July- Fitness Independence for Hakuna Matata!

[Steffwalks]

Hey Team Hakuna Matata!!

We are celebrating Fitness Independence this month! Congratulations to everyone who just keeps hanging in there! Afterall, we are in our 5th month!

Over the course of the past few months we have lost some team members and we have gained team members. AND we are doing just great! I hope that everyone is gaining fitness and developing new personal goals and above all challenging themselves to be the best they can be!

Report in dates for this month are Tuesday through Monday:

July 1 - 7
July 8 - 14
July 15 - 21
July 22 -31

Make some miles, continue the cross-training, but above all be safe!

Captain Connie pirate:

[windwalker]

First of all, EVA!!!!!!:dance3: Your gonna join us for the marathon. That is wonderfull news, don't be scared, we are all going to do it together and there are also a huge bunch of WISHers to cheer for you.

Have you gone to DisneyRunning.com to check out the pics from the Disney races? They start to FireWorks, and we have WISH groups in each corral.

Connie, yes I'm in better shape, literally and figureatively. My pants I was wearing at The marathon weekend in Jan are 3" to large in the waist now. I'm walking comfortably at a 12 min pace, can't wait to see what my race pace is down to.

Looks like everyone is doing well. All our princesses are chugging right along. Look at how good they are doing at the races and training walks/runs.

Scott, Mike, the gals are gonna leave us in the dust if we don't keep training hard ourselves.

Denise, I was just being cute talking about Erica getting her hair done while I mowed. She is the center of my world.

Since Erica is ready for the ToT now do you think Disney will move it up a bit for us?

Have a wonderfull evening y'all.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Yep, David we better start kicking it in gear, or we will be in the rear.

Eva , Kewl you will be at the WDW Marathon, Nice present from your folks, 30 let's see I kinda remember that, well it was a long time ago LOL.

We kicked but on the basement today, I made carnitas for dinner, yummy,

kicking back watching Jimmy Buffett DVD, having a bourbon, surfing the net,

will do another run tomorrow morn, then more drywall, will post pics when I move to the other computer, on laptop in the kitchen at the counter.

Jimmy just does good stuff that I can relate to, been there and done a good portion of his stuff and then some of my own adventures. Yes I am a pirate and I have been to that one Particular Harbor, and have had a Cheeseburger in Paradise.

New Month new thread.

Later Kiddies,

[funwalker]

July all ready!

Did get in another short easy walk tonight.
Connie, I did PM our Miles & Time.

Not thinking I can even remember 30 it was so long-long ago :rolleyes1

[Scott H]

Before....

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After...

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Action shot LOL...

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Don't Stop the Carnival....

[wdw4us]

First of all, EVA!!!!!!:dance3: Y



Denise, I was just being cute talking about Erica getting her hair done while I mowed. She is the center of my world.


Walking Panda:hippie:

Dave, I wanted to write something for Erica's defense but it all sounded bad once I read it so I kept it clean....:sad2: You guys have it easy, shave, shower, etc and your done, we have a lot of maintenance to do. I think men are naturally more attractive than women, we have to put all that grease paint on to look alive. Marks says the older he gets, the more facial hair he grows to hide the wrinkles, we don't have that option.......

Off to bed, 5am walk is looming........

denise

[Scott H]

Wrinkles just go where the smiles have been...

[Villains_Rock]

Margie - Thanks for the pampering tips. I did stretch for an extra long time yesterday and it seems to be fine today. I don't know what "the stick" is, but it sounds scary! LOL..I'm assuming it's a massage tool used to rollover the affected area?

Scott - Driver side is always as if the body is the car. Like when I am talking about my dog Chop...I'd say, "He is getting another ear infection in his passenger side". That means that his right side is infected and as you were looking at him it would be your left. I think. See but that's where I get confused...my left...your right. Anyhow....yeah...I'm a goof. :crazy:

Erica - WOW...8 miles?! You are moving right along!!! Good for you!

Lynn/Scott - The basement looks great!!! 60 some sheets of drywall later and it looks like a nice living area!!

Dave - I have been a lurker at DisneyRunning for awhile now. I have actually been to one Disney race before...Race For The Taste last year. Not nearly as big of a deal or as many participants though. I'm more scared of the whole 26.2 itself. Excited, but scared. I'm sure that the more I train...I'll feel more prepared and less scared. But YAY :yay: I'm really registered!!!

Not much new from yesterday. Just getting ready for a boring day on the office. I'll do 30 minutes cross tonight...maybe stop at the library (now that I'm a member) and see if they have a pilates dvd worth checking out.

Happy trails to you...untill we meet again....

-Eva

[windwalker]

Good morning everyone.

I disagree Denise I think you princesses have us beat in the looks department. I'm sure Scott and Mark will agree with me. (We are all also glad that we don't find hairy guys attractive!):eek:

Around here we look at getting hair and nails done as just another necessary expense like the electric bill.

We are off shortly for a 6 miler in the park. Then we have lunch and a movie, Wall-E.

We like to see the movies at the theater, sharing popcorn and having a princess cuddled into my shoulder is a little slice of heaven.

Margie good luck getting your steps in today.

Have a wonderfull morning everyone.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Steffwalks]

Hey Everybody!

Lynn and Scott - The basement is amazing! Can hardly wait for the party!

Eva - Wow what a great present! I remember 30...oh wait, my daughter remembers 30. I just don't know how she can be over 30 when I'm not. :confused3

Dave and Erica - Movies and popcorn. That's my favorite food group!

Scott - If wrinkles go where you smile, then they aren't wrinkles....they are smiley crinckles!

Off to do some inteval work. I don't know why I do that to myself, but I do.

[Scott H]

Eva, I understand , I do milk and sanwich, milk on right hand and sandwich in left, LOL

The stick is great, you can pick up one at the Disney Expo, or mail order, I have seen them at a few running sites.

WOW a week away from the start of the Tour de France. Soemday I will get to see it.

Lynn and I got our run and walk in this morn, nice sunrise, looks like a hot one today.

Dave we are looking forward to a review of Wall-E.

Yes Dave I totally agree about the Princes.


Back to the basement,

Later

[wdw4us]

I must say, I didn’t walk yesterday because I can’t be presentable and sitting in my chair at 7am if I do my 5am 4miles and boy did I feel it. My neck hurt, I was tired-- just all in all not my best day at work. It is now 11:29 and I’ve been on the 5 am walk, best pace yet and went to the dentist (clean and less mother of pearl-love that commercial) and feel GREAT. No neck pain, a big plus.

Facial hair, I’m a teen of the 70’s I love hairy men, long hair, facial hair etc. or maybe it’s just me……..it’s one of many things Mark keeps for me.

It’ll be a hot one here in NH but my walking is done, may do my PT workout tonight and that’s it. Working on a sock monkey baby quilt for my massage therapist, she’s expecting and I want to keep in her good graces. She’ll be cutting her hours when she returns so I need to have “an in”.

Have a good one all.

denise

[windwalker]

Erica and I did a 6 mile LSD so she has 14 miles for the week so far. I told her she cold sleep in, in the morning if she promises to get her last 4 in tomorrow.

I made a weight loss deal with her also. If she can lose 23 lbs, she will get a new Garmin 405.

We are off to the movie to see Wall-E.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[bunnyfoo]

Wow! I can't believe it's already July! It feels like it was barely June and then poof! I did manage to lose a little bit of weight last month, not as much as I would have liked but it was still something :goodvibes For this month, I'm going to try for a mileage goal of 120 miles. Everyone here has been really dedicated in getting their miles in. I think I need to step it up as well!

DF and I saw WALL-E this weekend. I thought it was really cute but I still liked Ratatouille better. The short before the movie was really funny too. I'd love to use the bunny Alec as my avatar!

Scott and Lynne - Awesome job on the race and congrats on the PBs! That basement is really coming along :)

Eva - Yay for the early birthday present!! Glad you'll be coming to the Disney marathon! I'm only doing the 1/2 this time, maybe I'll try for the full in 2010!

Connie - Yikes on the wine incident! Were you able to save any of the bottles?

Sue - Hope you're having a great weekend at your cottage!

That's all for now! I have to go have lunch and get ready for my PT appointment! Have a great day everyone!!

[funwalker]

:cheer2: Erica, You Go Girl...you can earn that 405 Garmin! :cheer2:

Eva, what Scott said about the 'Stick'. I picked mine up at an Expo. :goodvibes

Denise, what is a sock monkey baby quilt? Can I look up an explanation OnLine? :upsidedow

Scott, thanks for the pictures - it's nice to get a visual of the progress. :thumbsup2

Did my gym workout, crunches, bike, stretches, and then Hagen an I went for the shady short route of 3.3 miles. Decided at the gym that my goal for July will be to put more focus on stretching, toning, and weigh loss. Yes, I will still keep my miles up but not going for a certain mileage goal like I did in June.

[wdw4us]

[QUOTE=funwalker;25978798]:cheer2: Erica, You Go Girl...you can earn that 405 Garmin! :cheer2:

Eva, what Scott said about the 'Stick'. I picked mine up at an Expo. :goodvibes

Denise, what is a sock monkey baby quilt? Can I look up an explanation OnLine? :upsidedow

No, it's a simple quilt but I had purchased some Sock Monkey Fabric in 2 colorways since at the time I didn't know if it was a boy or girl and Sock monkey is pretty generic. Mark took one of the Monkey's in the fabric and drew one bigger for me and I appliqued it onto the quilt. Will post a picture when done.

Yes, Scott the pictures are very helpful we see that your getting quite a workout, glad its you and not me. I"ve had enough!

denise

[french lady]

Hello,

I hope it was a good Canada day for all my Canadian friends. It was a very nice day and I was lucky enough to do my bike ride with a lot of clouds because ,wow, it was hot when the sun appeared.

Please to find another fan of The Tour de France on the team, Scott. It begins the 5th and for the next three weeks I will watch it on tv from 9 am to noon and my vcr is ready. The two annoncers are so good, neutral and so knowledgeable (is that a word??); and they have a drawing where you can win items from Louis Garneau every day and at the end a chance to win a bike.

The more I read this thread the more I want to be there in January and I'm thinking 2010 for the fith Goofy. As long as I'm going there I must be looking for three medals. That is my goal for now on : 18 months. I can do it.

[Scott H]

Hello,

I hope it was a good Canada day for all my Canadian friends. It was a very nice day and I was lucky enough to do my bike ride with a lot of clouds because ,wow, it was hot when the sun appeared.

Please to find another fan of The Tour de France on the team, Scott. It begins the 5th and for the next three weeks I will watch it on tv from 9 am to noon and my vcr is ready. The two annoncers are so good, neutral and so knowledgeable (is that a word??); and they have a drawing where you can win items from Louis Garneau every day and at the end a chance to win a bike.

The more I read this thread the more I want to be there in January and I'm thinking 2010 for the fith Goofy. As long as I'm going there I must be looking for three medals. That is my goal for now on : 18 months. I can do it.

Yes a tour fan followed it since the days of Eddy Merks, those guys back then were tough for sure.

I also will have a recorder set and a links on the computers.

I will get the TV coverage from the VS channel on the Sat Dish.

Yes the commentary is very good,

I am not much a sports watcher but the Tour is so different,

[Scott H]

Morning Kids, Time to get after it,

House chores, Grits adn Back Bacon for breakfast

Later , be good and enjoy.

[wdw4us]

Yes Good Morning All

I"m not a Tour de France fan but I do enjoy the highlights on TV. My favorite is coming up the Olympics. Now that's for me! Here in New Hampshire we get all the major NBC channels but we also get the Canadian channel so for two weeks my french does get up to speed because they carry a lot of the unusual stuff that the USA doesn't. LOVE IT.

Mark and I did 4 this morning in 50 min. He was kicking my butt listening to Grand Funk Railroad. Man he was smoking! We need to coordinate IPOD music. Generally when we go that fast one of us has to go to the bathroom mid way but today it was just his music moving him along.

Work today and tomorrow and then the long weekend! Mark and I plan on doing 5 or 6 miles over the weekend. 4 is our max in the morning before work but we need to add so it'll be a weekend jaunt.

Well mail will be here shortly so I'll sign off.

Have a good one all.

denise

[Steffwalks]

Just a quick drive-by to wish everyone a happy fourth. pixiedust: We are off for a few days of R&R and fishin'.....hmmm, maybe that was redundant!
:confused3

Have a great week! -- Connie

[windwalker]

Another perfect day here in Hooterville. 60 degrees and a sun shine and a gentle breeze. I hope this weather stays, it's nicew in the morning and doesn't get hot till late morning. Perfect for morning exercisers like me.

I did a first mile of 14:30 to warm up then a 3 miler in 36:14 for about a 12:04 pace. I was happy with that since it was very comfortable and hilly. I still need to do some intervals but just can't get excited about that right now. Intervals are 2 min 20 sec of pain followed by 4 min of recovery, followed by 2 min 20 sec opf pain...... Fun Huh?

I did a nice upper body workout after the walk and stretching.

Denise, dang girl your little feet were flying this morning.:yay:

Connie, I wanna fish to.

One of my best buds at work is a girl who just graduated from WKU with a teaching certificate to teach French but there are no jobs in our area for a French teacher. She can also teach Spanish but doesn't want to since she is not as comfortable with Spanish, although there are jobs available in that.

Have a great morning y'all.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Goofyin08forErica]

Hi everybody!!

I am trying really hard to lose weight....I want te 405.

My walking totals for this week are:

15 miles for me
3 miles for Mike

Erica:)

[french lady]

Good evening,

Denise, I must say that after the Tour de France, the Olympics is the event to watch and what I like with CBC is that they show almost every event even when no Canadians are qualified. They show the Best in the world. Which seems logical to me. I have read in a magazine, I think it was Runner's World, that the people who live just south of the Canadian border were lucky to get CBC or Radio-Canada because of the way they present the games. My favorite event is equestrian (dressage, eventing and jumping). In 1976, during the Montréal Olympics, I did spend the two weeks at Bromont. What memories...

I was wondering if we could add the name of a participant of the Tour de France on the team:rolleyes: 3500 km in 21days ; that would put us on top of the competition for a least a couple of months:lmao:

Panda, tell your friend to come up here, we need more teachers. She could teach to a lot of latinos that are coming up here to start a new life.

Today was a real day of vacation since I have done nothing but rest and read the latest book by Linda Fairstein.

[funwalker]

Erica...You Can Do It! I am working on it with you this month...Started on the South Beach Diet July 1st...Oh, it is not easy. One of the joys of getting older seems to be it gets harder to lose those extra pounds. :rolleyes1

Nice walk :hippie:

Connie, Enjoy - I think I am the only one who would rather read than fish. :upsidedow

Scott, Please...be kind, some of us are on diets :headache:

Major Thunder Storms tonight - REST DAY for me :goodvibes

[windwalker]

Margie I haven't fished in 15 years and I haven't hunted in much longer. I do love to read though and really like hugs from pretty princesses.


Silly old Panda:hippie:

[Villains_Rock]

Margie - I've done SBD before. I love the ricotta desserts!! Good luck though...as with any other eating plan, it us hard work!

Erica - You can do it!! 405 is in the future!!

Dave - I really need to get started on more intervals and speed work. Keep it up..I know those aren't the "fun" days of training!

Denise and Scott anndd Margie I think - I saw The Stick at our local running store last night and I was half tempted to pick it up. How much was it at the expo? Do you remember? It was $25 there.

As for me...not much new. Still truckin on the training. I have 4 miles and some floor work today (if I have time for the floor). Just kinda blah this morning. It's humid and rainy. I'm hoping it gets nice for the weekend. We want to ride the motorcycle to Cleveland to watch the fireworks tomorrow and I am throwing that baby shower on Sunday. Fingers crossed for sunshine!! :sunny:

Happy training! http://forums.randi.org/images/smilies/bananas/Banane09.gif

[bunnyfoo]

Morning everyone! I just received an invitation to a friend's wedding reception - unfortunately it's on the same day as my 1/2 in September. I hope I won't be too tired after the race. I guess it's better to have the reception on Sunday evening after the race rather than Saturday evening before the race.

Took my 405 out for a walk yesterday at lunch. I'm not sure it works very well downtown with the buildings. It had me walking anywhere from 7.5 m/m to 50 m/m and in the end I had an extra 1.5 miles on my walk. I went home and downloaded the data from my watch and it seems the 405 had me walking in a zig-zag all over the downtown core! It didn't even get my start location correct. I'm guessing it's the buildings because it wasn't very cloudy yesterday. I'll give it another try today but it's fairly overcast so I'm not sure the results will be any different.

Have a great day and keep up the great work everyone!

[Scott H]

Morning Kids,

Eva, I think we paid a little more for our Stick, I want to say we got the middle of the line one, would like to get a travel one, shorter in length.

Late start on the basement today, sending offmy resume and letter for a new job, will see what happens, if I didn't I would always wonder what if.

Short walk with teh pups, should have run as the weather was perfect, overcase, mist and 60's.


Vicky , building and GPS can be a prob.

I over estamated our dry wall and had 14 sheets to haul up the stairs adn back to Lowes, two sheets at a time so we should get some weight training time in. Lynn is really sore, she has worked really hard.

All teh sheey rock is up time to mudd and sand. Dust City to follow.

No plans for the 4th yet.

Later Team Dudes and Dudetts, You all rock, can't wait to meet our new friends.


Eva, bike ride sounds like fun, I really need to get new tires and new batteries for our bikes, seems like too much work and home projects to get them together.

[Goofyin08forErica]

Hope everybody has a fun and safe 4th of July!! I will be celebrating at work!

Erica:)

[wdw4us]

Slept in till 6:30 today. Had an hour of PT this morning and then to work. Out at 3 today so I’m almost done. Tonight we’re going to see Wall-E, tomorrow fish bar-b-queue, Sat out with friends for dinner. Gee, I wanted to lose weight but at the rate I’m going, I’ll be happy to maintain!

My problem for today, it was dress down day here at work (boss was away) and I had 6 pairs of jeans to pick from!! Yikes, I never knew I had so many that didn’t fit me and now they do!

Erica, the scale has not moved for weeks but the inches have, we’ll keep plugging away at it, you for your garmin, me for the skirt for Miranda’s wedding.

I may go for 4-5 miles when I get home – depends on the temp.

Have a good one, enjoy the weekend even if you have to work, will check in now and then.

denise

VR, I have a stick and rarely use it, I have a massage thing from Brookstone that I use and the family used too after the 1/2 in January. Keeps the blood going in the legs, lower back and of course for me - my neck.

[Villains_Rock]

Hey Denise...about the massage thing that keeps the blood flowing. That reminds me of these wonderful contraptions that they had on my legs when I had my anesthesia for my surgery in April. They had a battery attatched to them and they massaged my legs in a rolling motion...I guess to keep the blood flowing properly while I was "out". I kept thinking (before I dozed off) I would LOVE these on my legs after a LR!! I bet they are only for hospitals and expensive as "all-get-out" but they were soooo very nice!!

I'm just getting ready to close out my day of playing airport and head home. Grocery store salad bar is calling my name!!! Yummm!


Happy 4th!!

Still hoping for the bike riiiideeee!!! :moped:

[funwalker]

Eva, my stick is the 24-inch one. You can check them out at www.thestick.com. Sorry, I cannot remember how much I paid for it. I like it. :goodvibes

Denise, what is the massage thing from Brookstone?

Scott, I think Lynn needs a good massage! :goodvibes

Gym this morning, Lower Body workout, bike, crunches, and stretching. It is down to 72 degrees, so I think I will go for a walk.

HAPPY 4th!

[windwalker]

Hi team.

Like Erica I will be celabrating the holiday at work. But that's ok we get our weekend together on monday and tuesday. She or I have never had a normal job.

Scott that sounds interesting that "What if" on the resume, please PM me and tell me about it. And I agree with Margie, Lynn has earned a massage.

I don't have a stick I have a rubber rolling pin I bought for 5 bucks that does a good jop but I might spring for a stick this year.

