Race Reports/Encouragement/Kudos for July 19 and 20

[Big Vic]

Saturday, 19 July

19 - aldisneygrl (Allie) HTC Twilight 5K, Huntsville, AL
19 - keenercam (Cam) Blood Bank of Delmarva 5k, Wilmington, DE
19 - Pungodingy (Angie) Bill Luti 5 Miler; Concord, NH
19 - postesf (Stacie) Beaufort Olde Towne Rotary Road Race, Beaufort, NC
19 - wellesleyprincess () DaDoo Run Run W.C. Handy Festival 5k, Florence, AL

Sunday, 20 July

20 – laxdef69 (Mike) Spirit of Racine 1/2 Ironman, Racine, WI



:jumping1: GO! WISH Team GO! :jumping1:

[postesf]

HI Vic. Can you add me to the list for tomorrow, July 19. I'm do a 5K in Beaufort, NC.

Thanks!
Stacie
:banana: :banana:
GO WISH TEAM!!!! :banana: :banana:

[Cherylbug]

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend.

GO WISH TEAM!!

[princessrunner]

Go WISH TEAM go!!
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[jessily]

Good luck everyone:cheer2:

[wtpclc]

Good luck WISHers!!!!! :cheer2: :cheer2:

Have fun and stay hydrated!

Public Service Announcement. ;)
Remember, no PR is worth being sick.

[twoWDWfools]

Go Team Go:cheer2: :cheer2:

[JustSmile]

:cheer2: :cheer2: Go, WISHers,Go!:cheer2: :cheer2:

[deekaypee]

:cheer2: GO, WISHERS, GO! :cheer2:

:woohoo: We're so excited for you and proud of you!!! :woohoo:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Caseydilla]

Good luck, everyone! :wizard:

[dsnyfan21]

:cool1: :cool1: Go WISH Team, Go WISH Team, We ROCK!! :cool1: :cool1:

:banana: :banana: :thumbsup2 :yay: :cheer2: :cheer2: :yay: :thumbsup2 :banana: :banana:

[aldisneygrl]

This is going to be my first evening run. It is just TOO HOT down here in AL to run during the daytime. :scared: I'm looking forward to it, but I'm a little askeered too. During my run on Wed., my left hip, buttock, and leg started hurting. :sad2: I know I won't get a PR, but I just want to finish with a decent time, and NOT LAST. Please send some running pixie dust my way. If I have my WISHERS behind me, I'll be fine! :thumbsup2

Good Luck to everyone else this weekend, especially you Stacie (think about how far we have come since Jan). ;) :thumbsup2

[dsnyfan21]

GO ALLIE!!! Sorry to hear about the left "buttocks" (Like how Forrest Gump would say) area. Hoping things go well for you and you don't hurt yourself more. Good Luck to you and hear is pixiedust: pixiedust: to help you along!!

[WDWFAN9]

WISHers ROCK!

[smileyk8]

GO WISHers GO
Hope your races are great fun, you determined and inspiring little lot :goodvibes Can't wait to hear some reports :surfweb:

[escape]

GO WISH TEAM!!!!

A big shout out to Mike for doing his first 1/2 Ironman! :woohoo: :cheer2:

Allie - good luck on the night race. The ToTerror last year was my first night race and I loved it. Just watch where you're going. :teeth: :cheer2:

Cam, Angie (Go Super Goofs!), Stacie and wellesleyprincess - Good Luck with your races! :cheer2:

[wellesleyprincess]

Here's my race report:

I haven't normally been a morning runner and so I've been getting up the past few days in order to practice. Apparently it paid off.

This course had a lot of soft hills. Nothing really big but kind of a lot of gradual change. This actually worked out really well. For some reason perfectly flat courses are just annoyingly monotonous to me. Anyway, I learned from last week and started of towards the middle of the pack to prevent the desire to take off too fast. Any way my goal had been 30 minutes based on my runs this week. I get to the first mile marker and the clock says 8:24. I think that can't be right when I run sub-9s I feel horrible but I don't now so I just keep going. Hit the second mile, the clock says 17:45. I still feel fine, so I tell the race worker your clock is wrong. He just laughs. I then hit mile three at 26 minutes and change. I normally sprint but legs are tired and I well ahead of schedule. My pacer for the last mile is a good 15 seconds ahead of me and he's a 30 something army reservist so I decide I'm not going to press it and satisfy for my happy 28 something PR. Well we've just past the 3rd mile and I sprint for a few feet and decide it ain't worth it. Then all of a sudden this slightly past middle aged man (turns out he was in his late 50s) says to me you aren't going to let an old man beat you are you. Well after that he and I both laugh and sprint for the finish line with me ending up 1 second ahead of me at 27:28. My goal for the summer had been a 28 minute 5k and this was only my second race. I cut 5 minutes off of my time from last week. It was also better than all my practice paces.
I placed 3rd in my Age Group and 89 out of 180 overall.

[wellesleyprincess]

I wanted to add Allie, I know evening runs in AL can be tough. My suggestion is drink as much water before during and after as possible and remember the heat will affect you so don't let that affect your feelings about your performance.

