesome! :woohoo: I'm really impressed! Now, get some rest. I couldn't survive on that little sleep and you have TWO 5K's coming up! :rolleyes1

[Mouse Skywalker]

Hello TEAM:

Not too much to report. I had a 30 min SWOG (i.e., deep water running) yesterday. DD8 princess: came with me and swam while I swogged. She was very excited that she could swim as fast as I would water run. The last lap she tried running with me and said "Daddy, this is hard." I felt a little vindicated.Howard and I are doing 2 5Ks next week after way too much time off. We are doing the firecracker 5K on 7/4 that we did last year. My time was over 50 minutes. I’d LOVE to do so much better this year. Then, a business colleague asked us to do the Lance Armstrong Foundation 5K Thursday night. Not sure about doing 2 5Ks in less than 72 hours, especially since the second one is after a long day of work, but I am really hoping to start demanding more of my body. 3 mile “wogs” should not be a big undertaking for me by now. I should be able to manage that.

Dave – My socks arrived and they are wonderful!!! I can’t wait to wear them for the first time tonight at the gym! Thank you, thank you, thank you! :hug:

UGH, back to work. I’ll get back here as soon as possible.Cam- Great job on your treadmill workout! :thumbsup2 Be careful with the 2 5Ks in one week. Everyone here is thinking that is how I really hurt my shins - running the Chase Corporate Challenge (3.5 miles) on June 1st and then following that with a 5K on June 4th. Go slow and don't push it. Glad you like the socks!

Krista- Love the pictures! Thanks for posting. Looks like you had beautiful weather.

Judy- Great job on your treadmill workouts and 5 mins of running! Whoo hooo, you ARE a runner! :thumbsup2 I decided to save one of my pairs of socks for January too. I figured I could wear one now, and save the other pair so they don't get holes in them.

[keenercam]

Hey, everyone! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pictures! Everyone looks so great.

Christa - -you are so gorgeous and fit and your princesses are absolutely adorable.
Krista -- your pictures are wonderful. You guys look so wonderful and happy! Gotta love that Disney glow we all get in WDW pictures. It's like we are lit up from inside.

Mel -- Very cute pix of you and DS. Thank you so much for sharing!

[aladdinsgirl]

Good morning!! I have been SO busy this morning, but I'm not complaining--it's making the day go by faster. Wow, was last night an ordeal. We got a REALLY bad storm, strong lightening and heavy rains (I bet the sock is gone for sure now :rotfl2: ), we lost power for over 2 hours and I think our laptop might have been struck by lightening. :( Stephen is in Orlando this week ( :furious: ), so it was just Hines ( :dogdance: ;) ) and I, I love storms, so I was a happy camper, but Hines was nervous with the lights being off and the storm raging outside, he kept pacing the floor and whining. We're doing 3 miles tonight, I'll be on look out for the sock!!

Carrie--Thanks for instructions on how to post pictures! I was so excited about posting, I even posted some pics to food porn thread.

Judy and Cam--Thanks for liking my pictures! Now that I know how to post, I have a feeling you'll be seeing a lot more of Stephen and I.

Cam-- :car: you were rocking on the treadmill last night!! Wow!!!! Good luck on your 5k's!

Judy--A mental health day sounds so good!!! I can't wait to have a day off on Tuesday. But we all know holidays are actually more tiring, family obligations and all. Oh, :cheer2: on running 5 minutes!! You get a :car: too!

Christa--Your MIL! :rolleyes: Don't you ever wonder how your DH ended up so normal with a mom like that??!!

Sunny--I love the Goofy clippie! Very cute! How's your back feeling today!

Matt-- :welcome: Glad you're here! Tell your DW not to worry, when I signed up for the WDW 1/2 marathon last year, I hadn't even run a single mile in my life. Since then (May 2005), I've run (run/walk) 3 5k's, 1 10k and 2 half marathons and I'm now training for my first full marathon.

Mel-- :wizard: for your daughter! How frustrating!! It's a good thing you guys all live relatively close.

Okay, it's back to work. Talk to you all later!!! (I wish I could be Southern and cute like Christa and Bree and say y'all instead ;) )

[TXBelle]

Great job team! :cheer2: Everyone is putting in their steps and making progress.

I ran/walked 3 miles on the TM this morning at the gym. It felt good. Cross training tomorrow. :yay:

[wtpclc]

Krista - I still say y'all sometimes. It's just eaiser. LIkely why someone at teh marathon expected em to have an accent, though. ;) Be sure to report back on the sock!

Woo hoo Heather! SOundsl iek you're really on the ball again!

[MelRhoads]

Judy - the bronc has both front and back shocks. It's the puss that is ridgid. She has not thrown me, but I've only ridden her 2 times officially and only on the roads. (she is the one w/o any gears too) She is very pretty and light and i think she is going to be nice to me b/c i made her!