Have a wonderfull evening y'all and a super holiday weekend.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Villains_Rock]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDA9NbPAK8o

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[windwalker]

Eva thank you for the Muppets. I love them. When we go to WDW I have to go to all the 3-D shows. I feel like a kid watching them and wnating to reach out and touch the 3-D characters floating around the theater.

We went to Gatlinburg one year for the 4th and discovered that they have the first parade in the nation, it starts and midnight on the 3rd. It's a good parade also and if you your staying on the main road you cvan sit on your balcony and watch from your room.

A toast to all my fellow Americans and our wonderfull Canadian friends.

Resting Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Happy Birthday Day USA,

Eva, thanks for the link, KEWL!!!!!

Got us early and got a long run in nice sunrise, having a lazy breakfast. Just a little more mudding to do on the basement.

Dave the resume was sent off for a Director of Training position, I can work from home and would have some travel involved. Developing trainging in the area of high tech crimes etc etc ... would have a staff of about 6 people. The organization is based in Sacramento so I might be able to Robert and Linda every now and then, we will see - lots to explore and make sure the water is deep enough before I make the leap.

Just a little more to tape up in the basement, planning taking off Sunday to rest up from the week.

Erica, I understand not having holidays off,

Enjoy and be safe,

[Scott H]

Oh OKOKOK Lynn will get a massage.

[windwalker]

Happy Birthday Day USA,

Eva, thanks for the link, KEWL!!!!!

Got us early and got a long run in nice sunrise, having a lazy breakfast. Just a little more mudding to do on the basement.

Dave the resume was sent off for a Director of Training position, I can work from home and would have some travel involved. Developing trainging in the area of high tech crimes etc etc ... would have a staff of about 6 people. The organization is based in Sacramento so I might be able to Robert and Linda every now and then, we will see - lots to explore and make sure the water is deep enough before I make the leap.

Just a little more to tape up in the basement, planning taking off Sunday to rest up from the week.

Erica, I understand not having holidays off,

Enjoy and be safe,


If you get the position I'll send you a resume.:) I wanna live in Scramento close to you guys and Robert and Linda.:cloud9:

Happy Panda:hippie:

[bunnyfoo]

Happy 4th of July to my American friends!

I went out for a quick run last night before dinner. Gotta get those miles in for July! I was fighting a headache which started in the middle of the run. I wonder if it was too sunny. Dunno.

Eva - I'll have to check out that link when I get home. I love the Muppets though!

Scott - Good luck with the job application! :)

Denise - I'm curious about the massage thing from Brookstone too.

Erica - I use to have to work holidays too. I didn't mind too much since it was usually quiet. I did miss spending the day with friends/family though. Hopefully your work day will go quickly!!

Everyone - Have a great (long) weekend!

[funwalker]

Scott, if you get the position are you planning to move (Thinking of all yours & Lynn's work in the basement) :upsidedow And Oh So Happy you thought to give Lynn a nice gift of a massage :worship:

Eva, will check out your link. :)

Gym is closed today. I did a 4.5 miles this morning and plan to take Hagen for a short walk before the fireworks tonight. Got a call this afternoon and a local 'Real Race Walker asked me to walk with her at 7:AM tomorrow. I absolutely love walking partners! :goodvibes

Hagen today also, but still will be able to go to see the fireworks. :upsidedow

Enjoy the weekend activities...we have beautiful weather in this area and hope you do too!

[Lynn G]

Happy 4th of July Team!

I finally have got some time to get on the computer, I have not been on since Sunday, so there was alot to catch up on!

Dave - Gatlinburg in Dec sounds like alot of fun! If Scott gets the new job, he will be working from home, and just traveling to Sacramento when he needed to meet with folks, and probably traveling to teach in various places.

Eva - January will be the first marathon for both Scott and me - Scott is going all out and doing the Goofy, but I am apprehensive enough just doing the marathon.

We have been getting up at 5am every morning and going for walks/runs. We just did short walks for 2 days, but today we both did 6 miles. It is really nice at 5am - but I do not know if can keep getting up that early! I have managed to get in a few minutes of core work each day after my dog walk, but have been gaining weight all week!!! We have been starting work on the basement at 7am every day, except today. Scott's shoulder is really sore today (not surprising after 6 straight days of lifting drywall, screwing in drywall, mudding and taping drywall!!!), so we got in only 3 1/2 hours of work. I have to say that my arms are also sore after sanding drywall all day yesterday - that makes a great arm workout!!!

We have the Tour de France set to tape every morning, then we will both watch it when Scott gets home from work.

Have a great weekend!

We also have a wedding to go to in August the same day as the Susan Komen 5K race here. The race is early and the wedding is an evening one, so it should work fine.

We enjoy 5K races as well as 10K races.

The Muppets were great!! Thanks!!

Erica - I am curious, after spending years working graveyards - do you switch to a day shift for your days off, or do you stay on the grave sleep schedule? (I am so glad I am off of graveyards, it is the one thing I refuse to do in retirement!!!)

[french lady]

Happy 4th of July to all of you.

Thanks for the link to the Muppets Eva. Me too, when I am at Disney, I have to go see their show.
I'm like some of you, I know what it means to work on holidays since I've been working days, evenings and "graveyard" for the last 20 years. But you know what, it's pretty fun to do the shopping, go to the repair shop for the car, etc during the week when everyone else is working.
As for me I went for a nice bike ride this morning. I'm following a duathlon training program for the summer to add some variety in my training and I must say, it's good for the morale.
And I'm ready for the Tour de France.

Have a nice long week-end.
Diane

[Scott H]

Yes will get up early to run and then watch the Tour, this will really make the basement go slow on the weekends.

[Villains_Rock]

Lynn - Yep...my first 26.2 is gonna make a wimp outta me. I just know it. I'm gonna cry like a baby when I cross that finish! :sad1:

Diane - Nice to meet you! Glad you like the Muppet show too. It's one of my all time favorites!!

Scott - You are a nutcase for doing the Goofy for your first marathon!! My mom kept telling my that I should try for it, but my dad (the ex-marathoner) kept saying I should just try the half this year. Sooo...I signed up for the full!

Dave - Rolling Pin = Good enough for me!! Thnx!!

Glad all of you liked the link!!

I had skipped my 4 miles yesterday and will push my week ahead. I have 4 miles today instead, 50 minutes cross tomorrow and 9 mile LR on Monday.

Tonight my DBF and I are going to see my friends band play. It's always a good time. Then the same guys that are in the band will be at my house tomorrow morning playing baby shower games...LOL. Too funny considering they are a metal band! :rockband: Lucky for them we have only the coolest of games to play."Baby Beer Bottle", "What's in the Diaper?", "Baby Rock Star"...yep it'll be fun times. And since it's mostly the guys playing games I have bottle rockets and roman candles as prizes. Yay..I can't wait!! :banana:

Well...my 4 miles awaits me. I slept in too long by accident!

Oh and we DID make it to see the fireworks on the bike last night. Very cool!

Happy training to all!!

[wdw4us]

Boy I have a lot of catching up to do.

LOVED the Muppets that was GREAT.

Brookstone hand held massage, mine is quite a few years old but is similar to this:
http://www.brookstone.com/shop/product.asp?product_code=406819&cm_ven=Compare&cm_cat=ChannelAdvisor&cm_pla=msn&cm_ite=datafeed

Lynn as someone who hates the heat and I too get massive headaches if I over heat, we've been working out at 5am too. I'm way too tired at night when I get home from work and it's so darn hot so am is best.

Yesterday we had the family over for the 4th. It was fun. The DH and the kids did their thing with pellet guns and had a blast. I on the other hand, watched and laughed. Miranda was the best shot. I wouldn't want her ticked off at me.

We also stored 4 tons of wood pellets at 40lb bags in the basement. We're set for the winter. I didn't lift too many but the family sure did.

Well off for the first cup of coffee. TTFN

denise

[windwalker]

Good morning team mates.

Eva we can't wait to meet you. You have certainly earned your membership in the YARC. So refreshing to know people who don't follow the herd.

Lynn we are doing the "Max" with you, 5K and full marathon.

Scott, I know you need an assistant to cover your back when you are on your secret missions. Hey I watched the old TV show Mission Impossible I can do that.

I'm off to the gym now, walking and weights on the menu for today.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Dave I forgot your rolling pin tip, very very good idea, will check the dollar store. This might travel easier.

Got up early got a run in great sunrisehttp://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/scotth5150/DSCN4309.jpgthought I would share.

Lazy morning will watch the Tour.

We watched fireworks from the backyard last night, I crashed early,

Will do some basement work later,
Denise, we had a pellet stove in the Jackson house, we did the full circle. Wood stove, cutting our own wood, (6-8 cord a year)messy and dirty, then to the pellet stove, lots of bags o pellets, (boy the price of those sure has gone up I remember the days of $85 tons, then to gas, we have a gas fireplace here. Lazy with age.

Eva, have fun at the baby shower, should be fun,

Enjoy the day , you all are getting so much stringer every day,

Vicky, Margie, and Connie you guys are doing great, WOW what a team we have.

Diane, Tour starts soon.

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Because of the Tour, we have the morning off - so I got to spend some time at the computer again! Scott went for an early run while I slept in until 5:30 today - he was up at 4:30. I will head out for a short loop with the dogs to pick up the newspaper - it is supposed to be in the box by 7am.

We mostly watched fireworks on the TV, but we could see several private displays from our back yard last night. I am amazed at some of the nice fireworks that private folks put up. We also got to see the cities' display - I watched the whole thing, Scott went to bed after about half of it.

Have a great day!

[funwalker]

:cheer2: :cheer2: We Sure Have a Great Team :cheer2: :cheer2:

I too seen a beautiful fireworks display last night. Little Hagen even stayed awake for them and did not fall asleep until we were on our way home.

Was out by 6:30AM - Early mornings are so much nicer, cooler, quieter, and more peaceful. Did a nice 8-miler. :goodvibes

Awesome sunrise, Scott!

Eva great games - are you doing the 'What's in the Diaper' with different candy bars? The first time I played that I thought it was hilarious (and some are pretty realistic)! :rolleyes1

:hippie: Hope your workout was great!

Denise, I am off to check out your massager - thanks for the link.

Are you girls wear running skirts - if so were is the best place to purchase?

[Scott H]

I have decided to follow team Garmin-Chipolte.

[Scott H]

WOW great stage 1, of the Tour.

Here is a link to our Suan Komen Team http://rfcwy.convio.net/site/TR/Race/General/539362112?pg=team&fr_id=1050&team_id=3880

[Lynn G]

I have been spoiled by the all the pockets on the Race Ready running shorts, if they made a skirt with the pockets like the shorts, I would sure be tempted to try it!

[funwalker]

Thanks, Lynn

I need pockets too! The runningskirts.com have the athletic skirts with compression short & pockets but they are $50 plus. :scared1:

[french lady]

Bonsoir l'équipe,

I'm in a french mood after watching le Tour this morning. Disappointed that there was not a prologue to start things but what a finish. And the speed those guys kept for over 150 km: 43 km/hr. I do that also but when I am going down a good hill.:rotfl:

There is a lot of new teams this year and from the expert on the chanel I watch (not OLN) the winner of this morning has a good chance of winning The Tour. Will see.

As for me I went for an easy run (5 km) this morning and 90 minutes of cutting the grass.

Bye bye
Diane

[windwalker]

Hi Team, I just got off work and had some Boca Chilli for an evening meal.

I buy my shoes from the running warehouse, I have been waiting for the release of the new Mizuno Precisson 9:

http://www.runningwarehouse.com/viewlargeshoe.html?pcode=MP9M

It was released today and is available now so I ordered a pair. This is the next step up in padding from my Revolver racing shoes. Being a walker I don't need a lot of padding but I wanted to try this shoe for my long distance walking. At about mile 22 of the marathons my toes are starting to get sore and the next couple of days are rough for wearing anything but flip flops.

Maybe this little extra padding will take care of that. It's in the catagory of a light weight trainner. I will still wear the revolvers for 10Ks and below.

I'm off to bed now everyone have a restfull evening.

Sleeping Panda:hippie:

[Villains_Rock]

Dave - Good luck with the new shoes!! I was very touched by what you said about earning my place. It's been a long time since I was a "part" of something. I must say...it does feel really good!

Margie - Yes..."What's in the Diaper?" with the candy. It should be pretty funny!

Scott - Great picture...it's nice having an audience like that isn't it. I read somewhere that long distance runners have the best audience in the world (refering to nature). Sooo true! Us runners/walkers never take a nice morning for granted!!

Ladies - I bought a running skirt from Target this year for 15 bucks. The shorts ride up on me though. I really think I personally need the fabric on my thighs...it helps with the chaffing. I tried vaseline and all that, but I found that by just wearing capris or pants I am much more comfy. Irregardless...I would like a skirt from skirtsports.com they seem super high tech!!

OK...off to prepare for the shower. Have a great day team!! :thumbsup2

[windwalker]

Well Eva, I don't know that being a pretty princess of the court of YARC is something you want to put on a job resume but we are glad you joined us. You can never have enouth free thinking friends don't cha know.:hug:

I still think Margie was CIA in a former life. She is under cover as a loving grammy but Angelina Jolie has nothing over her.

http://www.cinema.com/image_lib/2013_110.jpg

Erica and I are doing a 9 miler together tomorrow. She has some new kicks to so she should do even better now. We have to go out early since our mornings are nice, around 60 degrees, but then it heats up to the 90s.

Today will just be some mall walking while I'm waiting for her to get off work so we can go to breakfast. Then some mowing after I get off work this evening.

Have an awesome sunday y'all.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Morning KIds, today is a total rest day.

Getting my mind set for going back to work tomorrow.

So I shouldn't have put YARC on my resume????, bummer my resume reads like a YARC handbook.

Will watch the Tour this morn, clean up my side of the bed, make a shelf to disply and store our medals - to put in the work out room. Maybe work on a September Cruise project.

Yesterday we did get registered for a 10K on July 19th at FE Warren AFB, I was told the course is totally on the base, should be fun.

I had sticker shock yesterday when I priced the material for book shelves, then priced pre built shelves at a furnature store, cost of one set (3X6 foot)of built shelves (partical board shelves)equals the cost of material for about 4 larger units(3X8) I can build.

Later Team,

[windwalker]

Scott I bought one of those premade just put it together and stain it book cases. We have stain on the floor in the kitchen, it was all over the dog and dog hair was all over the wet stain of the book case. Note to self, don't stain furniture when dog is shedding.

Erica still hasn't figured out how I got one of the shelves backwards, 11 times! It just didn't look right the other way, don't go there!

Turkey and spinich omlet, no cheese and banana bread for breakfast at Bob Evans with my pretty princess.

Work today then, Mexican supper and mowing the grass.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Another great stage of the Tour, powerful sprint to the finish, amazing.

Will be watching the repays during the week.

Dave our pups never stop sheding.

[wdw4us]

Good Morning All

Mark and I were a bit late this morning for 4 miles. We were tempted to do the new 5 miler that Miranda worked out but it was HOT by the time we were almost done 4 and I was started to overheat. So we kept it at 4.

We are taking a day to do some laundry, Mark is washing the car and Nick helping create some DVD's for us. I will sit back and wait for the rest of the crew to finish and do some hand sewing. Bliss!

Have a great day all, I have an extended weekend, we took Monday as a vacation day. Will try to do that 5 miler then - only early in the morning since it's suppose to get hotter this week.

denise

[funwalker]

Eva, the Dirty Diaper Game we played - they used candy bars like Snickers, Three Musketeers, Butterfinger, etc - smeared it on a diaper (it looked realistic too) and you had to smell-guess what it was. :lmao:

:hippie: Thanks, I think! :goodvibes Hope the new shoes fix your toe discomfort!

Rest Day if you can call sealing the deck in HOT, full sun, 86 degrees, a rest. Still have the gazebo to do :rolleyes1

[Lynn G]

Good evening team!

It was a lazy weekend, we did some little chores, I took dogs out for the paper each morning, for 1.27 miles! Tomorrow I will have to get back into the longer walks. My job for the week will be to sand the dry wall in the basement - we did not even touch it this weekend! When I finish sanding, Scott can mud it again, then I will get to sand again! If we get it textured by the 20th, I might get it painted before we leave for vacation.

Today was cooler than it has been, it was cloudy all day, the air conditioner did not go on all day, and I never had to close up the house.

Have a good evening!

[Villains_Rock]

The party was great and yes Margie, that's the game we played. People were eating it and everything. Soooo gross...but fun!! I do have a heck of a mess to clean up today on top of my 9 mile LR. It's humid already and not so cool out considering it's 6:30, but the hourly forecast says that it won't break into the 80's till after 10:00. I better get my butt out there!

Hope you guys all have a great day and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!!! :drinking:

[windwalker]

Good morning Eva and the rest of the Team.

Erica and I are preparing for a 9 mile walk ourselves. This will be Erica's longest walk since the Goofy last January.

I hope my new shoes arrive today but it will probably be wed. I'm hoping the new Mizuno Precision will be my LSD and general trainer and the bright blue revolvers will be my short fast race shoes.

Ok time to get ready and get on the road before the rain gets here today.

Have an awesome day and walk/run strong.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[funwalker]

Eva, glad you enjoyed the game - it is hilarious!

:hippie: hope you and Erica have a great 9-miler :thumbsup2

Lynn, I am so glad you are human and took a weekend off...Geez, I was starting to feel like a slug! :upsidedow

Connie, I will PM our miles & times tonight. Hope your fishing trip was Fantastic! :cool2:

Did an early 4.5 mile walk. at 6:30am is was in the 70's with high humidity, but that still way-way easier than in the 80's - full sun or thunderstorms that they are forecasting this afternoon.

Need to get out there an try to get a little sealant on the gazebo before the rain starts. :rolleyes1

What Eva said - hydrate, hydrate, hydrate, keep cool, and enjoy all the moments!

[wdw4us]

Hello!

Dave and Erica - 9 miles in the heat - not for me! Good Luck. Mark and I did 4 miles and now it's off to the shower.

We're going to VT today for some fun.

Big news here in Manchester NH. One of our local women Joanne Dow has won a place on the race-walking Olympic team. She's 44 and says that she'll probably be the oldest person on the track and field team but we're all excited for her.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/wires/07/06/2090.ap.oly.ath.track.trials.20k.walk.0129/

Off to VT, have a good day!

denise

[Steffwalks]

Good morning Team!!!

I haven't had a chance to catch up, but I wanted to tell you how our weekend fishing trip went!! I will come back later and read all about you all!!!


Anyway, we put the river boat on the truck and away we went. Off to do some fishing and relaxing on the White River in Arkansas. Everything was going along smoothly until we stopped for fuel before heading north off I-40 to our resort. A guy backed into ua and broke the mounts on the boat motor. Result: We had a boat, but no motor for our relaxing days of fishing.

Okay, we can make do, rent a boat or possibly even a motor and if we have too, we might be able to buy a motor somewhere. We get to the resort and, WOW! The will rent us a boat motor while we are there. Yay! vacation is back on again!! We spend the next day running up the river (20 miles) and float fishing down. We catch and release 27 fish and just enjoy the day. We even packed a healthy lunch and enjoyed it along the river.

We returned to the boat dock and the resort owner said that we could tie up our boat on the dock and then we wouldn't have to load it out. Seemed like a great idea at the time! We cleaned up and met friends at a local restaurant for dinner.

During the evening and night time hours, it rained. And it rained hard. Over three inches. We slept in the next morning, but at 8:30 we get a phone call, they need us at the dock. Jon gets dressed and goes down to the dock and our boat is underwater along with the rented boat motor.

Jon manages to get in the cold water and they managed to get enough leverage on the boat to raise it. Chis (the resort owner) starts reading manuals and begins figuring out how to save his motor. While Jon uses a sump pump to pump water out of the boat. Chis does manage to rescue the motor, so everything is looking UP again. We had plans to spend that day, the fourth, with our friends, so we didn't bother going back out on the river.