[Tiger Lily 03]

wellesleyprincess, Congratulations! Sounds like a fun event and I love that you had a "race" partner at the end.

[aldisneygrl]

Well luckily our race wasn't during the DARK of night, but luckily the sun was going down. :thumbsup2 Although it was still HOT and NO BREEZE here in AL. They had a kids fun run first at 6:15. I got there right after they started. DS was a little late getting back from his mission trip. Then the Men had their race. Then it was time for the Ladies. I'm not sure why they separated us except that the title of the race used to be Women's Distance Festival. :confused3 Anyway, I fired up my Garmin and it couldn't find the satellites AND it said the battery was low. :headache: Note to self: when getting running gear together for a race, make sure Garmin is charged. ;) Well, we started and it was still looking for the satellites. Once we cleared the trees it found them. :thumbsup2 Well, it died on my about a half mile in, and it WASN'T coming back on. I told my running partner, that we just needed to run like we always had, and we would be fine. We did well, not great, but not bad considering the heat and my hamstring. (Some friends have determined that it was my hamstring that I hurt on Wed.) We finished in 39:20 and 39:22 respectively. And my son was actually there to see me finish. :yay: He has never seen me run before, so I was glad to have him there. :thumbsup2

I was definitely not as speedy at wellesleyprincess, but not bad for a newly 40 yo woman. :thumbsup2 I think we represented AL very well today! Thanks for all your pixie dust because my hamstring hardly bothered me at all. You all are the BEST!!!:grouphug:

[Big Vic]

WTG Everyone!!

Good luck today, Mike!

[laxdef69]

the race report...stay tuned!

And thank you ALL for your support!

[postesf]

Great Job Allie and wellesleyprincess!!! Well done! :thumbsup2

Here's quick recap of my 5K this weekend. It was HOT, HOT, HOT and HUMID, HUMID, HUMID! I think it was already in the 80s when we started at 8am! It was in Beaufort, NC on front street so there was nice view of the water. All I could think about was how badly I just wanted to go jump in and cool down! :goodvibes

I was up at 6am. Started my day with a nice bowl of Gorilla Munch (a kid's gluten free cereal) I had some gatorade to hydrate and put on all my racing clothes. I walked outside about 6:15 to check out the temps. :eek: OMG! Already so warm and HUMID! This time I actually remembered my knee brace. Yay me. Mom and Matt both backed out this time, so I was on my own. We started just after 8am and the temp was just at 80 degrees w/ the relative humidity at 80%! I turned on my IPOD for my C25K W2D3 and I was off! During the first 1/2 mile, my shin started hurting... I was thinking...Oh my...not already, not a good sign. When I started my first run interval, the shin calmed down. I made it though and thought I would still do the interval until I finished...It was not to be so today. The sun beating down along with the heat and humidity...It just wasn't to be. I actually got a bit nauseated and decided then I would just walk the rest of it.

At the finish, They had icey cold towels!!! They were wonderful!!! I wrapped up in my cold towels, had some yummy oranges and then we went shopping! Had I know I'd be soaking from 1) sweating, 2) running through sprinklers 3) the cold towel dripping on me, I would have brought more clothes... Shopping when wet is not all that great...

Overall, it was ok race for me. I would do it again next year, but I think I will definately be more prepared for the heat and also just physically and mentally. It's tough knowing this is my 5th 5K and yet my slowest. Maybe next year, I'll do the 10K. It was very friendly for baby joggers. LOTS of them there and some of the guys pushing them were really moving!!!

Since Matt did not do it with me, he tooks a few pics:

Here you can see the line for those that had pre-registered. Check out the fancy card-board signs!

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/postesf/Beaufort%205K/dec42cf4.jpg

Here's me hanging out before the race:

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Here I come! HI THERE!

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There I go!

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/postesf/Beaufort%205K/fde6d2de.jpg

Part of the scenery!

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Almost done!

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/postesf/Beaufort%205K/bcfd6118.jpg

These cold towels are heaven!!!

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/postesf/Beaufort%205K/89ca7bcb.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/postesf/Beaufort%205K/29a83b7c.jpg

YUM! Best orange EVER! and WORST pic EVER!

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/postesf/Beaufort%205K/35ecd12c.jpg

[MouseDogMom]

Stacie - Great report! The pictures make me feel like I'm there with you (it helps that I know that area so well that I know what's on the other side of the street when I'm looking at the pix!) The picture with the orange just confirms what I've always suspected - this 5K may be too hot to justify the trip down there. Congratulations on finishing, and listening to your body.

Allie - Great time, especially for a newly 40 yr old in July! I've done the Garmin thing - went to a 5K on New Year's Eve and as soon as the race started, the Garmin died. My first thought was "dumb rookie!" You can believe I make sure it's charged now!

Wellesleyprincess - Terrific job on your 5K! When I first started I didn't think I'd like morning races, but I've found I actually run much faster. You did a great job pacing yourself too - that 26:00 is only a few weeks away!

Jackie