I tried the extra shoe insert today. I don't think that is going to work b/c then it hurts in my right shin! Oh well....

Today EC and I went and set up a course for a 5k that she is putting on to benefit the boy's preschool. man, what a hassle. it took us 2 hours to figure out a good course. there is a kids race, which the boy is running and there is a stroller category for the 5k, so i'm going to push the boy for that. It is very hilly, so i think my time might be slower than my natural pace.

nothing exciting going on here. I wore my socks again today. They just make me feel happy!!!

[chimera]

Okay...no more skimming...I'd swear I just read something about Krista posting pics to a porn thread :eek: Scrolled back and found it was actually 'food porn' (one of my favorite threads :cake: )

I've been on the phone more today than any day in my life. Found out it was the pediatrician's office causing all the confusion, not the urologist. The CT is now scheduled for next week, she's still seeing the urologist and we're looking for a new pediatrician. :rolleyes: (Judy...yes, smacking would be nice, but after our conversation today, we may be discharged from the pediatrician's office anyway :rolleyes1 )

This is one of those days I really miss running! I asked DH to pick up some chocolate at the grocery store...I'm planning on some emotional eating tonight!

Sunny...how are you doing?

Dave...I used to run laps in the pool when I was a kid...didn't know it was a good workout!

AmyBeth...how's your foot?

Matt...I'm with Krista...I'd never run anywhere unless someone was chasing me until I signed up for the WDW half. Your DW will be fabulous!

Cam...great pace! :moped:

pixiedust: for those of you in the NE...hope you're staying dry!

[xterratri]

MelR- I love the PUSS. In fact I'm envious as I don't have either a ss or a fixie. Considering I have storage problems w/ the bikes I have know, that isn't likely to be remedied anytime soon. About the Arkansas (Cats) Half- looks like a decent course and well run event. Slower swim(relatively speaking) due to being not wetsuit legal most years, fast bike, and a run course that is very weather dependent. Just looking at the results from 2004 and 2005, I could make a wild guess that it was probably 20 degrees cooler for the run during the 2004 race than it was in 2005. I bet if you look at some historical record of the weather, you'll find that I'm right. The fact that I can tell that looking at race results means I spend WAY too much time doing tris and looking at results. About the training base needed to do it- can you swim 1 mile, bike 50(on the roads), and run 10 and not necessarily all on the same day? If so, you can do a HIM. If you decide to it and want some suggestions about how to train, let me know.

Sunny- love the Goofy 07 logo. I'm going to put a link to it in the BT thread for Goofy so maybe you'll get some sales that way too if that's okay. I'm very glad that you are getting better.

Mel(chimera)- PD for the kidney stuff. Hopefully, it's just an incidental finding but bummer about the deal w/ the docs.

Welcome to all the new people!!!
PD for the injuries and the life difficulties :tink: :tink: :tink:

Update on me since I switched to lurk mode- I took Step 1 of the COMLEX(osteopathic medical licensing exam) yesterday morning and take step 1 of the USMLE on July 8th so I'm not completely out of lurk mode yet. I travel to West Point(US Military Academy) to go on active duty for my yearly 45 days July 4th. I'll be doing an orthopedics rotation w/ the sports medicine clinic at the hospital there. Training wise- I start my official 10 week build to Ironman Wisconsin on Monday July 3rd but do my first of 4 100+ mile training rides tomorrow. This week's long run is 15. I will build to a long ride of 120 miles and a long run of 20 mile in early August. I swim some too :teeth:

Training for Goofy is going to seem positively relaxing after this. And you want to know the worst thing, I don't think the training volumes are going to make my day on Sept 10th any easier. Why- because I'm going to go into it expecting to race and not just finish. It's not about the '16:59:59- You are an Ironman' anymore, been there done that have the finsher's T shirts and medals. It's now about Kona slots of which there tend to be 4-5 for my age group. Maybe not this year at Wisconsin although I'll do my best, otherwise I'll be totally gunning for a slot next year at Lake Placid.

Last race was a modified olympic distance(1.5 K swim/40 K bike/ 6.6 mi run). Didn't interrupt my training for it, just did it because it was local in ME(where I'm not anymore as of Tuesday this week, now in upstate NY). Also had bike issues as the Pink Panther was in the shop getting 10 speed components and a compact crank put on so I ended up racing my old Quintana Roo. Through some reasons that were entirely my fault, I ended up doing 20 miles of the 25 miles bike w/ the seat at a 15 degree up angle. Not exactly conducive to aero riding or a good bike split. That followed my favorite type of swim- an ocean swim. And then the run was long 6.6 miles rather than 6.2 miles. About all that could be said good for the day was I averaged sub 9 minute miles off the bike and placed second in my age group. Maybe it would have went a little better if I hadn't ridden 40 the day before or if I had put the bike back together right :confused3

[jodistar]

Thanks, Jodi

Anyone who WISHes to use it can put it in their siggie:

http://livinglively.com/clipart/goofy_clippie.jpg
{IMG]http://livinglively.com/clipart/goofy_clippie.jpg[/IMG}

Thanks Sunny - I just added into my sig :goodvibes

[jodistar]

Just another quickie -- Went in for my weigh in at Weight Watchers.....thinking for sure I went up since last weigh in (a month ago). I'm happy to report, I'm down more :goodvibes

I lost another 3 pounds - I'm now officially down 24.8 pounds total since I joined back in December. I am now, 116.4 pounds (that's with shoes) without I'm about 1 pound less.