I also discovered that morning that there was a critter living under the sink of our bathroom. I kept opening the sink to see if I could see the critter, but finally gave up. I let Julie (Chis's sife) know that there is a problems when I grabbed coffee to take to Jon, while he is rescuing the sunken boat. When we return to the room, Jon unlocks the door and pushes it in and I see........a bird! A bird flies across the the room into the bathroom. I go into the bathroom and the poor thing braves the doorway and gets away.....no more critter.

Saturday dawns bright and we decide to try to take the boat out, again. We stay pretty close to the dock in case there is a problem. There was. The bow of the boat keeps dipping down and comes level with the water. If a big wake comes along at the wrong time....the boat will swamp. We decide that God says, "Don't fish the river, how many times do I have to tell you this". And we give up on the whole the riverboat thing. We spend the day driving around and going to Farmer's Markets and then take in the fireworks at the resort that evening.

It was an exciting trip! We met some really wonderful people. Our next door resort neighbors were two 20 something couples that were just delightful. The resort owners were just as nice as they could be and even the guy who backed into the boat couldn't have been nicer. We made it home safely with our boat and our motor! I will be making some blueberry goodies today and freezing blackberries. Everything is great!

I hope that you all had an exciting fourth, too!

[funwalker]

Great Report Connie!
Goodness, you certainly did not have a problem with being bored! But very glad you did Enjoy all those Special Memory Moments. :lmao:

Rain in the forecast so I could not apply sealant on the gazebo. I had to switch plans and give the deck furniture a very good scrubbing. If it don't rain I am going to be :sad2: as I don't have many days without a little one to get these things accomplished.

Hagen's Daddy is off this morning - so I had a few extra moments. Now I am off to get bit more training in at DD's office. :upsidedow

[bunnyfoo]

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone had a great weekend!! I got out and ran on Saturday and Sunday. But I slept in late and boy oh boy was it ever hot when I got out. Needless to say I have a nice tan and tan line from the Garmin :) I think one of my goals for this month should be to get onto a better sleep schedule.

I also had a visit to my dentist about a mucocele (sp?) on the side of my mouth - it's basically scar tissue that's formed after I bit myself. It doesn't hurt or bother me but he suggested I have it removed because they don't go away by themselves. He said it would be a really easy procedure - the surgeon would use a laser and that would be it. The surgeon he referred me to, removed my wisdom teeth many (many) years ago. But something this time made me uncomfortable about his office. He hasn't updated it since I was there last - I don't just mean the decor. He doesn't have a computer and he doesn't take credit cards. No laser either which means he's going to use a scalpel ... Yuck! So I guess I will be looking for someone else.

Connie - That was quite the adventure! 27 fish - wow! Is your boat motor covered by insurance?

Denise - I'm looking forward to the Olympics! I wonder how the factories shutting down for several weeks is going to affect the pollution levels in China. A friend of mine took a trip there in March and said the smog levels are pretty serious.

Margie - The dirty diaper game sounds funny! I'll have to remember that the next time I go to a shower :)

Stay cool and hydrated today everyone!

[Goofyin08forErica]

Hi everybody!!

Had a pretty good 9 miler this morning! I was able to increase my speed and maintain for 3 miles. I settled down and did some technique work until mile 7, then it was persevere as toe started being a pain again. Took the last mile really slow...a cool down mile says Dave. All in all I happy with it!

9 miles in 2:39 for a 16:39 pace!

Everybody sounds like they had a fun weekend, especially Connie.

Erica:)

[Scott H]

Connie, Kewl Adventure.

You guys are getting some great training in, I didn't sleep well last night, didn't want to go to work, etc etc... so no morn run, but I did get home and went out for a 5K. Kinda warm I leaked alot.

Lynn is down stairs sanding away, what a trooper. Want to watch the Tour recap tonight, did check a web site or news to see how it came out.

Work travel tomorrow for an overnight will pack up the running gear.

Vicky, good luck with the Dentist, youch!!!

Denise, Kewl about having a local on the Olympic team. and a person of age LOL, see there is hope for us older folks who refuse to grow up.

Later

[funwalker]

Way to Go Erica...good pace on your first 9-miler :cheer2:

BunnyFoo - glad to hear it is not serious and do wish you success on finding a Great Surgeon! :goodvibes

Connie, will PM our miles & time as soon as I finish here. On my way to my July Goal - lost 2.5# this week.

[french lady]

Bonsoir l'équipe,
It's a hot one today. When I went out at 8:30 this morning for my six miles run it was 22 celcius with 75% humidity. (message to me: wake up early for long runs during summer). So instead of doing 10 min run and 1 walk I did 5:1 and it wasn't too bad. but I did it and very proud of it.
Tomorrow is a bike day and the weather is supposed to be worse!!!
I just heard there was a shooting during the night very very close from where I work. Glad I was home! But I must say it is scary. I call at work and everyone was OK.
And before finishing, I must say another fantastic day au Tour de France. The experts were sure that the 4 guys in front would be catched but they were wrong. And just to see the finish: those guys are incredible to sprint like that after 5 hours on the road.
Diane

[wdw4us]

Bunnyfoo, I had laser done to my gum last year, it wasn't bad, I was even able to go back to work the same day. But if this "old" dentist doesn't have that, move on!

Had a lovely trip to VT with Mark in our small P/u truck. It's better on gas than our others - trailblazer and tahoe. Small but we fit in just fine.

Went to Chester VT about 2 hours away and then to the VT Country Store. it was very relaxing and GREEN. That state is beautiful. Bought some fabric for a future quilt - yes I don't need any but Mark insisted that we drove that far, we should make it worth our while. :cloud9:

All in all, a great day and of course the end to our long weekend. Next Saturday we're off to NYC for the day. I'll get some miles in walking the streets of NY. Miranda, Hope and I - the girls in the big city.

Yes I'm only 4 hours away and will of course visit the Disney Store on Fifth Ave! Gap has a great dept - Body by Gap for workout wear so it should be another fun filled day.

Off to bed, no walking on Tuesday, too darn hot for us. Will ease into the week.

denise

[bunnyfoo]

Good morning everyone! It is a super humid day in Toronto. I was lucky enough to hitch a ride with DF who was nice enough to bring coffee and breakfast! It wouldn't have been a good day to get squished into a bus or subway. I think I'll probably do my lunch time walk indoors.

Denise - Glad to hear the laser option is an easy recovery! I've had my wisdom teeth removed, cavities filled and regular teeth removed but something about the scalpel made me nervous. :eek:

Erica - Awesome time on the nine-miler! I'm trying to get DF use to walking at about 16 m/m so that he won't be totally shocked in January.

Diane - I had to slow my pace down on the weekend as well due to the heat. There use to be a public water fountain half way on my route but it's been removed :headache: I will have to take my water pack with me this weekend. It was definitely slow going without the water.

Connie - Sent you a PM with my hours and miles!

Everyone else - Keep cool and stay hydrated today :)

[Villains_Rock]

Hello Team!!

Connie - Holy Moly!! You had quite a trip didn't you?!?! Berries can make anything great though, can't they??

Denise - Sounds like you had fun in VT! It is beautiful isn't it?! I went last year for a weekend trip and went to the Ben and Jerry's factory...yumm!

Vicky - I do not like the dentist AT ALL! I avoid going at all cost! I'm sure I'll regret that later though!

As for me...I ended up having a bunch of stuff to do and didn't get get out for my 9 miles untill 9:15 yesterday. Man...was it HOT!!! The sun was blazing with not a cloud in the sky. No bugs though..I think it might have been too hot for them!! I ended up waking quite a bit of the 9 but still finished with a pace of 12:15. I really, really, REALLY need to be on the road by 6:30 for my long runs from now til the end of summer. Anywho...I am at work and already getting busy. Hope all is well with everybody.

Connie..I will PM you later with my miles.

-Eva

[Scott H]

Yes it was a great finish of the Tour yesterday, Go Team Garmin Chapolte, they are #1 for now. Time trials today.

Got up adn out for a solid 5K this morn, before and during sunrise. Packed up my running gear for the road trip.

Getting some stuff together for work.

Remember kiddies Hydrate Hydrate Hydrate...... I think I heard that here before, but great advice.

Later.

[windwalker]

Good morning Team.

Connie did you get your submarine I mean fishing boat repaired? Remind me to tell you my story about the broken boat axle, the Holly sleeping bag and the Hells Angles.

Eva, you northern princesses have way more bugs in the summer than we southerners. I was eaten alive by black flies when I was stationed in up state New York. And it gets as humid as the tropics there. I never did figure out how to survive there.

Denise, that NYC trip sounds fun, maybe someday Erica and I can go with y'all. Erica is from there but hasn't lived there for about 30 years.

Scott, I have yet to get to watch the tour or the trials.

Bunny, good luck with the dentist.

Margie, Kim, all the princesses:hug:

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

We, the dogs and I, got out for a 6 mile walk yesterday - at a good pace, and again today, at a much slower pace. We got out both mornings before 6am, and it was comfortable most of the time. The clouds did help cool it off, I would really feel the difference when the sun was out. I did get some sanding done in the basement, but my arm is still very sore, so it will be slow, hopefully, I will get it sanded by the weekend, so Scott can mud it again, then we will have to wait for it to dry again, then sand again, and maybe texture it by the next weekend.

Sounds like some of you are having great adventures!

The Tour has been fun to watch, I try to catch the last half hour of it, so I am not spending 4 hours a day in front of the TV set!!!

Connie - will get hours and miles added up and to you sometime today - need to get some chores done first!

I also wanted to add that I went to a real running shoe store for new shoes yesterday, I was told that I needed a support shoe for my pronation and my PF, and a cushioning shoe for my PF and neuromas, so I ended up with a pair of Asics Gel-Kayano 14 for a training shoe, and a pair of Saucony Grid Tangent 3 as a racing shoe. We will see how they do, the Asics are supposed to be alot more supporting than any shoes I have yet worn.

Have a great day everyone!

[funwalker]

Lynn, let us know how you like your new shoes! :thumbsup2

Eva, Bunny Foo, French Lady aka Denise - Our area is hot and humid also. I am now doing my walks at 6:am for the summer.

Denise, NYC sounds like a lot of fun and many special memory moments!

[wdw4us]

Lynn, let us know how you like your new shoes! :thumbsup2
Denise, NYC sounds like a lot of fun and many special memory moments!


We do have a lot of fun. We do something new each time we go. Empire State Building, Ground Zero, a play - Wicked, Jacque Torres chocolate shop. We love Times Square- 5th Ave, and of course SHOPPING!

This year it's the garment dist and the flower dist, not sure what else but I'll put my pedometer on to see how many miles we walk. Last year we did the Subway for the first time - that was an adventure since we don't have those in NH. We're such hicks sometimes! But we have fun and laugh at ourselves.:dance3:

denise

[Goofyin08forErica]

Just a quick drive by!

Did 6 miles on the dreadmill as it is way to hot outside!
3 of the 6 will go to ultamm

Will check in later


Erica:)

[windwalker]

Good morning team.

I made a deal with my wild princess that she could sleep late today if she would go to the gym with me later and walk on the treadbeast and then crosstrain on the machines while I do my stuff.

It sounds like a lot of you are really getting some quality miles in. I'm still progressing slowly but steadily. Erica is improving by leaps and bounds.

Not sure what else we will do today. It's threatening rain so we might just do late lunch and a movie. Hancok the new Will Smith movie looks interesting, anyone seen it?

Have a great morning y'all.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[wdw4us]

again no training for Mark and I. He was too tired. That whole work week thing is killing us.

I was ready for it but he was tired and I knew that today would be a long one, I have quilting bee with my friends tonight. I’ll have to force myself to get up at 4:45 tomorrow but it’ll be cooler I did say that I would not work out in the extreme heat and the air quality was poor – even in NH.

On another note, here is a quick article about our local race walker going to the Olympics. She’s just returned from the qualifying in Oregon. I must say she was mentally ready for it after 12 years and I think that has a lot to do with most anything. 75% mind over matter. Maybe more. Training is important – very important but the ability to put your mindset that you are going to accomplish something makes a huge difference.

http://www.wmur.com/sports/16823705/detail.html?treets=man&tid=2651210614813&tml=man_7am&tmi=man_7am_1_06000307092008&ts=H

Keep cool, enjoy your day.

denise

[Scott H]

Dave, Your Progress ROCKS!!!! you are kicking Butt My Friend.. You should watch a stage of the Tour when they are in the mountains,The riders dig sooo deep into their souls. I have ridden some of those Mt Passes, in europe they tell you how steep the grade is like 16%, here in the states 8-10% is steep.

I got in a nice 3 mile plus run this morn, along the Platt river, greeted by a walker with a pack (4) dogs all small and very very friendly, kept tripping over a little yellow lab, ducks and geese, deer and antelope, vert nice, with the sent of the silver berry bushes.

Garmin 405 worked well in the thickly wooded areas, and under a short bridge.

My pace was good as the course was very hilly, and even on the flats my leggs felt like someone had loaded them with concrete.

My partner is off playing golf, I keep telling him it is for whimps. LOL

Later

[windwalker]

Good morning Scott and Denise.

Scott thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm trying to find that magic edge between improvement and injury. So far it's been ok and even my trouble some achillies is getting better. I could probably start running again soon but probably won't. When that knot on my heel is completely gone I'll consider it. But I think my future is racewalking.

Denise thanks for the link. I remember when I went to the state trials for the national senior olympics I was completely shocked and filled with joy at the same time when I made the cut and a ticket to compete.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[bunnyfoo]

Good morning everyone! It's another muggy day here and I didn't get a ride to work either :( I didn't get out for a walk last night because of the storm. I was hoping the rain would have cooled things off but the humidity feels the same today.

Margie - I am going to have to learn to be a morning person. If this weather keeps up this weekend. I won't be able to run much past 10AM.

Lynn - Let us know how you like the Kayano 14! I managed to pick up a pair of the 13 last month when my running store was clearing them out. I never thought about having a walking and a racing shoe.

Dave - I think you're making great progress! I wish I could go for some of the long walks that you and Erica are getting in :) Haven't seen Hancock yet but everyone has already told me the ending (why??) so I probably won't go. Let me know how you like it.

Eva - I'm a big chicken at the dentist. I only force myself to go because I've seen the problems my mom has had with her gums. Still it's not a fun time.

Scott - Sounds like you have a nice running course - lots of wildlife! Do you ever bring a camera with you?

Everyone else - :wave2:

Keep cool and drink your water today!!

[Scott H]

Vicky, I should have brought my cell phone and could haev used that camera. I just hate to stop. LOL worried I might not get going.

[wilbur]

Good Morning, everyone.

Haven't had time to catch up fully. Had a very relaxing week at the cottage. No exciting story to report like Connie's. My highlight was seeing a partridge and several chipmunks on my runs.

Vicky's given you the update on the hot humid weather here. Didn't run last night :eek: and it was raining too hard to make it to the car to drive to the gym. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Was going to head out after the storm but it was even more humid.

Need to get back to work. What is the purpose of taking a few days off?When you have to work extra hard before you go and after you get back to catch up.

Connie, I will submit my mileage tonight. Thanks.
Keep up the great work...happy Wednesday training.....Sue

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Got out for a 5 mile walk this morning, a little late as I slept in until 6:30, but it was comfortable until the sun came out from behind clouds during the last mile! I think I am going backwards, the past 2 days, I have been 30 seconds slower in average pace, and I feel like I am working alot harder to even keep that up! I have not yet tried the new shoes, figured that I still had a few miles in the old ones. I am hoping that if I really like them, I can pick up a pair or two when they go on sale, or find them on line somewhere cheaper, in the past, all my shoes have come from the sale racks, so by the time I decide that I like them, there are no more on sale!

The separate training and racing shoes came just by accident, I bought one pair that was alot lighter than the ones I had been wearing, and wore them for my first race. We had purchased our own chips - the Disneyland ones - so instead of taking the chip off the shoes when I got home, I decided to keep them for races. It has worked out fairly well, but now they need to be replaced.

Connie, sorry I did not get totals to you yesterday, did not get to adding them up until after 10pm, and at that point, did not want to sign back in on the computer, will get them to you shortly.

The dogs and I have been seeing pronghorn antelope on our walks lately, of course, that makes the dogs go crazy!!! The antelope are worse than the rabbits as far as they are concerned. Yesterday, I had to turn around and go a different way because the dogs became uncontrolable at the sight of 5 antelope!

Have a great day everyone!

[Goofyin08forErica]

Went to the gym and did 4 miles on the dreadmill. I kept the pace around 15:00/mi.
Lynn, the bunnies are pretty safe in my yard as my lab will run after but not catch them. When we let her go swimming in the nearby lake, she ignores the geese and ducks. All she cares about are fetching the sticks that we throw into the water!

Erica:)

[funwalker]

Lynn, I don't think you need to be concerned about your pace! I don't on my daily walks. You do a lot of 5k's, 10k's etc where you push it and bring up your speed. Enjoy the walks, build your distances, and you will do great. :cheer2:

Erica, how do you like your new shoes? Also what is your favorite running skirt? :)

:hippie: No kidding you would go to 'Running'?

Bunny Foo, I could not walk in the heat-it actually is difficult at 75 degrees for me I get really :sick: I got out early and did a nice 4.76 miles this morning then rushed for a shower before the little guys arrived. I still came home drenched! :upsidedow

[windwalker]

No Margie I won't give up racewalking. I would just run for cross training.

Please welcome our new player, Wellesleyprincess. She is in Alabama but Boston is home or something like that.

Welcome new princess.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[wellesleyprincess]

Hi everyone!

I'm Jennifer. I'm 21 and a rising senior in college. I'm home for the summer in Alabama, where most of my races will be in the heat and humidity; however, I go to school at Wellelsey College outside of Boston, MA.

My first 5k is this friday evening, so my mileage may be kind of different as I'm torn between making sure I'm well trained enough and not wearing myself out. Yesterday I did an easy 3.5 mile run in about 35 minutes. Today is my off day. My goal for the 5k is under 30 (dream goal would be under 28 and I'll be happy with under 32). I've been running for about 3 months and average an 8:30-9:30 minute mile on my own 3-5 milers however I'm worried about what a new course and more people (I mostly run by myself) will do to my times.

Most of my friends are complete couch potatoes and don't understand my compulsive need to run. They are however happy to accompany me to a disney race. So I'm hoping this group can keep me from sliding down the slippery slope back to unfitness.

I look forward to getting to know all of you.

[bunnyfoo]

Hi Jennifer! :welcome: That's a great pace! I'm hoping I can eventually run that fast. Good luck with your race on Friday and let us know how it goes!

Scott - I'm like that too, I don't like stopping either.

Sue - What a difference a couple of hours makes! I was just outside and all the humidity was gone. I guess I have no excuses for my run tomorrow :upsidedow

Well, I'm off for my evening walk! Yay for the cooler weather!

[Scott H]

Jennifer, Yes Welcome aboard the team. Some of the guys I work with think I am nuts saying "that's just crazy" don't ;et your friends pull ya down, the races are just goals and event I reach to so as to keep motivated.

We have a great team here with lots of great folks with great information.

Made it back home and Lynn is doing a fantastic job on the basement. I will have pleanty to do this weekend.

Watching the Tour tonight and doing a BBQ life is good.

Later kids.

[windwalker]

Jennifer, :flower3: welcome to the Hakuna Matata team. Your pace is a dream for me since I'm a walker. I do hope to break 30 min for a 5K some time in the future. My best has been 34 min and 18 sec.

We post our miles and hours exercised and give the totals to the captain, Steffwalks AKA Connie once a week.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[wilbur]

Good Evening, all and welcome Jennifer!

Just a quick pop in to report my mileage to Connie.

It was a hot and windy 4 miler this evening. Go outside an hour later and the temp. had dropped several degrees. Almost need long sleeves on.

Off to watch a little of the Tour. Have a great night....Sue

[Villains_Rock]

Wow..it feel like it's been forever since I've been in here!! I've read through all of the post and caught myself up, but there too much to respond to so I'll just say that...yep, it's hot outside no matter where you go. That sums it up!!

I did also want to welcome Jennifer!! You run at a similar pace to me...I try to slow myself down to pace my long runs making them more of a LSD (long slow distance) run, but my 3-5 milers usually are at or under a pace of 10. I know it's a long shot, but maybe we can find each other for the marathon and run together for a bit since I'm a solo runner too! :woohoo:

OK...quick update then I'm of for a 4.5 mile run. I had been feeling some aches and pains and decided it's time for new hooves (shoes, for those of you that aren't familiar with the movie Freddy Got Fingered). I had been searching relentlessly since my last LR and could not find last years Kayanos at a price similar to what I had paid the last two years. On top of that I had also had plans to buy a rotation shoe this time around to make my pair last through the marathon. Well...my wallet just wasn't having that! I was just about to break down and buy the Asics 2130's, despite the bad reviews I had read, when my wonderful DBF told me that he had ordered me a surprise. I knew what it was right away...my new KAYANOS!! :banana: I've also found a way that I can get a paid of Mizuno Wave Inspires for about $50. So I'll have my rotation! I'm like a little kid at Christmas!!! If you would have asked me 3 years ago if I would be excited over running shoes I would have laughed and taken a hit off of a cigarette (as I was eating Taco Bell and drinking a beer). :rotfl:

Yep..that update was not so quick...but yeah..so I have new shoes coming!!
YAY!!!!

[windwalker]

Eva Darlin you have as the saying goes, "Come a long way baby". You will find that hooking uup with other WISHers is easy. We have the big meet at Pop on friday evening then we are all in little groups of glowing WISH wear at the staging area of the races. If you look at the pics Robert took and are posted at DisneyRunning.com you will see how we grouped up so we cold find each other.

We saw Hancock yesterday. It has a lot of funny "Man" humor, but it's not the kid movie we expected it to be. Worth the trip.

Now it's back to work today, Yuck!

I'm off to the gym to try my new LSD shoes.

Have a super morning y'all.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Steffwalks]

:welcome: :welcome: :welcome: Jennifer! You sound likea speedy girl! I will PM you the rules when I get finished with this update for the team. Oh, did I mention that I am the captain of this here ship??? We have a great and diverse team that spans two countries! How is that for cool?? :thumbsup2

It is hot! It is hot and muggy! and yucky! and I can't get up early enough to beat it because it rains all night and humids all day! (That is an expression isn't it?? Humids all day??)

So, on that note, I ordered a dreadmill. I got a really good deal, I think. It had gone down another $100 this week, so I got it. Besides, since I will be doing the Little Rock 1/2 marathon I need it for the hill training! It has a 12% incline.

I will get some miles in, but I have to warn you, I won't like it!:sad2:

[bunnyfoo]

Just dropping in to say good morning! The humidity has broken for a day or so. I think it the heat went with it because I actually needed my hoodie this morning. I'm looking forward to running after work tonight.

Eva - I'm glad you were able to get the shoes you wanted! And yay for your DBF, what a sweetheart!

Connie - You must have gotten our humid weather. Good for you and going out anyway! I know it's not easy when it's yucky out.

Well, I'm off! Have a great day everyone and keep up the fantastic work :)

[windwalker]

The new shoes did very well so I guess they will have a home. I had to add a second insert to get them to stop touching my ankle bones and this made them a tad snug in the toe box but I have some half inserts for a little heel lift that shoud fix that. I needed more cushion for LSDs and marathoning than my raceing flats and I think these are going to do nicely.

I did 4 miles on my hills in the new shoes and after the first mile I was warmed up,(humid and hot here also), and used to the weight of the shoes. I timed the last mile which was up a half mile long hill and then levels out in 12:07.

Today was weight workout for chest and arms, followed by calestitics and stretching.

Here is my recap for the week:

Sun: 2.5 miles

Mon: 9 miles LSD

Tue: 4 miles hills, weights

Wed: 4 miles speed work

Thur: 4 miles hills, weights

Tomorrow will be 4 miles and shoulder and quads weight workout, then Sat will be weights for chest and arms again and crosstraining in the pool.

Walk/run strong y'all.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[wdw4us]

Finally went out for a 4 mile walk this morning. As we were finishing the cool air started to come down – probably from Canada – thanks to my northern friends! I appreciate it in the summer but that Cold Canadian Air in the winter is dreadful.

Miranda wants to do at least 3 tonight so I may crank it with her then so I won’t be too far behind for the week.

My legs were so strong this morning, they felt good after the 2 days off. We’ll have to drier days then back to humid on Saturday.

Dave, new “wheels” sound lovely. Miranda went to the running store to be fitted and she loves her new feet so I may stop in there for a pair.

Dreadmil – yes it is -- but when it’s dark, cold, snow-covered they are worth their weight in gold.

Welcome Jennifer, near to me during school season, I’m about 50 miles from you. We have a full and ½ marathon that is a qualifier for Boston – being held 11/2 here in town. I will be in Houston at the time but let me know if you want more info.

That’s a wrap for now.

denise

[Scott H]

Well I did get a very short run in this AM short due to tummy probs, just did not feel good. Oh well got it in, feeling fine now, might shoot for a run tonight, and get the display shelf yo, pics to follow.

Boss just said hey that lan nave class you put together can we do it this afternoon, ghee I guess so.....

Later

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

:welcome: Jennifer! You will enjoy this team!

Got in a short bike ride this morning for cross training, after taking dogs for a short loop around the block. I do enjoy being on the bike, but I do not enjoy the fact that my hands go numb, and get pains shooting up from my wrist if I twist is a certain way (which I cannot quite figure out so I cannot avoid it).
It is nice at 6am, but does get hot in the afternoon, I have already shut down the house today (closed windows and curtains, and turned on the ceiling fans), I bet the air conditioning kicks on early today - usually it does not kick on until about 5 -6pm.

I get a arm workout in every day - sanding drywall:lmao: I have finished the walls, but I still have most of the ceiling to do - not my favorite so I have left it for last.

Time to get back to the laundry and cleaning the house!

Have a great day team!

[funwalker]

:cheer2: :cheer2: Welcome Jennifer!:cheer2: :cheer2:

Lynn, no envy from me on your arm workouts!

Scott, hope you are feeling better - I think something is going around. I feel like I am trying to catch something. I have been mega tired this week. (?) :confused3

:hippie: Glad to hear you found a workable solution for the new shoes. :upsidedow

Connie, My feelings - exactly 'Dreadmill.' I tend to use it more in the heat than the cold though. At least I can dress for the cold. :headache:

Gym this morning, Upper Body Workout, 15 miles on the bike, ball crunches, and stretching. Weather permitting taking Hagen for a very-very easy walk.

I just got a call DSI, he has to work late today, so no working on the gazebo unless I can manage to do a bit on the run while Hagen is playing or napping.

[wellesleyprincess]

Denise, thanks for the tip about the boston qualifier, unfortunately I'm nowhere near in shape to run Boston. I think I'll settle for spending my final year as part of Wellesley's scream tunnel (if you don't know about it, our entire college goes out and lines the path at roughly the 12.5 mile mark. supposedly the noise can be heard from at least a mile away.) One of my friends and I have a bet involving qualifying for boston/running it in the best time before our 5 year reunion.

Today I ran 3.25 miles in 30 minutes. I had planned to run 4, but got caught in a thunderstorm. Now I'll be fidgety until the race tomorrow.

[Scott H]

Way to train Kids, Got home and lawn needed mowing, put together the shelf, put the shelf up and took pics, so here ya go, I am a hungry camper need to fix some dinner. Tuna sounds good, simple and light.

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/scotth5150/P7030229.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/scotth5150/P7100232.jpg

Dusty Lynn LOL

[Dawnie]

Well I knew it had been a while since I had checked on here, so I started to read the thread thinking "WOW, you guys must have been just as busy as me because I was only a few pages behind!" And then I realized that I was still on the JUNE thread!! :scared1: When I found the new July thread I saw you all have been just as chatty as always. :rotfl:

First WELCOME Jeniffer!

I am so jealous of everyone's new running toys and shoes! It will be a while before I get a Garmin. I need new shoes so bad but just have not had to time to go buy them. I have to put a bandaid on the back of my heel every time and my poor big toe is very unhappy with me! I don't have a complete runners toe, only a quarter. :eek:

Scott and Lynn, I am really jealous of that rack of medals you have there!!

I think I feel bad for those of you dealing with the humidity! Living here in WA we don't have to deal with that enough to really understand it. :lmao: I just know I don't get enough of the hot weather I love.

For those of you complaining about the Dreamill... I love mine. I can read while I am running, so it gives me the chance of an hour of reading time!

It sounds like everyone has been busy with training, drywalling, movie watching (saw Hancock, thought it was pretty darn funny), boat sinking...the usual. :rotfl:

The week before the 4th we were camping with family...well sort of camping! To be able to save the spot for the holiday weekend, we had to stay there. So we (me, DH, DD, DD's fiance, and DS) would get up at 6:00 am, drive an hour back home to our shop, work all day and then at 8:00 pm drive an hour back to the campsite to sleep. Luckily my two wonderful SIL's had enough food for all of us, so I didn't have to worry about dinner. It was so worth it though! We had the best spot in the whole campground to see fireworks, looking out over the bay and all the islands, where people lived that had a LOT of money to blow up! pixiedust:

4th of July morning I did one of the other local runs I had always wanted to do. The "4th of July, Loggerodeo, Great Sedro Woolley Foot Race" And yes, if you are thinking wow, that sounds like it must be a "little hick town race"...you would be right! It was a 5.17 mile race. WHY 5.17?? Because the car or proabably pick-up truck that originally set the route had a bad odometer! :rotfl: It was several years before the figured it out, so they just kept it the same. But anyway, it was a blast. I lived in that little hick town for 10 years (actually I just live one town 5 miles away now) so I knew a lot of people doing it. It also finished down the parade route and it was pretty motivating having people I knew yell my name out. :cheer2:

Next week I am going in for a physical. My DH decided that if I am really going to train for the marathon in January, he wants to make sure I will be safe and healthy. :hug: So after I get the go ahead (which I'm sure I will!) I am taking the plunge and signing up before it's too late! Then I get to really start planning our trip, which is almost just as much fun for me as the actual trip!

[wdw4us]

Mark, Miranda and I went out and did another 4 miles last night. 8 for the day on Thursday. I was suppose to go again this morning buy my heart was not in it. Too darn tired at 4:45am. In my pea-brain I know I will be doing a lot of walking Saturday in NYC so I don't want to be overtired for all that shopping so we stayed in and had morning coffee.

Got on the scale and lost a pound - finally after weeks of up and down a pound finally down! I have started to eat less and less meat mostly fish and then a lot of meals that are just veggies and can see the difference in my clothes. Still working on the skirt for Miranda's wedding, will try again in 2 weeks. I try it on ever 2 weeks last week I was able to zip the darn thing - couldn't breathe but hey it's a start.

A beautiful day here in NH, I had the windows open overnight and had to put a blanket on. My kind of weather.

Lynn, your face with all that sheet rock dust looks like me a few weeks ago, I on the other hand didn't protect my hair. Medals look great on the rack and I see you have room for more!

Have a good day all - I'm glad it's Friday, and will ease through the day!

denise

[Scott H]

Hey Kids,

I felt pooped this morn and decided to take a rest day, want to do a 10 mile run tomorrow morn.

Long days at work might not help, 12 hours seems to be the average this week. I want to get outta here at noon, we will see.

Later,

Yup more room for more bling, LOL out peltry collection pales to others, but hey we just started this madness, so don't stop the carnival.

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Tried out new shoes on long walk this morning - probably should not have worn them for a long walk for the first time! My feet were killing me by the time I got home - 7 miles later! My neuromas always seem to dislike new shoes, but the socks I had were also tight, so it may have been partly the socks fault. I will try again tomorrow, for a shorter walk, and with thiner socks. I felt great for the first 4 miles, the last 3 felt like the last 3 miles of a half marathon!

It has been hot here, although we do not have the humidity of the east. It was 84 degrees at 9:30 this morning, I closed the house up at 8:30 this morning - it seemed to work yesterday to keep the house fairly cool.

Have a great day everyone! Need to get back downstairs and get more sanding done - needs to be done today so Scott can but up second coat of mud tomorrow!

[Steffwalks]

Hey Team!

Glad to hear you had a great time Dawnie! SIL's were wonderful to cook for you. It always tastes better if I didn't have to make it! -- The fireworks show sounds amazing!

Margie and Dawnie-I actually have never had a dreadmill. I like the idea of reading during a workout. Often I feel that the real problem with working out is that I can't read ! I know that I will be using it. Some days, I just can't get to a workout before dark, or in the heat or cold. Dark doesn't sound too bad in a city or neighborhood, but out here in the sticks, dark is really, really DARK and there are hungry critters in the dark....coyotes, cougars, bobcats, etc.

Lynn, You look cute in dust!

Denise! :banana: Congrats on the pound! :cheer2: That's great! I always remind myself that I can't lose the second pound until the first one is lost! :cloud9: I am very proud of you. I think the greatest detriment to losing weight is waiting.

I had to take the girls in for their shots this morning. They did not want to go because they don't like it at the dr's office. I had one of them throwing a temper tantrum and the other was trying to take a nap. The sleepy one was snarling at the tantrum thrower....big time! I finally got them settled down in the carrier, but when we got to the office, they didn't want OUT of the carrier. They actually braced themselves against the door with all four paws! Oh, did I mention that they are cats??? :lmao:

Okay, I am outta here, for real this time!!! :rolleyes1

[bunnyfoo]

Happy Friday everyone! I went out for a run last night. I pushed myself to run faster than I normally would have. I managed to run two of my intervals at 9.3 m/m :cheer2: Now I just have to push myself to run the entire time like that :laughing:

Denise - Congrats on the weight loss!! I know how hard it is because I'm trying to lose before September and then hopefully more by January.

Connie - You have the best adventures!

Scott/Lyne - Love the medal collection! And Lynne, that is a very cute picture :)

Dawn - Congrats on the July 4th race!

Have a great weekend everyone! :wave2:

[windwalker]

Hi guys.

I had a nice 4 miler this morning followed by pool fun. I felt great after working out and had the warped thought that I must not have worked hard enouth since I felt so good.

Lynn, sorry about the shoes. Is this a new shoe for you?

Walking Panda:hippie:

[wellesleyprincess]

So I ran my first race tonight. All in All it was a good experience and more importantly I finished. I made the classic rookie mistake of taking off waaay too fast and then developping a terrible side stitch that forced me to walk the second mile. I ran about a 31:30 but the timing was probably not the best (which I know I should be happy about especially all things considered). I came in second in my age group, but the perfectionist in me just wants to better in the next one.

[windwalker]

So I ran my first race tonight. All in All it was a good experience and more importantly I finished. I made the classic rookie mistake of taking off waaay too fast and then developping a terrible side stitch that forced me to walk the second mile. I ran about a 31:30 but the timing was probably not the best (which I know I should be happy about especially all things considered). I came in second in my age group, but the perfectionist in me just wants to better in the next one.


Nice race thank you for sharing. What you said about the rookie mistake of going out to fast is one that a lot of races make, even ones that know better. It's so easy to try and stay with the group you start with even if it's to fast for you. About mile one it catches up to them if not before.

Not sure yet what I'm going to do today, might just take a rest day since I haven't had one for a while. I've been doing different activities instead so I don't overtax one body part to much.

Have a wonderfull weekend y'all.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[funwalker]

Good Morning Team!

Woke up way early - major t-storms, so I decided to go back to bed instead of trying to walk :lmao:
We have thunderstorms forecasted for the whole day.

Lynn, hope you find a solution that works for your new shoes. These shoes that are not supposed to need to be broken in - breaking in is a must for me too.

wellesleyprincess, Congratulations on a great finish!

Amazing - you can actually read while do the Dreadmill? Not thinking I could handle that and concentrate on my arm swing and form, but I do watch DVDs.

Connie, I hear you I lived in the country for 30 years!!!! But the city has a few of those scary two legged creatures that now concern me. QUOTE]"Dark doesn't sound too bad in a city or neighborhood, but out here in the sticks, dark is really, really DARK and there are hungry critters in the dark....coyotes, cougars, bobcats, etc."[/QUOTE]

Scott & Lynn - Great picture and yes, I am turning a bit green when I look at your Sweet' medal collection. :goodvibes

[windwalker]

My Pretty Princess lost 8 lbs last week so I ordered her a small present this morning. A princess is supposed to get presents right?

I did take a rest day today. Im have to remember that it's during the rest cycle that we actually improve and build.

Lynn, I hope your shoe issue is resolved quickly, sore feet are no fun, especially for an endurance athlete.:hug:

Margie, we have a sunny morning here and at 8 am it's already 80 degrees. Gonna be a warm one today.

Have a good weekend y'all.

Resting Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Way to go Erica..... You ROCK!!!!!

Lynn said her feet felt better this morn.

I did get in a 9.25 big loop this morn, cooling down, downloading info, having Kona coffee, frnch toast for breakfast.

Hey time to brag, today is our 28th Anniversary, we both almost forgot LOL, till my folks called this morning.

Watching the tour.

You ladies are all doing great, too much activity for me to remember it all, you all make us look good forsure.

I too have problems with rest days, it is the old addage of no pain no gain, that I grew up with.


Well for our anniversary we will work on the basement, fun huh!!!! LOL


Enjoy the day, be strong , play safe, we are a great team.


As Emil Zatopek (winner of four Olympic gold medals in running) once said, "It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys."

(insert you choice of sex if ya need to be PC, but you guys/ladies know you ROCK!!!!!)

[Steffwalks]

Margie I know about the two-legged snakes. I have had the unfortunate task of dealing with one or two. They think I'm scary! :lmao:

Jennifer Great Job on the race!!! :cheer2: Races count double!!!

Lynn I hope those shoes workout for you.

Bunnyfoo Thanks! I enjoy adventures! I guess that proves perception is everything!

Here's a quote I found interesting.

"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you do something about the depth and breadth!" -- Shira Tehrani

If you compare life to marathon...you can't change the length of the race. But it is up to each of us to make the most of it. We can have an adventure and good time and encourage others or we can grumble all the way through. I LOVE WiSH because there are no grumblers!

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Just a quick drive-by, need to get to the basement! I did a 3 mile walk this morning - it was quite cool this morning - it felt good. Shoes were much better today, and for the first time in a week, I actually walked at a good pace, and did not have that dreadful stitch in my side!

Have a great day!

[Villains_Rock]

Once again I feel like I'm getting behind....

I have had a busy couple of days. My best friend had her baby last night. They named him Phoenix Rowland. He's recently been transported to a different hospital because he is having breathing problems. I'm so sad right now and I feel so bad for my friend. Please everybody pray for her and baby Phoenix. I feel like this is a family member...she and I have been best friends since we were 6 years old. Just so very sad.

I'll post again as soon as I can...

[Steffwalks]

:hug: VR Lots of PD to you and your friend and Phoenix. I will be praying.

Happy Anniversary Lynn and Scott!!!!

Great job, Erica!

[Scott H]

Eva, our thoughts and Prayers, Kids are so inocent, seems not fair.

[funwalker]

Eva, we are praying! I do understand. Our little Hagen was 5 weeks early and had to stay in the hospital a while. :angel:

Happy Anniversary, Lynn & Scott!!!! :upsidedow

CONGRATULATIONS, Erica! You did good, princess:

:cheer2: :cheer2: I now have my airline ticket to WDW January 2009 :cheer2: :cheer2:
DD is cooking is making my 63rd birthday dinner a couple of days early tonight. I asked for chicken stir fry ... she is a wonderful cook :goodvibes

Went to the Side Walk Sales at Gazelle Sports - they had nothing I needed or really wanted. I ended up buying Body Glide and Elite Wright Socks. :rolleyes:

[wellesleyprincess]

VR, I'll be praying for baby Pheonix. Such a strong name, it should serve him well.