I probably will just try and stay at 115 - I think everyone will freak out if I go any lighter. My whole family is starting to get concerned, saying I'm loosing too much but I've been lower and they didn't say anything in the past, I think the running is just slimming me out :teeth:

How is everyone else doing on plan? Judy? Sunny? Krista, I would ask you but you are amazing :) - You remind me of the girl in High School that everyone wanted to be.

So glad you are starting to feel better Sunny :woohoo:

So much for a small post, huh?

Hey - does anyone have suggestions, if I wanted to get the whole basket thing going as a second income how would I go about it? Any advice, books that I can read, etc.

Gotta run,

Jodi

[aladdinsgirl]

Jodi--You just made me night! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[andromedaslove]

Christa - Have to second the whole bikini picture thing!! WOW!! I can't imagine after having my three boys feeling comfortable enough to post a pic of me in my bikini!! You look amazing though!!

Matt - Are you crazy?! :crazy: You can't run midday in Florida! :faint: I learned the hard way that running in the sunshine state has to be done as close as possible to sunrise.

Mel - Sorry about the cruddy doc. Don't you just hate those. I've been waiting forever for an appt we had to make for DS20months to see a urologist for a hernia he was born with. They make you just wanna scream.


Well, I know I haven't been posting much. I promise I'll try to get better. DS5 has swimming lessons every morning, so I haven't been able to run this week like I usually do. I missed Monday and Wednesday, then got in a 45 min run this morning, I guess I'll rest tomorrow before I head out for my 6 miler on Saturday. The good news is that he is almost done with week one of his lessons and will only have 2 weeks left after. So it won't be interrupting my running for too long. I have been trying to tlak to DH about our accomodations for the Marathon in January, but I don't think he understands the way this works. Actually, to be honest.... I'm not sure how it works myself. When does the last bus run from the hotels to the race? What if you stay offsite? how do you get to the race start then? If anyone can help me understand this it would be greatly appreciated. Then maybe I can explain it to him, and talk him into staying at POR or POFQ so I don't have to get up so early!!

Take Care,
Dana

[TiffJ]

Dana-if you stay offsite, you will have to drive to the start. They will give you a parking voucher in your race bag. I'm not sure what time the last bus runs from the hotels, I am very paranoid about not making it on time so I got on the first bus at 3:30 and just hung out & talked at the warm up area. (and peed several times)

Lynne-WOW, I didnt realize you were going for Kona?!?!? That's awesome. We watched it this year & it was really neat to see. DS8 want to do that & the Tour de France when he grows up :thumbsup2

Krista-those pics are great! Boy is does make me homesick & I was just there 3 weeks ago :love:

Dave-I love that term- swogging

Matt-WElcome!!! I have family in Destin & when I was in college BIL was stationed at Eglin & I lived with them on the weekends (I lived in Mobile) Small world! Oh, and I'm another who had never done any kind of event prior to signing up for the half last year. Big time couch potato so I know you guys are already big steps ahead with all the PT you do.

Cam-glad to see you back! yep, the only thing holding me back is my ankles. I have tendonits & not sure they will hold out for full training. Your pace is awesome! I am terrified to sign up but then again when I think about not doing it that doesnt seem right either. :confused3

Today was an off day! :cool1: VBS is exhausting but we have had a great week. I havent eaten one bad thing of the volunteer snack table :banana: I've been brining my own snacks & staying away from that area. That is a big accomplishment for me. Hopefully weigh in on Sat will show it.

[littlegreydonkey]

Hey all - I too must stop skimming, I couldn't work out why MelR was trying to exercise with a cat until I read slower.

All good here, not much to report, am making it out there for all my runs, it's an 80 minute session this weekend. Running buddy is well and truly back which helps - although my plan of losing 6kg while she was away kind of failed - I managed 2kg, 700g of which went back on last week as she's started losing weight again now she's back. There's definitely something odd with me and running buddy, she loses I gain -and vice versa. Sadly she's way more discplined on a diet than I am so guess who always gets the extra pounds!! Must get the little plate out of the cupboard again, it's the only thing that works for me.