[windwalker]

Hi guys.

Group hug with Eva in our thoughts.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Morning Kids,

We got most of the second coat of mud done yesterday only about 200 sq feet to sand and texture,

Lazy morn, wathing the tour, might do a bike ride later after we get teh basement done.

Watched the baby Robins learn to fly, not quite there yet, had to rescue one from the basement window well, so now we check them every hour or so.

Spent some time in our pasture and sprayed the thistle, nasty stuff. Lots o wild flowers adn some KEWL catus.

Happy B-day margie, a couple days early.

[wdw4us]

Good Morning!

Well I did so much walking yesterday, I will not be doing any today. Miranda, Hope and I went to NYC for the day. That means we get up at 5, on the bus by 6:30 and off to NY. We did so many things, went to the NHL store for Hope. Garment dist,the Flower Dist. Saw Madison Square Garden and the huge post office across the street from it. Tried to get into the Empire State Building but it was over an hour wait to get in. Went to Macy's - that one is huge, even ate in their Pub restaurant in the cellar and watched some of the Yankee's/Toronto game.

The up 5th Ave for more shopping, Times Square - saw the Naked Cowboy :rolleyes: (he had his tight-ee whites on. Went to the American Girl store and bought a b-day present for Mark's goddaughter. Of course the Disney store, Gap. I will figure out my miles and post them but we didn't roll back into town until 12:15 this morning. I'm a bit tired today.

Hopefully some pictures will be below for your viewing pleasure. I brought my wish hat to mark the day.

Here I am - There are Statue's of Liberty all over the city for the All Star Game on Tuesday. Saw a few but not a red sox one.

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The Disney Store:

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Not my best picture but I do have my 13.1 earrings on and my Mickey Head Necklace. Also, check out the Panda over my left shoulder!

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And finally for Dave - Kung Fu Panda!

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[Steffwalks]

WDW4us - What cute photos, especially the ones of you! You look like you are having a fabulous time!

Scott - Take care of those babies! Regardless of the economy and the price of gas, their mommy won't let them back in the nest! :rotfl:

Have to take a 7 hour class today. They are always soooooooooooo boring. I could be done with the whole thing in the matter of an hour if they would just let me read the material and then test.....but no-ooooo, we have to sit and be bored the whole time!

Eva I hope things are going better! :hug:


I hope everyone is has a great Sunday!

[french lady]

Good morning,

Well it's back to work this week-end after 2 weeks of vacation. I was hoping to win the lottery friday evening (15 millions) but I guess my lottery is to have a very good job. I must say that for a Saturday evening it was pretty quiet at work but I'm sure it will be different tonight. Why do people always come back from their vacation in the USA at the same time???

I'm also watching the Tour de France. And the speed those guys are going downhill; I would be so scare. The fastest I went downhill was about 30 m/h and it was straight ...

Hugs to everyone who needs and have a nice day
Diane

[windwalker]

Denise thank you for sharing the pics. You are indeed a pretty princess. The Panda was great, thank you.

Yesterday and today are rest days for me. I've been feeling a little puny the last couple of days so a couple of rest days are in order.

Have a great weekend y'all.:grouphug:

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Denise, sounds like a fun long trip to NYC, been a few years since I have been there.

David, rest for that tummy sounds like a plan.

Got 2nd coat of mud done, afternoon off, yahooo, now what to do.

Checked the robins able to locate one, I feel very good they a big enough to fly, one is still hanging out in one of our apple trees.

maybe a fun trip to loews for some sand paper, Ohhh the excitement. LOL

[bunnyfoo]

Hi everyone! It's a nice quiet Sunday here. I went out for a run this morning and there were lots of people out and about - riding their bikes, walking their dogs and running! It's a good day to be out even if it is a little humid! It's always fun to see someone going in the opposite direction and then pass them again later again :)

Eva - Prayers and PD for little Phoenix! Hope he has a speedy recovery :hug:

Jennifer - Congrats on your race! That's an amazing time :cheer2:

Scott - Do you have pictures of the baby robins? I've been watching a family of ducklings on my weekday walks. They've set themselves up in a pool/pond in one of the office buildings. Someone has even left some seeds out for them :)

Margie - Happy early birthday! And yay for the plane ticket! I'm still waiting to book them for DF and myself. I just need a "few" more points on my credit cards and I'll be able to fly on points. Otherwise, I'd need one heck of a sale :laughing:

Denise - Great pics, thanks for sharing! I haven't been to NYC in a couple of years. I missed TDS the last time I was there.

Connie - Hope your class went by quickly! 7 hours is much too long for a class or just to be indoors in general.

Erica - Congrats on your weight loss!! What's your secret :)

Take care everyone! Keep up the great work!!!

[Villains_Rock]

Well...I haven't heard any news from Jenny today, but the last thing I did hear was that he was doing a little bit better and if he kept improving that he might be able to go home on Monday. I sent a text to her a little while ago and haven't heard anything. They have him in a neonatal icu and unfortunatly I cannot go there and she can not have her phone on while she's there.
Thank you all for the prayers and pixie dust. I'm sure it is helping!!

As busy as I've been I've gotten all of my training in. Not much else going on.

Ooooh...other than me getting lost in downtown Akron at 2am this morning trying to pick up my drunken boyfriend from a bachelor party. It was preplanned for me to go get him at 3am...so I got to bed super early since I had to work today. I was going to wake up at 2 to go get him at 3 be home by 4 (Akron's an hour away from me)...then walk the dogs and get ready for work to be here by 7:30 (it's an hour drive to work). Well..I guess the "party bus" got back early. I was half asleep and not able to read the directions while I was driving in the dark and made about 5 wrong turns. Luckily I figured out where I was going and finaly got him. Ugh. I did make it back to sleep for an hour or so when we got home...but no walk for me or the dogs today. I'm going to be way to tired to go when I get home. It sounds like the boys had a nice time though....Dave and Busters (arcade), Christie's (gentalman's club), and West 6th (Cleveland's club district). He's just lucky I love him so much....that's all I have to say!! :lmao:

Hope everyone is doing well. I'm in better spirits today after the (sort of) good news about Phoenix. Thanks again...we have the best team a girl could ask for!!! :grouphug:

[Scott H]

Lynn is out stalking the robins with the camera right now, pretty funny film at 11:00

Looks like all three are still here.


Eva, sounds like good news.

Used to love working mids on the full moon, lots o action.

[funwalker]

Eva, sounds like good news and little Phoenix is slowly improving :goodvibes


Thanks for the B-Day Wishes...it's Monday the 14th - officially I will be 63 yrs. And today I feel it! I have a head cold or something. I could walk but am opting not to. I am going to bed early as I did not sleep at all last night. :sick:

Scott & Lynn take care of the little birds :hug: Scott, does this mean all the walls are up and mudded in the basement now?

Vicky (Bunny Foo), I was afraid to wait on the airline tickets. I don't have a lot of flexibility. And with costs going up I cannot see getting a much better deal. I wanted to leave from the local airport-no gas, parking fees, and hours on the road alone when I am tired. :upsidedow

Denise, thanks for sharing your pictures - seeing we could not be there with you a picture is the next best thing :upsidedow

Connie, 7-hours in a boring class- you have our sincere sympathy!

Wanting to do a Walking Scrapbook - so I signed up for a class on Friday evening. :confused3

[Scott H]

Yes all the walls are up and the second coat of mud is done, next weekend will be texture, I hope.

Here are the baby robins, all three accounted for this evening.

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Hey they are pooping on our bench :confused3 :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[wellesleyprincess]

Denise, the New York trip looks like awesome fun. Is it wrong that I'm 21 but two of my favorite places in NYC are the Disney store and the American Girl store?

Today I ran 4 miles plus a .5 mile warm upin about 45 minutes. We got some rain which meant it was cooler but unbelievably muggy. My friday race was ridiculously hot even at 7 at night. A friend of a friend who is a college track runner (and came in 3rd overall) that I ran into at the library even complained about it making him dry heave (tmi, I know). But now I don't feel like such a wuss complaining about the heat.

[Scott H]

[QUOTE=wellesleyprincess;26215083] Is it wrong that I'm 21 but two of my favorite places in NYC are the Disney store and the American Girl store?

[QUOTE]

Wait till you are over 50 , then Disney is just as much fun, maybe more fun cause ya have older friends to have fun with. :lmao: :thumbsup2 :rotfl2: ;)

Awsome job in the heat/humidity.

[Steffwalks]

Good MORN-NING Ha-kuna Ma-ta-ta (say that in your best Robin William's, Good Morning Vietnam voice)

Lisa - Grow old, but never, ever grow up! It's NO fun! I tried it for a few minutes, but I didn't like it!

Scott - Cute li'l birdies. Btw, they have to poop somewhere! I wanted to see pics of Lynn stalking the li'l guys! :lmao:

Queazy Panda - Get well at the same speed you walk! :tinker:

Eva - Still praying and still sending PD for Phoenix! Congratulations on continuing to get your training in. It's a great stress reliever! -- Too bad about the BF and getting lost. Never really understood bachelor and bachelorette parties.......

Supery-dupery Happy Birthday, Margie!!! party:

THe dreadmill has shipped. Should be here this week, I should think. The class went by quickly, I was much surprised that it was interesting! Go figure! I will be doing more stretching, and weights and Pilates until I can see doc about my achilles. Have a great Monday! -- Connie

[windwalker]

Hi guys dumb panda here. I have been really stupid so here is the grisly details. I would just keep my mouth shut but just in case someone else has this happen.

As I have posted thge last couple of days, I have been feeling drained. Exactly like you feel when you are coming down with something but it hasn't materialized yet.

Well this afternoon I took a quick potty break and realized my urine was dark. That is one of the classic signs of being dehydrated. So being the mental giant that I am I got to thinking about how much water I've been drinking lately. Now remember every day last week I did 4 plus miles hard on the hills and sweated like a plow horse.

This has been kind of the norm: Up at 5 am and have a few swallows of water to get my vitamin pill to go down. A cereal with skim milk and a cup of coffee. Then off to the gym. I put my bag in the locker and head out for my walk. After I get back sweating like crazy, I get a couple of swallows of water and go to the weight room. After the weights, I do the stretching and calistetics and then have a shower. On the way out I might grab another swallow of water. After I get home I have a coffee with Erica and take a nap.

When I get to work I have a water bottle that I'll take a drink from ever once in a while. At dinner I'll have a small paper cup of water. Maybe another swallow of water in the afternoon. When I get home I'll either have a beer or a bottle of water and go to bed.

Ok back to present. After the dark urine I got my water bottle and drank it empty twice, then at dinner I had 3 big glasses. Well guess what, I'm feeling wonderfull now, I felt so good I mowed the front yard with the push mower and still feel energetic. Right now I'm chugging another bottle.

That was yesterday. Today I slept in, 10 hours total with several potty trips during the night.

In a few minutes Erica and I are off for a 5 mile walk. We had a 10 miler planned but we are moving that to tomorrow. I bonked and needed extra sleep.

Have an awesome day y'all and stay hydrated.

Eva glad you made it out of the combat zone in one piece. That Boy Friend better hang on to you.

Silly Old Panda:hippie:

[wdw4us]

Dave
I know what you mean. I ran out of “fuel” last year on a very hot 6 mile session at the track. I was sick the whole day. Finally I went and had a green salad at Panera, bread and a bottle of water.

I think that may be why I’m still tired from my NYC trip today not enough water but I didn’t want to have to look for a place to “go” while I was there and I just forgot about it yesterday. Sooooooooo today I have plenty of water with me. Hope it works – for both of us!

denise

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Spending too much time watching the Tour, I should know better, because we will be watching it again when Scott comes home tonight!

Last night I watched 2 of the young robins fly off into the sunset with one of the adults, I thought they were gone for good, but this morning, I found one of them back in the tree with the 1 remaining baby robin. The third, which I have not seen this morning, was the largest one, so he might actually be out on his own.

We did a 6 mile walk this morning, my feet did not bother me, but my knee is still bothering me alot (it does so in spurts), and again, it was a VERY slow walk - I had a really hard time keeping up a pace better than 16 mpm - my overall pace ended up closer to 16:30! We do have another 10K race this weekend, hopefully I will pick up on the pace before then! Of course, breakfast before the race will help!

Dave - keep up that water intake!!!

Happy Birthday Margie!

Have a great day everyone - have to get down to the basement and start the sanding again!

[windwalker]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGIE!!!!



Erica and I did 6.2 miles, (a 10K) and then I mowed the yard. Now I'm working on the water replacement. I'm taking an electrolyte tablet also to make sure that's covered. We are heading out to eat lunch now.

Drinking Panda:hippie:

[bunnyfoo]

It's a quiet day today. Good thing I guess since it's Monday. I'll try to get out for a walk later tonight but I'm feeling lazy! :rotfl:

Dave - Same thing happened to me on my Saturday run. I just ran out of gas and couldn't force myself to run anymore. I even tried to shorten my intervals and my legs just felt like they were made of lead! At the time, I just figured it was the humidity but after reading your post, I think I should have been hydrating a lot more than I did.

Scott - Really cute pics :)

Margie - Happy Birthday!! Sorry to hear about the head cold - hope it goes away quickly! The scrapbooking class sounds fun. Be warned, it is addictive and expensive...

Lynn - Take care of your knee! Hope it feels better soon :)

Eva - Your DBF is a lucky guy! I would have told my DF to cab it :upsidedow

[windwalker]

Hi guys.:flower3:

Someone on another thread that I was telling about my dehydration adventures said their PE teacher told them, "Eat right and pee white". Alrighty then new rule to live by.

We don't scrapbook, we live in choas, so it just wouldn't be pretty.

We did the 6.2 miles this morning and then I mowed the back yard and in my compromised hydration it was rough, way rougher than it should have been.

I've spent the rest of the day sucking down the water and hopefully by tomorrow I'll be back to 100%.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[wellesleyprincess]

Let's see,

Scott, the baby robins are adorable. They must be quite entertaining to watch.

Happy Birthday Margie!

Panda, my human bio teacher had a similar saying although his exacted words wouldn't get by the censor.

Today I did 3.5 at a pretty easy pace. Took just under 35 minutes. I'm trying to work on consistent pacing (and dare I venture negative splits) after I learned my weakness at the first race was to run too fast for the first mile. My second race is on saturday, and it'll be a morning race and I'm normally an evening runner, so starting thursday I'm gonna try to move my runs to the morning.

[wdw4us]

Is it a good Morning???

Mark woke me at 5am out of a sound sleep to go walking. He allowed me 20 min to dress, gulp some coffee and head out. OMG, I'm still tired from that NYC trip.

Well I do feel better, I guess if I didn't have him prodding me out of bed, I'd still be there and being a slug.

He knows I need the walk for my joints, yes powerwalking - with my arm movements - helps my neck problems it gets the blood flowing. I feel great now at 7:16 but that 1st mile wasn't easy.

Have a good one.

denise

[Steffwalks]

YES it is a good morning. Any morning that starts with us verticle is a good morning!!!!

Hey! team!

Bills to pay, today, Hakuna Matata team results to work on. Pilates to do. Stretching to accomplish. Nothing much more than that. Y'all have a great day! Drink up!

[windwalker]

Connie this week has been a blurr for me when do you need the miles and hours? I have been in survival mode for a bit here.

Denise, you sound like Erica I have to coax my princess out of her nest and confince her that she really wants to go from cosy bed to putting in the miles.

We are off for a 10 miler in a few.

Have a super day everyone.

Hydrating Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Got up and out fpr a 5K, felt strong, another nice sunrise, off to work.

Later Kids

[wilbur]

Good morning, everyone.

Happy Belated Birthday, Margie. Hope you had a fantastic day!

Eva, prayers to baby Phoniex. Your boyfriend is one lucky guy. I second, he should have taken a cab.

Dave, Dave, Dave.....You are one of the last people I would have thought of not taking care of yourself and keeping hydrated.:rolleyes: Hope your feeling better.

Scott/ Lynn, I'm going to steal your shelf/peg idea for the race bling. Always wanted to do something like this. Now I just need to make the effort.

Keep up the great training everyone.....Sue

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Today was an easy day, took dogs for a short walk around the block, as this walk was for them, I did not try to go fast. Then took the bike out for a 6 mile ride, will have to extent those rides, but I am still getting used to biking after not being on a bike for so long! I was also feeling the need for breakfast about half way thru my ride. When I have been doing a longer walk before breakfast, I have eaten a cliff shot of gel before leaving, I need to do the same for the bike rides.

Looks like running wearhouse has some good deals, I am tempted by some of the shoes on sale, as I now have a size in a few different brands, I might do OK ordering over the internet. They do have the same shoes on sale that I just bought at the store, I have not tried that pair yet, they are supposed to be my racing shoes - may try them on my short walk on Thurs, then for the race on Sat.

Two baby robins were still in the yard last night, I saw both earlier this morning, now I only find one - I did see one fly off into the field on the other side of the fence, will see if it shows back up in one of the trees later.

Connie, will work on adding up weekly totals when I get off here.

Then I will have to get back to sanding drywall - did not get as much done as I would have liked yesterday, but did spend 4 hours in the basement. I was hoping to be finished today, but it will take me a few more days to finish.

Have a great day!

[Villains_Rock]

Hey guys!!

Baby Phoenix is doing better! He ate for the first time yesterday and the next step today was to try to breast feed. He may be able to come home soon!

I know it's a "no-no" to some, but I ran my first LSD in my new shoes yesterday. They were comfy the whole 10 miles!!! I had my dad ride his bike up and meet me half way with my old shoes just in case, but I didn't need them after all! Yay for my DBF for buying them for me...such a sweetheart! He said he can't wait for me to cross the finish line in them at the marathon...that will make it all worth it to see me so happy. :cloud9:

Oh and the DBF taking the cab would have been a mess. I was happy to do it..he would have done the same for me in a heartbeat! We're a good team like that! :lovestruc

Lynn - Yay for new shoes! What brands do you wear? I'm in need of a trainer or a lightweight stability shoe for rotating. My newbies will never last me til the big day if I don't get something else too. Do you rotate? BTW..the robins are sooo cute!! Michigan state bird you know! Go Blue!

Margie - Happy Belated Birthday!!! Hope it was great!!!

Jennifer - I actually ran a negative split yesterday...well, if you can apply that to a LSD. It felt great to have that energy banked though!! I'm going to try to keep that up through my training. My garmin helped me pace myself, but I wouldn't have been able to do it otherwise.

Connie - You made a good point about grumblers awhile back! We are a very positive bunch here aren't we?!? I work in a very negative environment and it feels so great to pop on here on my downtime and get a boost!

Denise - LOVED the NYC photos! Makes me want to go there now! Looks like you had a blast!

Dave - 8 glasses a day! :drinking:

OK...well the boss is back and I've been on here forever! Bad, bad, bad!

TTYL!!!

[Goofyin08forErica]

Hi everybody!!

Glad that Baby Phoneix is improving and will get to go home soon!!

Did 6.2 miles yesterday and 10 miles today!!! Got one more walk on tap for this week!

Hope everybody has a great day!!

Erica:)

[windwalker]

We did our 10 mile training walk today. Since we slept in a bit we had a hot walk.

Ok I getting anal now about this hydration/dehydration thing. It's amazing how quickly you can get into hydration trouble. I never really paid much attention to it since I felt I was fine staying hydrated all the time. So today I tried a little experiment.

When I was ready to go on the walk, my urine was clear. When we completed 3 miles we stopped for a potty stop and a few swallows of water, urine was clear with a slight yellow time. After walking 10 miles in the heat and sharing a 30 oz bottle of water, urine was dark yellow which means I was dehydrated. That quick you can get into trouble. Granted I'm still playing catch up. After 2 bottles of water, 2 glasses of water at lunch and 2 bottles of G2 I'm back to clear and feeling normal again. The darker the urine the more whipped I feel. Hummm think there is a connection?

Moving right along now.

I actually think that Erica recovered quicker than I did today. After lunch I was comatose in the reclinner and she was off showering.

Eva a good athletic shoe shouldn't need to be broken in. It is a good idea to take a short run/walk in them before going long just to make sure thay fit good. I have taken a brand new pair out of the box to a race and realized when I got there and changed from my flip flops into the racers that they were both left feet.

Sue, I never expected it either, just kinda caught me by surprise. One of the problems is also that it has just recently turned very hot. We had been having 50 to 60 degrees in the morning and not hot till later, now it's 90 by 8am here.

Everyone have an awesome evening.

Silly Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Lynn is really working hard on the basement and because of her hard work we might get the walls textured Friday, that would be KEWL, then painting and bookcase building, etc etc etc.....

[funwalker]

Thank You ... Thank You ... Thank You for all the Sweet Birthday Greetings! :grouphug:

Have not been feeling so very good this week :sick:
After not sleeping for two nights I over slept this morning - did the mad dash to the gym, and managed my full workout at a slower pace. :upsidedow

:hippie: Hummmmm 'Hydration' is truly important! :scared:

Erica, Way to Go Girl! You are doing so good :goodvibes

Did I all ready ask for an update on our Team's injury list or just think I did? :confused3

Michigan is going to be HOT the rest of the week (it is still 85 degrees right now)...it's early morning walks or the Dreadmill!

[wellesleyprincess]

Panda, hydration is definitely important in the heat and humidity. Here it's been in the low 80s when I go for my run around 7:30 pm so I understand what you mean about dehydrating fast.

Today I did 4 miles in just under 40 minutes. I also still had the energy to sprint at the end. Hopefully this focus on consistency will pay off. And in other exciting news my mom and I are going to the local running store on Saturday after my race!! Yay for shopping!!

[wdw4us]

Just a quick drive by.

Mark had to be up early and neither one of us slept great so I headed off by myself at 5:30 for my 4 miles. Done and off to the shower.

Oh, got my hair cut last night and now I'm a brunette, - change is good!

denise

[windwalker]

Good morning dear friends. Since we did 16 miles over the last two days I'm taking a rest day today. I think after a good rest day I'll feel more excited about doing my workout.

Walk/run/rest/love/be strong team mates.

Resting Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Good morning dear friends. Since we did 16 miles over the last two days I'm taking a rest day today. I think after a good rest day I'll feel more excited about doing my workout.

Walk/run/rest/love/be strong team mates.

Resting Panda:hippie:

Dave I felt the same, work stuff on my mind, so in a little earlier.

[bunnyfoo]

I had a tough workout with my PT yesterday. I told him that I was having trouble running up this hill on my route so we worked more on my cardio which unfortunately involved lots of jumping jacks and burpies. Funny how times moves slowly when one is jumping :rotfl:

I finally booked one hotel for January 2009. DF and I are probably going to do a split stay. But I'm still undecided on the second hotel. We were able to use the marathon code which was nice. It treats the reservation as a package so we only had to put a $200 deposit down. My TA told me that if I booked as a room only, I would have had to pay a one night deposit at the highest rate for 2008 since the 2009 rates aren't out yet. :eek:

Well have a great day everyone! I think it's going to be a long day here ... lots of people who are in bad moods. There are papers and plans scattered all over the floor which I assume have been left for me to clean up :sad2:

[Villains_Rock]

Hello Team!!

Well...I just got back from a 5 miler. My fastest mile was 9:23...not great, but better than I have been doing. Heat really zaps my energy levels! I've never wanted, to nor felt the need to (since I fartlek), but I think I'm going to find a track to do my speedwork at.

Denise - Yay for new hair!! I recently cut all mine off..it feels good doesn't it!

Margie - Hope you feel better!! Get lots of rest!

Jennifer - Did you register for the marathon? If so what was your projected finish time?

Dave - Thanks for the info about the shoes. I have run LR's (close to) right out of the box with my last two pair. I had read somewhere that you shouldn't do that, but I had no probs. Now I know...and knowing if half the battle! LOL

Erica - Keep up the great work with the training and weight loss!!!

To the rest of you...happy hydration!!! :drinking:

-Eva

[Steffwalks]

Good morning Team!

Just got a call....the dreadmill will be here, today. I wonder if I will need assistance putting it together??? ho-hum

Funny thing though, I have really been taking care of that achilles, icing and elevating, etc. And today, when my dreadmill is to arrive it feels....not so bad! :rotfl: Yay for new toys! :woohoo:

Guess, I better get myself in gear to start the day. Jammies are my favorite indoor wear, though.

[wellesleyprincess]

Villains Rock, no marathon's in my thinking yet (unless you count the far distant before I'm 30 I wanna type of thinking). I'm training for the Princess 1/2 in March, so hopefully a nice gradual buildup on mileage starting around Christmas and by then my times should have stabilized.

Also, can some one tell me how you get one of the cute little Hakuna Matata icons in your siggy?

Thanks,
Jen

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

My new shoes for training are Asics Kayano's, this is the first time I have worn Asics, I also got some lighter weight Saucony's for racing. I have never worn Saucony either. I have never switched shoes for training, however, I am thinking of getting another pair of something from the running wearhouse sale and trying that. I have always had a lighter pair of shoes for racing - which originally happened by accident, I put the timing chip we bought on a new pair of shoes that happened to be lighter than my other pair, and I did not want to take the chip off, so I saved them for racing - they were Pearl Izumi shoes. I have also worn New Balance and Mizumi shoes. I really do not have a favorite shoe at this point.

We still have 2 baby robins in the back yard, they seem to be taken care of by only one adult now, so I am assuming that the other adult is now with the first bird to fly off.

Erica - good job on the milage!!!

I finally had a decent walk/run today, I made the 6 miles with a pace of 15:09 my goal is now an average pace of 15 which I was doing before the Minnie, so I know it is a doable pace for me. I am trying to walk at a pace of 15:30 or better, and today I was doing that a good portion of the time. My running spurts take my average up a bit, and also make up for the dog potty breaks and dog water breaks.

Connie - have fun on the treadmill:lmao:

Have to get going, I, too, have a hair cut appt. this morning!

Have a great day!

[Goofyin08forErica]

Hi everybody!!

I did a super hot 4 miler this afternoon!

My totals for this week are: 17 miles for me and 3 miles for Mike
And a total of 5 hrs 24 min

I am facing PT for that pesky toe. It seems I have a neuroma and a joint that has a locked capsule...toe joint won't bend. At least this is fixable with PT, and I know why it hurts!

Hope all is well with everybody!

Erica:)

[windwalker]

Good morning team.

I get to play with new shoes this morning. I bought some Brooks Mach 10s as candidates to be my racing shoe. They are actually a cross country racer but have a lot of the features a walking shoe requires so I'm trying them out.

Connie, happy treadmill. Have fun with your new toy.

Lynn and Eva happy shoes to you guys also.

For my other walker friends I got an email yesterday form the guy at the shoe company that is developing performance walking shoes. The idea is still a go and we should be seeing interesting stuff in the near future.

Everyone have a super day, I'm off to play with new shoes.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[Scott H]

Got up and out for a run, I am doing a GPS, tracking land Nav class today, me thginks it will be a long day, will see how the students do, LOL for computer guys they get pretty frustrated when they think computer LOL

Will put them through their paces.

If I get some KEWL pics I will share,

Congrats on the new skins for the footsies, hope they work well.


Gotta Run, hey I already did that LOL

[bunnyfoo]

Hi everyone! We're suppose to get rain today but I haven't seen anything yet. It has been muggy though so if it rains, I hope it will cool everything down.

Does anyone have suggestions on the best way to run up a hill? I have one on my weekend course - it's a gradual climb and not too steep but I seem to have such a difficult time with it. I don't know why since it's in the early part of my run. Should I spend one of my running days just running up that hill?

Erica - WTG with all the miles! Good luck with the PT and your toe :)

Jen - To get the HK pic, go into your user CP, edit signature and then add in:
http://s244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/scotth5150/th_HM2-3.jpg Make sure you put the tags around the address.

Eva - Awesome pace! I have some (a lot) of work to do to get my pace under 10 m/m. I do my speedwork at a track as well but I find it feels a little more boring than running through my neighbourhood.

Connie - How's the treadmill?

Lynn - How do you like the Kayanos? I have those as well but haven't really tried running in anything else so I can't compare.

Have a great day everyone! Keep cool and stay hydrated :wave2:

[wellesleyprincess]

Vicky, thanks for the info on adding the image. For some reason it says I'm not allowed to add an image to my signature.
No real suggestions about the hill climb. I live in a hilly area so they've always been in my route. The few things that have helped is some cross training focusing on the legs (I like resistance band based pilates for this) and practice.

I'm running in the mornings for the next few days. ugh. I have a morning race on Saturday so I want to get used to the difference. I definitely took longer to warm up and I felt stiffer, but the cooler weather was nice. I got in 3.5 miles in under 35 minutes. I've been able to pick up the pace to between 9:35 and 9:45 minute miles.

Stay cool and hydrated, everyone! I think the majority of the country is in a heat wave!

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Today is a cross training day, so I just did a short walk with the dogs this morning, decided not to go for a bike ride, so I will have to do an exercise tape later to make up for that.

The baby robins are harder to keep track of - they both disappeared last night, this morning early I found one, then one appeared on the bench in our front yard, just under the window next to the computer. I just found the second one in the back yard. They are flying quite well now, and I expect them to take off for good any time now. Then the dogs can have their back yard back!

I plan to have the drywall sanding done today, have about 3 hours to go - then it will be ready for texturing over the weekend. Then I will get to spend next week painting!

Vicki - Yesterday, I wore the Kayanos for a good 6 mile walk, for the first time in a week, my knee did not bother me! Today, I tried out the Saucony's I got for racing, as I was going for a short walk. Within 2 miles, my knee hurt again, and I got the pain I sometimes get in the side of my shin. I started to think that maybe I need the stability of the Kayanos (they are the first "stability" shoe I have used). So, I guess I am really liking the Kayanos now, although I seem to like any shoe after the first few walks. But I am thinking for the race this weekend, I will stick to the Kayanos for now, and work on the Saucony's a few more times before I make them my "race" shoes.

Connie - so, how was the treadmill?

Dave - good luck with the new shoes.

Erica - you are putting on sooooo many miles!!!! Good luck with the toe!

Have a great day! I need to get into the basement and start sanding!

[funwalker]

Greeting Team Mates!

Sounds like the temperatures in the high 80’s – 90’s are sweeping the nation.
Someone said to me this morning they were going to enjoy it as it does not last long…Okay if you are a beach lover, but it is tough to work or exercise in.

Gym- upper body weight workout, ball crunches, bike, stretching this morning. When finished it was all ready in the mid 80’s and humid, so Hagen and I did not go for our usual walk. :rolleyes1

Eva - how is little Phoenix doing?

Vicky - when it's this hot it is nice to walk in the rain - just NO thunder storms! :scared1:
Connie – did you get the Dreadmill assembled.
Lynn – glad to hear the shoes are working for you.
Erica – nice week on your mileage!
Scott – Hummmmmm I need classes on all the techie stuff too, but have been a bit laid-back as I have a very adept DD to Just Do It for me…LOL but that has it’s shortcomings, as I have not seen my new digital camera since I got it! :confused3
:hippie: - hope the new shoes work for you :upsidedow

[wdw4us]

Bunnyfoo -HILLS - practice! It will come eventually. Sometimes I shorten my stride so that I use more steps but quicker,try that or try the other way, make your stride longer. I've used both but for me the short one seems the best. I remember so many people complaining about the Contemporary hill. I found it a breeze, but I had trained on a much longer and steeper hill.

Did nothing today. Stressed these past 2 days and have not slept well. Needed to recover today. I hope I sleep tonight.

Economy is on my mind-- a lot with many things coming up to pay for in the near future. Wedding, trips, oil, taxes...UGG

Well maybe a good nights sleep and an early walk will help. Off to bed, I'm thankful I have a pretty secure job with benefits.

thanks for listening.

denise

[windwalker]

Bunnyfoo -HILLS - practice! It will come eventually. Sometimes I shorten my stride so that I use more steps but quicker,try that or try the other way, make your stride longer. I've used both but for me the short one seems the best. I remember so many people complaining about the Contemporary hill. I found it a breeze, but I had trained on a much longer and steeper hill.

Did nothing today. Stressed these past 2 days and have not slept well. Needed to recover today. I hope I sleep tonight.

Economy is on my mind-- a lot with many things coming up to pay for in the near future. Wedding, trips, oil, taxes...UGG

Well maybe a good nights sleep and an early walk will help. Off to bed, I'm thankful I have a pretty secure job with benefits.

thanks for listening.

denise




Denise:grouphug:

[Villains_Rock]

First off...BABY PHOENIX COMES HOME TODAY!!!!! I was woken up last night by a text coming into my phone at 3 am. It was a picture of a beautiful baby boy and Jenny told me that he was getting ready to come home in a few hours!! I have yet to meet him since they keep the neonatle ward on "lockdown". I will meet him sometime this weekend!! YAY for Pheonix!!!! Again, thank you all for your prayers and PD!!

Denise - Ditto on what Dave said! You need a day trip to WDW! Even if you can physically be there you can still go virtually! Have you looked at the Google Earth program yet? Or go to youtube.com and look up videos of your favorite rides!! The mouse always makes me feel better when I'm down! ::MickeyMo

Lynn - I'm also a Kayano lover. My ankle problems vanished when I got my first pair and I've been hooked ever since. Now the only time I have probs is when they need replaced!

Vicky - What you are referring to is called hill repeats and I've heard they do wonders for your speed. I've found a steep hill near me on one of my many 4 miler routes and I've been thinking that I might try some hill work although I've never really cared to before. I used to run a 9 min mile before my surgery, but I can't seem to get back to it. Let me know if you decide to tackle it and I'll keep you posted on mine.

Erica - Hope your toe is doing better!!

Dave - How are the cross country shoes??

To the rest...remember..."A dream is a wish your heart makes"!
(Sorry, I'm in a very Disney mood today!)

[Steffwalks]

Denise - Don't worry about the economy. No point. You can't do a darn thing about it. You can cut back if your personal economy isn't great, but the rest of it....well, we have all lived in an economy like this before and we will all do it again. It's the nature of the beast. But remember this, we are not in a recession, our economy is still growing. :thumbsup2

Eva - Great news about Phoenix!!! :yay:

Lynn and Scott - The babies are leaving. aRe you going to suffer from empty nest syndrome???

Vicky - I don't have hills. Thus, one of the reasons for the dreadmill.

The Voyager (aka dreadmill another Wisher recommended a new name) is up and running. Well, it's not running right this second, but it is running. It is pretty cool, but now, I am thinking I need a tv in my new gym.

[wilbur]

Doing a quick Friday fly-by. Super busy at work with a major project due next week.

Out for a 4+ miler last night and it was over the top humid. Just gearing up for next weekend. I'm doing a race on Sat. (6+ miler)(they call it a 1/4 marathon) & Sun. (10K).

I also got new shoes. I'm on the 4th pair of the Alchemy7 (Mizuno).
I see we have alot of Kayano lovers. I'm a strong disliker. I have worn other Asics & Sauconys. The Kayanos are the only shoe to give me knee pain. Just goes to show you why there are so many types of shoes available.

Connie, enjoy your new toy.

Eva, glad to hear baby Phoenix is coming home today.


Going to the cottage for the weekend. Happy training & stay hydrated. I think the warm temps and humidity are with us through the weekend......Sue

[windwalker]

Eva the shoes are designed for cross country racing but have lots of the features of a good walker. After 2 walks of 4 miles I'm really loving them. For under $40 I'm excited about them.

Denise hang in their darlin, you are very important to us and having you for a buddy is priceless.

Connie glad your tready and you are bonding.

Margie:hug:

I had a super walk this morning, I'm feeling better and better every day and I'm so glad since that dehydration knocked me for a loop for a while.

Have a super day everyone

Hydrated Panda:hippie:

[wellesleyprincess]

I was up early and ran a practice 5k. My time was 29:30 (which breaks down to about a consistent 9:30 mile if I calculated right). I've managed to maintain a pace that will put me at or below a 30 minute 5k every day this week, so hopefully I'll be able to break it at the race tomorrow. Tomorrow's race is typically one of the largest in town (about 200 participants), but there's another race in the nearest big city so that may cut it down somewhat this year. My first goal as always is just to finish but once again I'd really like to break 30 (or 31) minutes at a race, since I've done it so much in practice, but it'd be nice to have it recorded. The morning runs have worn me out (I came back and took a nap this morning). Luckily, I discovered caffinated Propel and that has helped some.

[Lynn G]

Propel with caffeine? That sounds very promising! I usually mix propel and gatorade, but for races, I need a little caffeine, and I don't drink coffee before races, I have been eating a few expresso beans (chocolate covered, of course).

Funny thing about the baby robins, when I cannot find them, I am sad they are gone, and I miss all the noise they make, then when I do find them again, I think "Why are you still here? Why haven't you flown off yet?". Is it the same with kids? (I have only the 4 legged variety).

I am beginning to think that my knee pain is IT band problem, rather than the runner's knee problem I have had for years! The pain seems to be more on the outside of my knee, rather than under and behind my knees as it usually is. That would now give me all three most common running injuries - PF, runners knee, and IT band syndrome (or whatever it is called)!!! It has gotten worse the past 2 days that I have been wearing the Saucony's for the short walks, I will go back to the Asics-Kayano's and see if it goes away again.

Tomorrow is a 10K race, so only did a short dog walk around the block (1.25 miles). We will see how the race goes, hopefully better than training has been lately!

Have a great day!

[wellesleyprincess]

I think the Propel with caffeine is new. It was on special (buy one get one free) at CVS this week. According to the label and website it has as much caffeine as a cup of tea plus vitamins B12, B6, and B3 and all the "nutrients" of normal propel. It taste more like very watered down gater than the normal Propel.

Lynn, Good luck with the 10k tomorrow!

[Scott H]

Jen you will ROCK in your race, with your training, and the excitement of a race you will do well.

Mega busy at work, interfering with basement work LOL, had court today last min, so it shot the day, did get soem house chores done and packing,we are all set for our 10 K tomorrow, hope it is cool,

Sorry I have missed what ya all are up to, life has been hectic, Lynn really is great about keeping me together.

More tomorrow, be god have fun and enjoy

[funwalker]

Long day yesterday :rotfl:

I did get to the gym for my regular lower body workout, bike, & stretches.
I do my longer walks on Saturday, but if I don't get rid of this headache and get some sleep an early morning walk will not happen :confused3

More thunder storms in the forecast for today. :rolleyes1

Eva - We are PTL that baby Phoenix is coming home! :angel:

Scott & Lynn - :woohoo: 10k race

Well, what they don't think of - Propel with caffeine!

Denise We can relate, but have learned it is a waste of time and energy to worry about it. :grouphug:

Did some scrap booking last night. It is fun, but it is way too time consuming and expensive for me to do on a regular basis. :upsidedow

My new Brooks NightLife Jacket came today. It is Kwel ... You look like a Bumble Bee attacked by Lightening Bugs. :goodvibes

[windwalker]

Margie that made me laugh about the Bee Jacket. That will go great with our wish colors.

Scott, Lynn and Eva good luck on your races. I think I'm finally going to get to race on the 9th of Aug. That will be my first competitive race since the 10K Classic last Oct.

Oil prices are dropping, or pump prices here have dropped from a high last week of $4.14 to last night on the way homne it was $3.95. It's a start. Now if that trend will continue.

I'm off for a light workout and then some marketing and finally work.

Have a wonderfull day y'all.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[funwalker]

:hippie: Do like my jacket-I wanted one since it came out. Where is your Race on August 9th? :goodvibes

No walk this morning. Headache is gone, but I feel drained. Maybe I can get one in later or take my little guy out while DD & DSIL is at the movies tonight. :thumbsup2

Our prices dropped from $4.24 to $4.09 yesterday! Hummmmm...I can remember gas wars where gas was .35 per gallon - no I am NOT kidding, just old. :lmao:

Have a Great Day Everyone, Enjoy all the Moments - Racers, and keep hydrated!