That's about it for me, and I'd better go as I've got a page to write (just skiving while I wait for inspiration to hit). Helen

[Maherae]

http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/80578a_dinseyamerica_1_-thumb.jpg
Everyone sounds so good!! :cool1: :cool1:

Tiff, what an amazing feat...no eats off the snack table!! WW should give you restraint points!! :thumbsup2
Dana, When Matt wrote about running at noon, I just shook my head. :sad2: I live in the same area. DH jogs in the evening, but I refuse to walk after 9 am from May to October!! When you are active duty, though, you just gotta do it whenever you can squeeze it in, I guess.
Sunny, Dave and others that will be camping this weekend. Have a WONDERFUL time!
Christa You look fabulous!! Your DDs are so cute! My DS came up with a reply for people who has a compliment or complaint about his weight. He looks them in the eye and says, "Why, thank you, so do you!" :lmao: Do you think your MIL is just jealous?
Lynne, WOW!! You are just awesome. I can't believe the human body can do all of the stuff you do, not to mention become a doctor at the same time! :worship:
Mel Proud of you for getting to the bottom of the scheduling snafu!! :badpc: <-- substitute pediatrician's office for the computer. You enjoy that chocolate!!
MelR You and the boy are just too cute. I'm amazed at the equipment that is out there now that enables children to accompany active parents! ..and you and Phil are some active! :rotfl:
Krista Thanks for sharing the gorgeous pictures! Hines is not interested when he sees the sock in the road?
Jodi Way to go on your weight loss!! :cheer2:


I've been able to actually do some TM'ing this week. I will eat breakfast Saturday morning this time, before I head out for 3 miles.

For those going to DL, I posted some restaurant information on the Disneyland Bound thread. Hope it helps us get some ideas for a WISH meet.

Have a great FOURTH OF JULY!!

[wtpclc]

No time for a real post, but wanted to let everyone know that I just put the shirt order in! :banana:

[AmyBeth68]

Hey Team!!! :teeth:

OK....wow....catching up is hard work. First of all....I'll be out of here for a few weeks with (gasp) NO COMPUTER ACCESS!!! So I am going to wish all those in the U.S. a wonderful and safe July 4th Holiday! Also...happy training to everyone. The time is nearing for actual, real FULL MARATHON training which I begin in August :goodvibes . I'm just so ready to get into it for real!

I've been doing pretty well. The trail race on Friday was brutal but sooo much fun! I rested on Saturday and then did a quick 4 mile run in approx. 40 minutes on Sunday. But i was wiped on Mon so skipped KBX. Tuesday did another 4 miler, Wed Yoga and yesterday KBX. Today I'm contemplating another run or possibly just yoga. I plan to run my booty off down at the beach the next few weeks.

Krista: LOVE the pics!!! Thanks for sharing them :goodvibes .

Christa: Same to you!! Loved seeing your pics...the kids are sooo cute! :teeth:

Mel: Sorry about the issue with DD and the doc :(. Sending some PD for you!!!!

Cam: WOW!!! Great pace :cheer2: Way to go!

Carrie: Cool about the T-shirts. Thanks again for handling that!!!! :grouphug:

Jodi: WTG on WW. CONGRATS!!!!!

[TXBelle]

Woo Hoo Carrie! :banana: I cannot wait to get the shirts! I am so glad that I bought more than 1 so that I can save 1 for DL and use the other one for training now.

Jodi- Great job on the weight loss! I haven't weighed anything close to that since my wedding day in 1994! I guess 4 kids and a high stress job will do that to you. I am hopeful that my marathon training will help with my weight problems. Someone remind me how much speed you gain with each pound you take off. I know I have seen that posted on here before. Maybe that will motivate me.

Mel- I hope you enjoyed the chocolates. You deserved them! Just know that this will all work out. You are such a great mom and have more patience and composure than most in dealing with these tough issues.

Cam- Good to have you back on the boards. Sorry work and life have been so crazy for you. Hopefully you and Howard can relax this weekend.

Tiff- Tomorrow is the first of July. The 1/2 and the full will close by mid-August I predict. Whether it is the 1/2 or the full, sign up before it is too late. You have to come!

Lynne- Great job on all your Tri's. Keep studying and :wizard: for good results on all your exams.

Sara and AmyBeth- Where are you guys?

I hope everyone has a great 4th of July holiday weekend.

As for me, I did 15 minutes on the recumbent bike and 15 minutes on the elliptical this morning. I read my book while exercising, and it went by fast. Tomorrow is my LR, and I am going to run/walk 4 miles. I will have to get up early because like FL, if you aren't on the road by 7 a.m. the heat and humidity is suffocating! Need to remember to charge my ipod tonight. DH got me an armband holder for the ipod for my birthday in May. I need to find that too so I can try it out. I am looking forward to hitting the open road.