[Steffwalks]

Margie I remember using my school lunch money each week to buy gas for the entire week, including a dragging main on Saturday night!!! Lunch money was only $2! -- Bumble bees and lightning bugs!!! :goodvibes That's just way tooo cool...warm...neato! Got to take a look at that one!

Scott I will try to be god, but I think I will have to settle for merely good!! :rotfl:

Propel and caffeine. Hmmm, interesting. That certainly flies in the face of all that, "Caffeine is a drug that has no beneficial side effects." Knew they were blowing cigarrette smoke all along.....:rotfl:

Jen, Lynn, Scott! Have a great race!!!

Did a 5K on the tready this morning. Did some more hill work. Got to be able to do those hills as the Palo Duro Canyon race is in October. It is called, "the Grand Canyon of Texas" and it is truly awe-inspiring. The race is a trail race and the trail is just about good enough for deer to walk single file. It has lots of hills - up and down. It's hard work, but a beautiful race.

[wdw4us]

OK, I'm back. Things are better today and they were yesterday too. I get in a funk now and then which is not my usual ways.

Mark and I went for an early am walk yesterday did 4 miles and we both felt way better - and all day too. We planned an early 5 miles this morning but the house needs to be brought up to speed, I have a lot of cooking to do and it's hot so early am is best. Mark is painting a tv wall unit and cabinets, he grouted the tile for the pellet stove so we're getting things done.

Last year when I was training a lot we I had gone to dream dinners to pre-make food for the month so I could concentrate on training and not stress about making dinner. So now I make my own "dream dinners". We go to Sams club, purchase in bulk and spend a day cooking and freezing. Today it's Lasagna. Last week it was Chinese Pie and another casserole. I'll make 4-6 of them depending on how thick I make them. All with turkey and low fat cheese so we don't add on the pounds in the process. It's hot but in the long run, it's way easier during the work week. I grab something out of the freezer, have it thaw in the oven during the day and set the oven timer to start cooking while I'm on my way home from work. Of course, some of them go to the kids too. Their poor and rather than handing over cash, I give them a dinner. It's cheaper and they DO appreciate it.

Thanks to everyone for their upbeat comments. I am better and sleep has made me a lot less stressed.

Take care, no walking for me except up and down to and from the basement on the way to the freezer. It's beastly out there.

Nice having friends to cheer me on!:cheer2:

denise

[windwalker]

Denise you mean a lot to us my sister, so glad to hear that you are back on the up swing. You are so much more than you realize but I have a feeling that several people around you know just how special and wonderfull you are.

Hi everyone, sorry but I'm off to work and no time to say hi to each of you but you guys are all aces.

Working Panda:hippie:

[wellesleyprincess]

So the race went VERY WELL this morning.

Just got out of the shower and am exhausted, but I had to go ahead tell people who would understand.

Two things: 3rd in Age Group (and this was a larger race for my area around 200 runners)

and

Under 28 minutes (27:37 to be exact) which was my goal for the entire summer; watch out 26 minutes I coming after you lol

ETA: I'll post a full report later

[Steffwalks]

Congratulations!!! Princess!!! Way to go, kickin' a 5K like that!!!!

Denise So glad you are feeling better with more sleep and less stress. Never forget, we ARE Hakuna Matata!!! No worries! :love: :grouphug:

How's it going, everyone else???

[wdw4us]

So the race went VERY WELL this morning.

Just got out of the shower and am exhausted, but I had to go ahead tell people who would understand.

Two things: 3rd in Age Group (and this was a larger race for my area around 200 runners)

and

Under 28 minutes (27:37 to be exact) which was my goal for the entire summer; watch out 26 minutes I coming after you lol

ETA: I'll post a full report later

NICE!!! We have a 5k here in town on 8/14. Mark is designing the back of the shirt for our team members at work. Some are runners, joggers, walkers and stroller (slow walkers) it's a family fun 5k.

Remember, it counts double for miles when you do a race! Thanks for helping the team.

signing off, thunder storms are looming, oh and I made 6 Lasagna's for the freezer - Who needs supper tonight? Come on over and pick one up!

denise

[Scott H]

WOW Lots to catch up on,

1st OFF JEN YOU ROCK GIRL!!!! Way to go congrats, I am old and slow and there are some fast old guys here, so my mantra is “hey I am out there doing it and not watching”

Our race went well, It was very hot and slowed me down, was doing well untill the course went out to the hinterlands , no shade at all on the high prarrie, antelope and missle sites, The race was on the FE Warren AFB, well done, Lynn was best in her Cat. I did average a 10:34 pace, and was very happy with that.

We could have been more prepaired, I.e. more sleep, dopey new computer was giving me fits with driver issues, I hate computers, got it figured out today., cut into my sleep time last night.

No shower yet, changed the oil in the Jeep, will go to Frontier days later today and are planning a major work day on the basement tomorrow, Looks like I will be traveling on Monday, want to get back to see the Thunderbirds Wend say morn,

Court went well on Friday, another one bites the dust.

Good job team getting those miles in .

Denise, that is kinda what we d with Sams Club stuff, have fin with the house project, we texture the basement tomorrow. Lasagna sounds great.

Connie do try the best ya can to be good I know it is not fun at times. LOL

Dave have fun at work,

next race is Susan Komen 5K, then the DL½. Then TOT , then WDW Yeah!!!!!

Gotta get stuff together for our trip in a week, called Credit card CO’s to let them know we will be outta the country.

Later Kiddies, can’t wait to meet those of you we have yet to meet, that will be KEWL!!! And to see those familiar faces will be very KEWL!!!!

[wellesleyprincess]

Scott it was one of those "old guys" that got me my sub 28 time and 10:30s are great. Hey, that's what I was running 3 weeks ago. I keep trying to convince my parents to at least try walking the 5ks, but they don't want to do it if they can't run it. ugh.

The morning runs paid off well. As did the lesson from last week not to start near the front.

So here's my full race report.

This course is really nice in my opinion. No really big hills, but some nice changes in elevation. I don't like perfectly flat courses. My legs get bored.

I started off nice and steady and stayed pretty much middle of the pack passing people here and there but relatively consistent. I hit mile 1 at 8 min 40sec-ish. That's awfully fast for me. I occasionally run sub-9min miles but I usually feel like I'm going to die. I don't. The clock must have been started late. I just keep going at my current pace.

Mile 2 goes well. I actually grab water at the stop run my the wonderful children from the Hebrew School at the synagogue (sp?). I hit mile 2 marker at 17:35 ish. Somethings has to be wrong. I yell to the race volunteer that the clock is off. I feel waaay too good to have rune 2 sub 9:30 minute miles.

Mile 3 it seems like everyone is running single file. The race is spreading out. I hit the 3 mile mark at 26:15 ish. I normally sprint the last .1 but I try and legs just don't feel like it. I'm well past where I need to be to meet my personal goal of a sub-30 5k so I decide just to keep running normally. My nearest competitor is a good 15 seconds ahead and is a 30 something army reservist. There's no point in trying to catch him. Well apparently fate had other ideas. All of a sudden a just passed middle aged man (late 50s/early 60s, reminds me of my dad) appears at my side as slow down from the attempted sprint. He says to me, "You aren't going to let an old man beat you, are you young lady?" So he and I sprint neck and neck for the finish line. I finish 1 and 1/2 seconds before him at 27:28 officially. I then proceed to dry heave a couple of times just past the finish line. I also through off my mother who was watching by telling her before the race that I wouldn't finish until at 28 minutes and probably not until 30. So she had just started towards the finish line.

Like I said earlier 3rd in my age group and 89th out of 180 overall.

My mom and I went and saw the Dark Knight and went to the running store this afternoon. So it's been a great day.

I'll be heading to my grandparents tomorrow. So I'll be running but I probably won't post again until Tuesday.
So

[french lady]

Good evening team,

-WOW, nice race and time Wellesleyprincess. And, already a new goal for the 5K. Congratulation. How was the movie and was the trip to the running store your gift to yourself for the excellent time???

-I was back to work this week after a 2 weeks vacation and I've decided to go back on vacation for a week. Life is good..

- As an older person (and wiser??? don't think so), I remember when a chocolate bar was 10 cents.

-To all my Canadian friends, I just finished reading a Canadian magazine on running called IRUN and it is very good. They talked about Canadian athletes, nutrition, races in Canada. I could not find it in Sherbrooke,Qc so I subscribe. It's published every two months. The same with the Canadian running magazine, another magazine published every two months. It was about time that we have running magazine in Canada.

- Well it's Tour de France time.
Have a nice week-end
Diane

[Dawnie]

I finally had a chance to go buy myself some new running shoes today. It was the first time I had ever went to an actually running store and had someone fit them for me. Found out like I suspected that I needed a stabilizing shoe, so I'm excited to try them out.

BUT the most important part is when it was down to me deciding between 2 different shoes, I chose the ones that felt better NOT the pretty blue ones! I guess I am actually becoming serious now. :cool1: You all would have been so proud of me. :woohoo:

Congrats to everyone who raced this weekend!:cheer2:

[Scott H]

Dawn, wise choice n the shoes, very wise.

Jenn, great report, kewl story,

New stupid computer all set up, sleep i calling but JB concert on Siriusis just too good,

Challenged now to get my rear in gear and bump up my miles next week even being on the road.

If any of ya are in the area tomrrow, i will amke ya a breakfast buritto adn then you ca help with texturing of the dry wall.

[Steffwalks]

Good Job, Dawnie!! Feels good should always trump pretty

Taking a rest day, today. Worked hard on hills this week!

Scott, wish I was going to be in the area tomorrow, but alas, I am still going to be here.

Y'all have a great day!

[windwalker]

Hi guys, basicly a rest day for me. I did some brisk walking at the mall waiting for Erica to get off work so we could do breakfast.

I'll be doing some yard mowing later after I get off work. That mowing has really done wonders for my achillies, the knot of scar tissue that has been bothering me is almost gone.

Have a great Sunday dear friends.

Happy Panda:hippie:

[bunnyfoo]

Good morning team! Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend :goodvibes I've been waiting to go running this morning. It's been raining pretty hard and I can't tell if it's going to let up. Normally I don't mind a little bit of rain but it is pouring outside - the kind where you get soaking wet just going out to the car. So I'll wait a little bit longer and then I'll have to put it off until this afternoon.

Jen - Congrats on another amazing race!! You go girl :cheer2: I want to see the Dark Knight but haven't had the time this weekend. My local theatre is playing it on four out of eight screens. I can't wait to see how much it's going to pull in this weekend.

Diane - I think The Running Room carries IRun. When I was in there last month, they had a couple of copies beside their own magazine and their catalogues. I think they were free.

Dawnie - Yay for picking the shoes that you feel better in! I use to go for a more stylish "running" shoe. My PT recently told me that I shouldn't even be walking in them because they have too much of a heel. The things you learn - I never would have thought that Shox have a heel but after talking to some of my other friends it isn't a great shoe for other sports either.

Scott - Congrats to you and Lynn on the 10K! That was a great pace :goodvibes

Connie - I have a TM but I'm not suppose to be running on it. Most people have an easier time with their joints on the TM, except for me :rolleyes: Go figure!

Denise - :hug: Glad to hear you're feeling better! I have the same stress with money too. Some days I think I should be saving my money and not going to WDW in January... Btw, I shortened my stride going up that hill yesterday and I definitely didn't feel as tired. But I think you're right that it's something that's going to come with practice.

Eva - I think I'm going to do some hill work this week. Let me know how it goes for you :)

Ok well, I think the rain is finally letting up so I'm going to get out there! Have a great day everyone!!

[funwalker]

:cheer2: :cheer2: Congratulations, Jen, Scott & Lynn! Great Times! :cheer2: :cheer2:

How is our little Baby Phoenix today? :angel:

Dawnie, we are proud of your choice of shoes - Way To Go! :thumbsup2

Connie, are you piling up the miles on the 'Dreadmill'?

DD & SIL went to the 'Dark Knight' last night and said it was awesome (?) Probably not my type of movie so I will take their word for it :upsidedow

:hippie: That is Great News :goodvibes I'll be doing some yard mowing later after I get off work. That mowing has really done wonders for my Achilles, the knot of scar tissue that has been bothering me is almost gone.

Not sure what today will bring - I took an extra rest day. I am having a sinus thing and just tired. It rained hard all day yesterday and thunderstorms are expected today. :sad2:

Enjoy the Moments! :grouphug:

[Scott H]

Put a big done stamp on the basement Texture, I want credit for holding up a dry wall texture gun for three hours with about 35 [pounds of mudd in it LOL

Off to Lowes to return a couple of buckets o mudd and get some paint, Lynn needs a project next week, LOL

Glad folks are feeling better and others are being smart and resting,

TTFN be good and have fun and just enjoy life, we only get one shot at it so make it fun, if ya don't it is your own fault.

[Scott H]

Went by Sierra Trading Post, before Lowes, scored a pair of Ascic Kenyanos for $53.00, also got a running top and Lynn got a sport bra, also a couple of free t-shirts.

My old new balance race shoes need to be replaced, I say that every race, now they can be retired, to every day wear.

[Villains_Rock]

Today is 11 miles LSD. :scared1: Then I weight in to hopefully be at goal at WW. I'll start maintenance and make lifetime in just enough time to go to WDW and gain it all back eating Dolewhips and French Toast Loaf! Luckily I'll have 3 weeks of get rid of all those calories before I have to weigh in again. Wish me luck on goal! :wizard:

Jennifer - You rock at 5Ks!!! Way to go...GREAT time on that!!!! Also, I loved the race report...I for get how exciting race day can be!! :cool1:

Denise - I'll take some of that lasagna off your hands...or out of your freezer as it were..lol! Yummmmm!!

Scott - Great pace for a hot day! The heat really does zap you doesn't it?! I used to like running in the heat for some odd reason, but now I do whatever I can to avoid it. I woke up at 4 today on my day off to prepare to leave at 5:30 for my long run. :upsidedow PS - Jealous of the price on the Kayanos!!

Vicky - Well...another week gone by and no hills. I ran two hilly routes this week, but no repeats. Today is my LR day so it a clean slate for the coming week. I'm hoping to try it out. I'll let you know!!

Margie - Today is the day that we get to meet Baby Phoenix!! I'll take pictures! My mom and I are headed there right after I finish my LR and hit WW for weigh in! Stay tuned!!

To the rest of the team...HAPPY TRAINING!!!

[windwalker]

Good morning guys.

We are off in a few minutes for our first 12 mile walk since January. Wish us luck. The biggest issue will be the heat, it's forcasted to be close to a 100 degrees today with high humidity.

Hydrate Hydrate Hydrate!!!

After the walk Erica has PT for her toe. The second toe on the left foot has a locked joint in the joint closest to the foot. They said she probably already had it but the discomfort of the bunions over shadowed it.

We had grand children over to visit last night and the house is wreaked. We should name a major storm after them. The poor dog will need therapy.

Walk/run/rest/love Strong everyone

Hydrated Panda:hippie:

[Steffwalks]

Good morning, Team!!! :goodvibes

We went to see "Mamma Mia"! It was great fun. DH, is the one who wanted to see it! :rotfl: And even he enjoyed it tremendously. Meryl Streep was great and who knew, Pierce Brosnan could be so funny?

Off to do some more hill work, today. Just can't get enough of those hills! :lmao:

[Scott H]

Got up and felt like crud, just beat, unusual for me, I think it was holding the texture gun over my head for three hours.

Will see if a day off helps.

Hey anyone ever try that 5 hour energy stuff??? It is advertised a bunch during the Tour?

You guys have a great long dist day, way to go. Hydrate Hydrate Hydrate

[funwalker]

Good Morning Team! :goodvibes


Scott & Lynn - Way to Go on finishing the texuring...YEAH!!!! Feels so good to get one more major thing accomplished. I liked your choice of rewards from Sierra Trading Post too! :cool1:

:hippie: I do understand -that grandchildren chaos it is happening around here daily. My living room looks like a disaster area of a day care center most of the time. :lmao:

:hippie: And Erica, hope your walk was okay, stay hydrated, and be safe - I cannot imagine your heat & humidity. I don't walk outside when its over 80 degrees...I really get :sick: My little Hagen is sleeping. When he wakes I plan to go for a short walk on the most shaded route, if it is not raining.

Erica - hope the PT makes your toe WAY better! :goodvibes

Connie, sounds like a movie I would like. We went to see "Mamma Mia"! It was great fun. DH, is the one who wanted to see it! And even he enjoyed it tremendously. Meryl Streep was great and who knew, Pierce Brosnan could be so funny? :upsidedow

Eva - I am eager to hear/see little Phoenix :angel: May your WW experience be all you hoped it would be and you have now achieved Life Time Maintenance!!!! :thumbsup2

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team! Hope everyone had a good weekend!

As Scott said, we had a good 10K race, again, I was dead last, as the only walker doing the 10K, but according to Scott, I won my class in the race (being the only woman over 50 doing the 10K:lmao: ) I did not get another personal best, but it was a respectible pace for me (14:10). Of course, todays 6 miles, I could not get over a pace of 16 again!!! At least I seem to do better in races than in training!

The baby robins are still in the backyard, but they no longer have adult supervision! They are now big enough and fly well enough to escape the dogs, so we have allowed the dogs access to the entire backyard again! The robins have discovered the cherries on the cherry tree, we have bird netting over it, but that is not stopping them from getting at the cherries near the outside of the netting!

The basement has been textures, so now I get to start painting, I will start this afternoon, the basement is the coolest place in the house! I am really interested in seeing how the color we picked out works, and I do want to unseal the finished rooms, now that the sanding is done, but I will leave the plastic up on the doors until I have painted around them, then I will not worry about getting paint on the doors.

OK, better go get busy! Have a great day!

[wilbur]

Good Afternoon All,

Jen, Scott & Lynn congrats. on your weekend races.

Dave/ Erica, hope this morning wasn't too hot and all went well on your 12 miler.

Eva, congrats. on WW.

Diane, I was able to pickup the first two copies of iRun at the local
Running Room Store. Great magazine. There is also another new mag. Canadian Running (www.runningmagazine.ca). It was ok but preferred iRun.


Had a great weekend at the cottage. The lake is warming up nicely and we were able to get in swimming. Got out for 2 3+ milers with my trusty bear whistle. We woke up Sat. morning to mama and her cub in the backyard. She's quite a bold little mother and had wrecked havoc at the neighbors earlier in the week. Tore off the gazebo screen door, shed door and screen from the cottage door.

Have a great run/ walk tonight. We might be in for rain or T-storm....Sue

[Goofyin08forErica]

Hi everybody!!!

We did a really hot 10 miler! A bank thermometer at the 4 mile mark read 88 degrees:eek:
My Garmin's battery died right before the 4 mile mark. I had the dumb thing plugged in and thought it had charged...nope. Luckily I knew the distance.

Went to PT my toe feels tons better.

Hope everybody is doing good!!!

Erica:)

[wdw4us]

Hi everybody!!!

We did a really hot 10 miler! A bank thermometer at the 4 mile mark read 88 degrees:eek:
My Garmin's battery died right before the 4 mile mark. I had the dumb thing plugged in and thought it had charged...nope. Luckily I knew the distance.

Went to PT my toe feels tons better.

Hope everybody is doing good!!!

Erica:)

Don;t you just love PT!! They sure have worked wonders for me. 10 miles, you deserve a medal. It's quite hot here too so I"m not sure what I"m going to do tonight. I think I may break open the Pilates for Dummies and work on that. Mark is a bit under the weather so I doubt he'll venture out tonight.

We plan on 4 miles in the morning, so if I'm not with him, Miranda wants to come with me so I'll have a buddy.