DIS Board member "DisneyMarathon" posted a cool website on another thread: www.disneyrunning.com Maybe this is old news to everyone, but I have never seen it before. Off to check out all the photos.

[TXBelle]

Oops! Hi AmyBeth! :wave: There you are. Our posts must have crossed in cyberspace. Have a great time on vacation!

[MelRhoads]

Lynn - which one is the pink panther? You know there is a web site just dedicated to pink bikes? We need to start one for people who have too many!! Hi, I'm melissa and I like to buy bikes. Hello melissa. I would love some help on a training program for that 1/2 im. I am on no particular schedule. I think i have about 7 weeks and i don't know what all of those different swim workouts are, so i only swim distance. I can swim a mile and i can run 10 miles. I havent biked 50m in a long time, but i've done a few rides over 30 in the past few weeks and i don't see it as being any problem. I, unlike you, would not be going for speed, but rather just to finish. I'm thinking, as i tank in the heat, that i would probably either walk or w/r a lot of the run and take it pretty easy on the bike. I can't really control my swim time, it is just slow no matter what.

Carrie - I'm so exctied to get my shirts! I got the ls bc that way i could wear them in the park all week when it gets cool at night and then maybe i'll get to meet more of you guys!!

Krista - I'm so glad that your dising is complete!!!! I love the pics of you and stephen they are wonderful!

Tiff - you should pat yourself on the back for such restraint!!

Mel- I'm sorry about your dr. issues! I got confused when i was skimming about the food porn too!

[Jen117]

Yah, I can't wait to get my shirts. I wish I would have ordered more!!!

I have my 2nd 5K tomorrow and a little concerned. I am so tired this week and my knees are aching so bad. I am resting today and going to bed early tonight, so hopefully that will help. I plan to take the pace slow and just use this race as experience. I know I will never win, so why stress it. I just hope my legs don't give out, especially my knees!!

I had my group run last night and almost died on it, and it was an easy week. See, I told you I was struggling. Some days lately I am very close to giving up but my DH says no way. He wants to go to WDW. Hmmmmphhh! So I keep trudging on. But I never feel like I am improving and not sure what I am doing wrong. I am going to try to up my distance to 4 miles on weekends, even if I have to walk more. Do you think that will help me???

OK, the GA Peach truck is in town and I need to run over and get some. YUMMMM, we don't get great produce here very often!

[Honeibee]

Good morning and T.G.I.F! :banana:

I got up to train this morning but instead turned off the alarm clock and went back to bed. When I woke up at 6:10 I had a headache...and I still do. :sad2: Grrrr.

To all you campers this weekend.....have fun and I hope the weather is great for you! :boat: (We have no camping smilie so this will have to do.)

Jodi - Thanks for asking. I have my first WI tomorrow morning. It's been somewhat hard, being this is the first week. My first week enthusiasm has been tempered somewhat by my inability to go cold turkey. Going from gluttonous to OP may take some tapering, so to speak. :rolleyes: But thanks for asking. And I agree with you about Krista and that is a PERFECT description! I have no "basket" experience but I'd love to get one filled with all kinds of things that have to do with my interests. So if you are making one for someone who has a horse or cat I can help you out there.

Carrie - Thank you!! :goodvibes

Amy - We will miss you! Hurry back! :wave2:

OK today I am cleaning my office and going home early. I'll try to get on the computer this long weekend and check in, but we have all four kids this weekend so I might be drinking heavily. JK!

Have a Happy 4th of July!

[gatorphipps]

Hey everyone! Just got back from my LR of 11 miles...soaked in a cold bath and drank (is that a word?) a BIG glass of chocolate milk! I did the whole thing in 1 hour and 35 min. That ave out to 8:38.2 MPM :thumbsup2 . I though I was going so slow b/c of the heat, but it ended up being faster than I expected.

Krista - I want you to know I saw a sock in the road and thought of you! :rotfl2: I am sure everyone driving by thought I was nuts b/c I was laughing so hard and noone was around.

Jen117 - DON"T GIVE UP! It will get easier. Try slowing down your speed, that may help. If you are adding milage, slowing down will help...I am not really good at pacing, so I know this is hard.

Jodi - Congrats on the WW :cheer2: !! You have done so good...WW is the only thing that has ever worked for me so I share your joy!! :love:

Lynn - ALL I CAN SAY IS DUDE! :woohoo: I cannot see me being able to do an ironman....I do someday want to do a 1/2 ironman but a full...DUDE!

Mel - so sorry about the doc issues! Eat some chocolate for me! :teeth:

[keenercam]

Hi, guys! Not much new here. Did xt last night before going to a movie and making myself sick with movie popcorn. I swear, it's a compulsion! So, 30 minutes on the bike with a good book last night.

Maybe I will force myself to get back there tonight to do something like upper body (which I haven't done in months). I feel very undisciplined about a structured training schedule right now, but am forcing myself to be content with working out at all.

Tomorrow morning is a 4 mile walk. Normally, I'd head out to the state park track which is 1 1/8 miles, but I'll have to check on the conditions there before I do that. Otherwise, it is going to be a walk to the shopping center, around the lake a couple times and back home. I know I won't be able to do the TM pace from the other night when I am out on the streets, so to speak, but maybe I can force myself to get into the habit of doing intervals.

Dave -- I wore my socks last night. Thank you again for working on such a cool design!

Judy -- After 17 months on WW, I am still "tapering" (see popcorn confession above :guilty: )

Mel -- I am thinking so much of you and DD. I hope everything goes smoothly from here. Sending prayers and pixiedust: and :goodvibes: for a very non-eventful visit to the urologist.

Tiff -- Great job on avoiding the snack table. You are so disciplined! :thumbsup2

Oh, great! Having trouble posting again. Just what I need. More later. :confused3

[MelRhoads]

HELP!!!! I'm having reservation making trauma again!!!! At least i'm starting earlier, but last year it was cheaper to wait b/c helen found that marathon savings code for me (well not just for me, but....) So, my question is.... it is cheaper to just do it all through disney or is it all the same price everywhere?? should i just get the whole package through their res. number or do i get on a web site and make flight plans.... what abut the dining? can i only get that thru disney? can i add it if i get the stuff though travelocity??????? help (i'm a little more disney literate, but not much!)

[MelRhoads]

Lynn - ALL I CAN SAY IS DUDE! I cannot see me being able to do an ironman....I do someday want to do a 1/2 ironman but a full...DUDE!


Christa - come do that one here in AR w/ me in august! I'm just going to go to finish, not to race b/c there is no way i can maintain any speed for it anyway!! Comeon!!!!!!!!! PLUUUUEEEESSSe. It is the cats 1/2 ironman at lake degray in arkansas. I;ll send you a link to the web site if yo have any interest!

[Jen117]

Christa - Thanks for the push and about the slowing my pace. I tend to start out too fast for me, and then burn out quick. Sometimes I feel too old to be starting something so physical (OK, now before you flame me, I know that 34 is NOT old. I just feel old). Also, my running group has a much faster pace than I am used to. And we are a small group, anwhere from 6-12 depending on the day. But that isn't enough people to just hang at the back of the pack.

So I trudge on. I will give a report on my 5K that I am running tomorrow. Please oh Please, let me finish with out any aches or pains!!!

Work is having a party and I am SOOOO hungry. Forget WW, we are having brats. I will just have to NOT count today and start again tomorrow. I am not giving up brats!

[kareneast]

Just did a lot of skimming to try & catch up. Sorry, if I miss anyone.

Dave – Got my socks. I love them. I’ve done a few run/walks in them. pixiedust: that your shins feel better soon.
:welcome: Robb, Wish I lived in FL, Sonya, Kaycee, & Matt
Mel – pixiedust: for your foot and for dealing with the doctors & your daughters test.
Mike – Great job on your trail run :thumbsup2
Rhonda – So very sorry for your loss :grouphug: to you & your family
Krista – The sock story just keeps getting funnier. :lmao: Yes, your pictures make me home sick. Thanks for posting them.
Melissa – Happy Belated Birthday & Congratulations on the new bike. The pictures of you and the boy are great. Thanks for posting them. Congrats on signing up for the marathon.
Paul – pixiedust: that your dad’s recovery continues to go well & Congratulations on your 5k
Sunny – Glad you got the green light to go back to working out. pixiedust: that your back continues to keep feeling better.
Judy – Congratulations on your weight loss this week. pixiedust: for your back
Sara – GREAT job on your MCM training
Crista – The pictures of you & your daughters are great. Thanks for posting them.
Jodi – :grouphug: & pixiedust: as you go through this rough time of year. Congrats on your weight loss.
Sunny, Krista, & Dave – Have fun on your camping trips. :yay:
Carrie – Sorry to read about your blisters. Hope they are healed very soon. pixiedust:
Cam – :woohoo: on your 13:30 pace. pixiedust: that things slow down a bit for you.
Heather – :woohoo: on your training. You’re doing great
Amy - Have a great time at the beach. :beach:
To everyone that is training or training to train - Keep up the GREAT work :banana: :cheer2: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :woohoo:
To everyone working through injuries - pixiedust:

As for me....I still am working on building up my running endurance. I just finished today, week 5 of Couch to 5k, where I wogged for 20min. with no walking breaks. I went really, really slow with a 13:09mpm pace, but I made it!

To everyone in the U.S. - Have a very Happy, Safe, & Fun 4th of July Weekend!