We tried on our dresses for the wedding. We can both zip them up but they need to be loose so we'll work on that whole core thing today. We have 3 months to get into them properly.:rolleyes1

Have a good night all.

denise

[windwalker]

It was forcasted to be close to 100 degrees and as we were doing our 4th mile on the way to 10 miles the themperture was already 88 humid degrees at 8:00 am. By the time the 10 miles were over it was an even more humid 96 degrees.

After a break for pancakes with blueberries, a coffee and lots of water. Then I went home and push mowed the yard for 2 hours. I took 2 5 min breaks and drank 20 oz of G2 sports drink on each break.

Then after a shower and another bottle of water I vacuumed the house and mopped the kitchen floor. I still had a ton of energy and that is normal for me.

Then we went to a buffett for dinner so Erica could get a bunch of different veggies and I couls get baked fish and veggies. After dinner we met my son and the three grand kids and did the fair.

Been a long day so the panda is off to bed.

Ya'll have a super evening.

Tired Panda:hippie:

[Villains_Rock]

Just a quick update since I'm at the office...

No pictures of Phoenix yet since we used my mom's camera. She is not conputer savy so until my dad gets home or I go back to their house we won't get them uploaded. Soon though I hope!

Thanks for the congtrats about WW. I'm a bit worried though as I looked at my calendar to plot my maintanence weeks I've noticed that my last week of weigh in is actually while I'll be in WDW!! I'm hoping they will let me weight in the day before we leave instead, but if they make me wait til I get home I WILL NOT be at goal. The heat, sodium and walking for 6 days will make me retain water. I blow up at WDW!!! Anyhow...so that's my big worry for this week until I can get in and talk to my instructor. Fingers crossed..I'd love to have an enjoyable vacation without that to return to! :worried:


Anyhow...today is a rest day for me. We are going out for sushi and to see the Dark Knight!! YAY!!

Happy Training Team!!!

[wdw4us]

Good Morning;

Did my first Pilates for Dummies session last night. I’m no where near able to do the stuff she does but it was my FIRST session. After I was done, my left hip felt much which is the one the PT and Mark have had to yank on for me. I actually felt good all over and not very sore today.

Went out for 4 miles this morning. Way before the heat hit us here. So all in all it’s a good day. But then again it's 8:26 am a lot can happen quickly.

Take care everyone.

denise

P.S. – Dave, I’d collapse after that kind of day!

[Steffwalks]

Good morning Team!

Denise - Pilates will come. It just takes a while. I am so glad it is good for your hip. As much as I hate doing it ( and I do hate it) it is good for my hip and back. Learning to do Pilates with the Dummies series is great. When you get further along and you don't need all the extra instruction that she does, I have some great Pilates videos for you to try!

Eva - Patiently waiting for the photos of Phoenix. :surfweb:

Dave - What fun 8 grandkids. Love to see them show up.....Love to see them leave. But what fun in the middle! :love: Are you going to send the dog home with any of them?? :rotfl2:

Sue - You guys had a bear-y good time! :rotfl: I would agree, she was a little mother......!!! :rotfl: I hope the expense Mamma Bear caused is covered by insurance.

Yesterday, I had some great intervals. I actually did .2 miles at a 12:00 pace!!! If I can do it for .2 miles, it won't be long before I can do it for 2 miles!!! :banana:

My truck is still in the shop. Dang it. I took it in last Thursday. It seems that it needs a sleeve thing for the transmission. I don't know the technical term but it is a pricey part at $700 and of course, the higher a part the more difficult it is to put in. Can't wait to see the bill on this! :scared1:

By the way, it is that time of week, again! Get your miles and hours in! We are the hurs leaders!!!:woohoo:

[bunnyfoo]

Morning everyone! Went for a 3 mile walk yesterday to walk off some of the goodies I had eaten over the weekend :) It's cooler here but the humidity is still high. It's making it difficult to increase my mileage and I'm really trying to avoid the TM.

Sue - Yikes! Bears! A friend of mine at work said they came across one while camping a couple of weeks ago. They managed to take a picture of it but then someone in their group freaked out and started running and screaming. Luckily they weren't chased by the bear.

Scott - Hope you're feeling better today!

Dave/Erica - The two of you are really racking up the miles! I'm still working my way up to 5 mile walks :) I think I have to increase my pace though, that way they won't take as long.

Connie - WTG on the 12 m/m! :) You know, there are times I end running that pace too because I'm so exhausted.

Eva - It's been a while since I've done WW but I think I was allowed to weigh in before I went on vacation. The thing is... I also weighed in after I came back home and I had lost. I think it's because of all the walking. I also tried to make *some* better choices *lol*

Stay cool and keep hydrated everyone! :)

[windwalker]

Good morning guys.

I'm still trying to decide if I want to do anything today. I have to work today but late so I have some procrastination time. I really should do some weights but that means at least a half hour of brisk walking to warm up since I have to have a good sweat going before I'll do weights.

Connie, I really don't want to tell Erica I gave her dog away. That was the Valentines Day dog, remember that story. She has already told me it's to bad I'm not one of those moles in the Whack a Mole game cause she could go through some quarters booping me.

She rode rides with the kids at the fair last night, I'm not a big ride fan, (yes I'm a ride whussy), but I enjoyed the bumper cars and the Merry Go Round, I rode the horse with no hands to.:cool1:

Walk/run/rest/love strong everyone.

Procrastinating Panda:hippie:

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Connie - I will get to the weekly totals as soon as I am done posting, I promise!

Dave - Do we want to know the story about giving away Erica's dog?????

Erica - great job on the milage!

Today was an off day, I took the dogs for a 1.27 mile loop, then tried to calibrate the IPOD running - the problem being that the shortest distance to use for calibration is .25 miles, and I can only run about .15 miles at a time - I thought I could pause it, but that did not work, so I gave up and reset it back to default settings. I will wear it for the next few days and see how far off it is. I wanted it calibrated so I could use it to calculate time and miles on the ship. I may just have to count laps like I usually do if it is too far off.
Then I took the bike out, but my knee hurt so much that I turned around very early, of course, but the time I got home, my knee felt fine, so I should have just continued the bike ride!

Yesterday I took back the Saucony shoes, and got a pair of Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8's, they are supposed to be a support and cushioning shoe. I did wear them this morning with no problems, will see how they do on longer walk tomorrow. The store gave me full credit on the Saucony's, and the Mizuno's were only $5 more!

It seemed warmer earlier here today, I was out by 6:15, and did not stay out as long as usual, but I thought it was rather warm - did not check the thermometer for confirmation.

Need to get going and add all my miles and times for the week and get them to Connie! Have a great day!

[windwalker]

Ok I got off my butt and drove to the gym. Since I needed to warm up before the weights I decided to hit the road for a walk. It was late morning so already 90s and the kind of brutal humidity that you get just before a storm. I did my 4 mile hill route: first mile warm up 14:30, total time for the next 3 miles was 37:34 for a pace of 12:30 on the nose. I was pleased with that pace considering the hills and the heat.

When I got back to the gym I drank a bunch of water and then hit the weight room. Good bicep, shoulder and chest workout then a new exercise I thought up. Standing with a heavy barbell in each hand and twisting slowly as far each direction as I could for a count of 30 reps.

Lunch was a pound of fresh wild caught salmon and a box of microwave steamed veggies. The market had salmon on a manager's special sale since only one day before must sale date. $1.63 a pound.

Lynn the story was about how we got the chocolate lab. I thought you knew that story?

Cooling down Panda:hippie:

[Steffwalks]

Dearest Animal Loving Panda! I do remember the lab story, that's why I thought perhaps, you had arranged a new home!!! :rotfl: :lmao: :rotfl2: :rotfl:

Things are going so well for me physically, I can't believe it!! I just did 4 miles on the bike without hurting my hip!!!!

[funwalker]

Greetings to Our Team :cheer2:

This has to be on the run and I tried to read the post but know I missed 'stuff.' Sounds like some good happenings :goodvibes

Gym this morning - I must be more rested after two rest days or I am finally improving, as it seemed a much easier.

Connie, I will PM my times & miles tonight after I get back from my yearly physical :headache:

Enjoy!

[Goofyin08forErica]

Hi teammates!!

Went to the gym this afternoon and did a 6 miler on the dreadmill!! The morning storms did nothing to cool down the temp, and only slightly lowered the humidity.

Lynn: I'm glad that you got full credit for the Saucony's!!

Need to go and process some fresh ears of corn!!!

Erica:)

[Scott H]

Hey Lynn, if ya get this add a 3.7 miler for me this morning at 32 min.

Been on the road since yesterday, about one hour or so from home, on hte air card as partner drives, got reports all filed and good to go, hope to see the Thunderbirds tomorrow

Sue if we ever meet ask me about my bear story, they can be rather pesky,

Dave and Erica and other in those humid zones, stay cool.

I hope to get some miles in tomorrow morn,

Glad Lynn got a refund on those shoes, my $53, work just groovy, they seemed a little stiff, I finally broke down adn retired my NB shoes.

Later have a good evening,

[wellesleyprincess]

Quick update.

Back from my grandparents. I got in about 4 miles yesterday while I was there. Tried to run tonight but got caught in a thunderstorm so I only got in 1.5 miles.

[wdw4us]

Mark woke me at 4:45 this morning, he was not going to walk today as he has problems at work that he has to take care of. But he was putting on his shorts when I managed to get one eye open. Good thing, Miranda left a message that she wasn't well enough to go this morning so I'd have to go alone.

Did our 4 miles in about 48 min and I felt great. That one workout of pilates made my quads feel tight, my arms tight and belly in a bit of discomfort so I know it can work. Very encouraging so I will continue that since my quads are what hurt the most after the 1/2 in January.

Mark doesn't want me walking alone any more unless I wear my crappy clothes - so he'd best continue to get up so I don't have to wear my ugly workout wear. There aren't too many cars around at that hour but it only takes 1!

I have bee tonight and massage tomorrow. Oh ya, I have to take a picture of the quilt I made for my massage therapist - she's expecting in a few weeks. So I won't be posting too many miles tomorrow but I'll be back at it on Friday!

Have a good one all.

denise

[Steffwalks]

Good morning HK's!

Welcome home, Welleslyprincess! Hope you enjoyed your visit.

Denise - Why would you need to wear your ugly clothes if Mark isn't with you? Would he know?? :rotfl:

I rode my bike, yesterday! I actually rode for 4 miles!! Without hip problems. I guess Pilates is better than I thought! Finally, got the truck out, yesterday. $891. I had been thinking earlier in the month, that I wouldn't have to make a payment....I guess I was wrong. It was just a different kind of payment!

Off to do a quick 2 miles on the TM.

Make a great day!

[Scott H]

Denise, please post tyeh quilt pic here. They are KEWl, we have several quilts, family made ones, they are pretty special.

Got my but in gear and got in a 3.5 mile run, now here at work, two days down and I have in 30 hours already, no wonder I am tired.

Lynn did a great job on painting the basement, however, gulp the color is not what we expected, the tan/pink tone came out Magilla Gorilla Purple. She is reeally bummed as she wanted iot done before out trip. Oh well such is life.

Paper work to do so later, hope t get out and see the Thunderbirds this morn but there is rain in trhe forcase and hevy clouds over their performance area. Will see

Have a good one kids,

Connie, ouch on the Truck, was it a CV boot???

[wellesleyprincess]

I was up and out for another 3.5 mile morning run (roughly a 30 minute time). I have another morning race this coming saturday. The running club in town sponsors a race every weekend between the 4th of July and Thanksgiving. After this Saturday I'll have 2 weeks between races. I haven't decided if I'm gonna keep up the racing or just keep running while at school.
The Dark Knight was awesome. Although, *** Christian Bale?! I sure hope this stuff about assault is just a bad rumor.

Steff, Glad to know that Mamma Mia is good! My mom and her best friend, her best friend's daughter (who is a year older than me) and myself are going to go see it this weekend.

Glad everyone else's races this past weekend went well.

Best,
Jennifer

[bunnyfoo]

I managed to walk 7.5 miles yesterday! However, it was in three separate walks and the pacing was so-so. I figure it was a good start :) I also went for training yesterday, tough session - my arms are still sore! I watched another person who was there jumping rope. She was going really fast but still able to have a conversation with her trainer at the same time. I was impressed because when I jump rope at the gym all I can think about is when are my 2 minutes up?! :rotfl:

Jen - I hope the charges against Christian Bale turn out to be false too. I think this is the first bad rumour that I've heard about him and it just seems so out of character.

Denise - Crappy workout clothes? Hmm... those would just make me walk/run faster because I wouldn't want anyone to see me in my old sweat pants and t-shirt :laughing: I love wearing nice workout gear even if it ends up all sweaty at the end. Can't wait to see your quilt though!

Connie - Ouch! What happened with the truck? Glad to hear your workouts are going pain free :goodvibes

Scott - Are you going to redo the paint? Gorilla purple ... hmm... got any pictures?

Lynn - Glad to hear you were able to get credit for your shoes!

Take care everyone and keep up the great work!!

[Scott H]

yes we are testing, or I should say Lynn is retesting a new color as I type,

Jennifer, that is KEWL ya have a race every Sat, keeps ya going. Our next one is hte Susan Komen 5K.

I did get to see some of the T-Birds show, they are KEWL.

No pics of the color it is too ugly, actually a nice color but not for that room.

Glad folks are getting in some good miles. Rock On.

Folks at the office here really liked Dark Knight.

[windwalker]

Hi guys.

Our walk, 6 miles, went really well. Erica maintained a 15 mpm pace with no problems except the toe. She has a PT appointment for it today and tomorrow.

I'm still liking the new Brooks Mach 10s I wore them today and they were wonderfull. These may become my regular trainers if they continue to perform well. The Mizuno Percision 9s are not going to cut it. After walking in them a few days I was starting to get some ankle bone pain when I walked in them because they rub under the ankle bones. So Looks like my shoes are going to be the Mach 10 and the Mizuno Revolver.

I made us a very refreshing lunch of cucumber and tomato salad with green pepper and walnuts.

Walk/run strong y'all.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[wdw4us]

Many years ago when I was much younger and cuter and weighed a lot less I was powerwalking wearing my “nice” workout clothes which included a very sexy top. It was around 10 in the morning. I had a guy follow me in a truck. First time he slowed down, then he circled around and came back, by the 3 time, I knew the neighborhood enough and where to hide. I was scared to death I then would wear, a big t-shirt, ugly pants, hair pulled back, hat on, glasses and looked nothing like that cute person in the sexy top.

Today I had on my Wish shirt, wish hat and some new capri pants. Mark saw my outfit and decided – unless he’s with Miranda and I - no more tight fitting clothes! Yes, I’m starting to be cute once again – well according to him anyway.

Still waiting to fit in that darn skirt for the DD's wedding, I have 3 months!

Sheesh but I do feel way better and stronger!

denise

[Goofyin08forErica]

Dave & I did a really nice 6 miler this morning!! Maintained a 15 min pace. Toe feels a whole lot better since PT this afternoon.

Hope everybody is doing good!

Total for the week: 19 miles for me and will be giving ultramm 3 mi

Erica

[wdw4us]

Erica, what do they do for a toe? Seems so small. I have cramping in my ring finger and lately all I do is stretch it back and it seems to take care of it but a toe???

denise

[Lynn G]

Good Afternoon Team!

Yes, as Scott said, the color he picked for the basement did not meet our expectations - we bought a gallon of a different color, which is OK - so now I am waiting for Scott to come home with more paint so I can continue painting!

I did a 6 mile walk this morning in the new Mizuno's, they still feel good! It was very humid for here - 60 percent (our normal humidity is around 15-30 percent), so it made the 65 degrees feel warmer - that was at 6am.

OK, Scott has made it home, need to go paint!

[Scott H]

Many years ago when I was much younger and cuter and weighed a lot less I was powerwalking wearing my “nice” workout clothes which included a very sexy top. It was around 10 in the morning. I had a guy follow me in a truck. First time he slowed down, then he circled around and came back, by the 3 time, I knew the neighborhood enough and where to hide. I was scared to death I then would wear, a big t-shirt, ugly pants, hair pulled back, hat on, glasses and looked nothing like that cute person in the sexy top.

Today I had on my Wish shirt, wish hat and some new capri pants. Mark saw my outfit and decided – unless he’s with Miranda and I - no more tight fitting clothes! Yes, I’m starting to be cute once again – well according to him anyway.

Still waiting to fit in that darn skirt for the DD's wedding, I have 3 months!

Sheesh but I do feel way better and stronger!

denise

I really feel you ladies should be packing peper spray at a minimum, or a couple of large wolf like looking dogs, or running/walking with another person,there are times I should also carry something more, next month when I go to Dallas I will be running down town so I think I will be packing.

[Scott H]

Lynn is busy painting and I am picking up some of her chores for her,

[Steffwalks]

Ahhhh, Scott, everyone is packin' in Texas!

Thanks for clearing that up for me Denise. I just had to know!!! Dogs like me, and I scare most men, I live in Texas! :rotfl:

While DH is gone elk hunting, I am going to finish the garage and paint and decorate. So, that my home gym feels like a gym instead of a greasy garage. I will probably have to redo AFTER it becomes part of the house, but I can correct my mistakes. Anyway, Scott and Lynn, do you do consultations complete with directions??? :)

[funwalker]

Greetings!
Sounds like everyone is doing Great :cool1:

Lynn, glad you were able to get a full refund on your shoes. Bummer about the Not So Good Paint Color - :headache:

Erica, way to go on the great mileage last week. And the Good News that your toe is better today too! :thumbsup2

Denise, eager to see a picture of your quilt. I appreciate your DH attitude. It shows your are of great importance to him.Mark saw my outfit and decided – unless he’s with Miranda and I - no more tight fitting clothes! Yes, I’m starting to be cute once again – well according to him anyway. :hug:

It's cooling off a bit so I am off to get a walk in. :cool2:

[Scott H]

Ahhhh, Scott, everyone is packin' in Texas!

Thanks for clearing that up for me Denise. I just had to know!!! Dogs like me, and I scare most men, I live in Texas! :rotfl:

While DH is gone elk hunting, I am going to finish the garage and paint and decorate. So, that my home gym feels like a gym instead of a greasy garage. I will probably have to redo AFTER it becomes part of the house, but I can correct my mistakes. Anyway, Scott and Lynn, do you do consultations complete with directions??? :)

I knew that LOL!!!!

Yes more than happy to do consultations, I have a ton of ideas.

[Goofyin08forErica]

Denise,

They wrap my foot in a hot pack for 20 min. Then calf, shin, and ankles stretches with a resistence band. Then pick up towel with toes. Then ultrasound and then ice for 20 min. That is what I did today! Toe feels better after ultrasound and ice.

Erica:)

[Scott H]

Up and at um crew, you are burning daylight LOL

got my run ion today and thinking about taking tomorrow off and getting ajump on our trip, woudl do a long run in the morn then final packing and off to Denver to the Zoo, or up and long ruin and then install some cabinets, we will see waht mood we are in.

Later

[Steffwalks]

Hi guys!

Lynn and Scott - Have a blast and stay safe. I want to take another cruise! Already figured out where! On the other hand, we are talking a tour of the Denali National Park and watch the bears fish next spring!

Erica - PT sounds like.......fun?

Hi to everyone else!!

From atop the Cap Rock, I have managed to lose all but 1 of the pounds I caught during the "boat incident"! And I did 3 miles yesterday concentrating on hill work. Then I went to the doc! I have been having shoulder problems. Turns out, rotator cuff injury. I had a steroid shot in the shoulder yesterday and now I am taking steroids for the next two weeks. If this doesn't make a significant improvement, off to the surgeon I go. Sure will mess some of my plans.

My gym will be all done in cool Carribbean Ocean greens and blues, I am going to hang some full length mirrors to make it look wider and more spacious. I think that I will use the coordinating blues and greens to make a decorative (meaning no straight lines) criss-crossing lines through the middle of the walls and highlight it with some silver! ....maybe.....