[gatorphipps]

Christa - Thanks for the push and about the slowing my pace. I tend to start out too fast for me, and then burn out quick. Sometimes I feel too old to be starting something so physical (OK, now before you flame me, I know that 34 is NOT old. I just feel old). Also, my running group has a much faster pace than I am used to. And we are a small group, anwhere from 6-12 depending on the day. But that isn't enough people to just hang at the back of the pack.

So I trudge on. I will give a report on my 5K that I am running tomorrow. Please oh Please, let me finish with out any aches or pains!!!

Work is having a party and I am SOOOO hungry. Forget WW, we are having brats. I will just have to NOT count today and start again tomorrow. I am not giving up brats!
GIRL! 34 is just a baby! (I am 34 too) I thought I was 33 until my DH reminded me of my real age.....hey, next year when we are 35, we will be in a less competitive age group (for females)...at least that's what I have been told! :rotfl: :tinker: PD from Tink for your 5k.

Melissa - you are KILL'n me! I cannot be ready for a 1/2 ironman by August....or could I? I want to so bad! :guilty: Well, DH would never go for it b/c of $$$. I am doing an International didtance 10/7...if I ever have the $$ to sign up.

[Jen117]

Christa, All the races I have checked into have 30-39 as the age group. I need to look harder for a 35-39 age group. I would LOVE less competition!!!! I am the old lady in my running group! I so don't fit in, but keep trudging at it to gain strength and speed.

OK, I ate to much at the work party. I tried to pretend I was carbo-loading, but I think I was lying to myself. Oh well... The run tomorrow will do me some good!

[aladdinsgirl]

Hey everybody! Another super busy day. I didn't run last night, I've been feeling blah lately and queasy (no, I'm not pregnant :teeth: ), so I wasn't in the mood. I'm running tonight, I normally don't run on Friday's, but Stephen's flight doesn't get in until 8:00, so the night is pretty much shot. I'll give you guys a sock update later this evening. Promise.

Mel and Melissa--Guess I better be careful what I write!! Hmmm, maybe I can have a new profession, my nieces and nephews all call me Kiki--don't you think Kiki just screams "adult entertainment". :scared1: :scared1:

Christa--Ooooo, you are so tempted now about the 1/2 Ironman, aren't you?? Dang that Melissa!! ;)

Karen--Yay for you!! Good job on completing your goal! :woohoo:

Judy--Thanks for your kind words! You guys are too nice to me. :blush: Here's some :wizard: for the weekend! Hope you survive.

Jen--Good luck on your 5K!

Amy--Good to see you!! It sounds like you are really rocking on your workouts.

Maherae--Good to see you too!! Hines doesn't bother the sock at all, he is actually in obedience/protection training that is pretty extensive and it's amazing what he knows. If he starts sniffing at something, we just tell him to leave it and he does. Of course he does have his puppy moments, but for the most part, he is a very obedient dog. If you are bored, check out http://www.k9usa.com/, that is his school, there is a video clip of Taz (the owner's dog) going through commands--Hines knows how to do most of what is on the video. I know, I know, I gush about my dog like most people gush about their children!

[Maherae]

Karen, I went really, really slow with a 13:09mpm pace, but I made it! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: Oh, to even SEE a 13 minute pace!!!

Jen You will do great tomorrow!! I plan to take the pace slow and just use this race as experience. I know I will never win, so why stress it. That is absolutely the right attitude to have!! Try and have FUN!:cheer2:
Cam, you have fun on your double 5K..Just STRETCH!! No more pains, please!! :) I think our group has had more than its share...
Judy pixiedust: for your headache!! and don't you dare feel guilty about not doing the TM this morning. You've done it at times when most of use would not have!!
Krista We posted at the same time..Thanks for the link! I am an animal lover. My cousin teaches obedience/agility classes and trains/shows German Shepherds. It's so cool to see what animals are capable of doing!!

[Jen117]

Ohh, I am wearing my new socks for good luck in my 5K tomorrow. I can't wait to try them on!!!

Krista - I love your Hines stories (especially the sock, it cracks me up every time). Your Hines stories reminds me of my Sadie. She is a Golden Retirever that always is into something new. Right now she is a cone head (literally, she is wearing a cone). I am going to take some pics of her to remind me of this. My parents have this "now what did Sadie do" attitude with her, but everyone loves her! She has a mammary infection and she tried to lick away, thus causing a big gaping open wound (very gross). She is on 4 meds and a cone. She is getting lots of attention because she is a big dog with a big cone head. She also runs into everything and has no peripheral vision.

OK, time to finally go home for the weekend. I have an evening of grocery shopping and rest coming my way. They are now predicting high humidity and storms for tomorrow. Hopefully the storms will be later.

[MelRhoads]

OK - I know i'm off topic, but I know and trust you guys!! I just booked a family suite at the ASMu (look how adept i'm getting at disney speak!). Is that ok? I've got my parents coming for some of the days that we will be there including the marathon. Anyone?Anyone?

[wtpclc]

MelR - Those are pretty new, so I don't know how many WISHers have had a chance to stay in them. The pics looked like they had a lot of room adn amenities for a good, price though. I hear they're booking pretty quickly too. I'd say you did good. You asked abour air too IIRC. Just super skimming today. I've heard taht WDW has ooffered some good flight deals recently. I'd check Expedia or Travelocity, tehn call WDW to see how they compare. Someone told me recently that the best prrices are around 90 days out. personally, I couldn't wait that long, though. I am hoping to book next week. The airline I go through should have prices out by then. :worried:

[monte]

Good morning team! Love everyone's pictures...

I rode the stationary bike for 12.6 miles, that took an hour then used the sky walker for 15 mins. Today will be busy, so I won't be able to workout, but tomorrow I get off from work at 11:30 am :banana: so I plan to have a long workout then.

[goofyguy1958]

I have read before how difficult it is to keep up with these boards if you miss a couple of days and now I know why. Holly cow, I have been swamped at work and with a home improvement project and haven't even had time to lurk and look at all that I missed. Limited time so PD to all those in need, good luck to all racers today, tomorrow and on the 4th and :grouphug: to everyone - just because there is nothing more pleasing than a hug. I have only run twice this week because during my Noah's ark race last week I twisted the same ankle twice and it has been sore al week and I simply wanted to rest it rather than push and hurt it even more. I hope to run in a neighborhood (called the Good Neighbor Run) race on the 4th and am not sure if I will do the 5k, 10k or 15k event. This is a neat event in that there is a 5k loop that, if you so choose, you can run one, two or all three loops. Have a great day and weekend if I do not get back on line - off to install a ceiling fan and 6 new recessed lights (oh the joys of crawling around in a hot attic for hours).

[keenercam]

Good morning, all! I hope that everyone doing events this weekend has a fabulous time!

This week's MfM schedule called for 4 miles this morning. I did them last night on the TM so that I could "sleep in" this morning and then cook for a party we are attending. My pace was exactly 14:00 -- 56:00 for 4 miles. I am still able to do the run intervals at 6 mph which is exciting to me.

Anne -- Thanks for reminding me, sweetie. I stood there last night and stretched before starting the TM, just so I could thank you for your thoughtful reminder.

Not sure what kinds of workouts I'll do tomorrow or Monday since the first 5K is Tuesday early a.m. I hope they start it on time this year. It is always soooo hot! I am already thinking that knowing the course is going to help motivate me. It's not so bad if you know what you are facing and how much further you have to go. The worst thing is my lack of depth perception and changes in topography that can literally send me to the ground, so I am limited in how fast I can do this on the streets. Just hoping for a respectable finish time.

Mel -- The family suite sounds great. I saw pix somewhere on the boards recently and they looked like an awesome option. I am so glad you were able to get them -- I have heard they are in high demand.

I can't wait for SWA to release flights for January. I have a $208 credit from being able to reduce our tickets to DL from $139 each way to $99 each way, and then a free flight voucher for me, so we should be able to do our airfare at no incremental cost for this trip! YEAH!! :thumbsup2

Well, I am off to shower, cook and clean. Have a great weekend everyone!

[TXBelle]

I did my LR today. Like Cam, I am following the MfM program. I did 4 miles in 56:39. Cam beat me by 39 seconds! It sure was hot and humid out there. :sunny:

[gatorphipps]

Hey all! Have not done anything "exercise" wise today. I did work in the yard..Planted 6 Crepe Myrtles (sp?). 2 were a good size, but the rest were small....I am kind of sore from my LR yesterday. I'm a little surprised b/c I haven't been sore like this in a long time and I only uped the milage 1 mile (from 10 to 11) And it only took me 5 min longer than normal. :confused3 Maybe it is the heat???

Cam and TXbelle - congrats on your killer 4 mile time.

Jen - How was your 5k????We are all wondering?
Christa, All the races I have checked into have 30-39 as the age group. I need to look harder for a 35-39 age group. I would LOVE less competition!!!! I am the old lady in my running group! I so don't fit in, but keep trudging at it to gain strength and speed.
I know my new age group next year will be 35-39 for all the NC and SC tri's....Yet another good thing about Tri-ing....And there are always so many less females in tri's...for example, my tri in Oct, there are now 260 people signed up and only 60 of those are females.
I also checked a few marathons I do including WDW and the age group is also 30-34, then 35-39. NYC does do 30-39, so I guess everyrace is different. Also, I know the 35-39 age group for guys is not less competitive...sorry guys!

goofyguy - :wizard: to your ankle. I always do that when I trail run....It hurts and you are smart not to try to push through the pain. Good luck the race! Have fun in the attic! :goodvibes

Happy 4th to everyone...I am sure there are some great races this weekend...Good luck to anyone racing.

[chimera]

Come join us for a new week!

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