July Patriotic Warriors!!

[dsnyfan21]

Welcome to July Warriors!!

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Originally Posted by TigerLily03
New WISH Team members. If you read one thing over and over, believe this. Being part of this team is fantastic. Part of the ride you get for the event is what I call the roller coaster. There will be lots of ups and downs. The more you post here, the more you will find yourself enjoying the ride. It is an incredible journey. Don't be afraid, shy or whatever to come here and just post up anything.You don't have to know us right away, or all of us at all. You will get to know some of us. It makes the event you are enjoying have MORE meaning and we love to have you.

Smaller Support teams for the WISH racing team - please go to the thread to be placed on a team. We do this to keep the numbers to a manageable state and to spead out to all the smaller teams to try to keep it equal.


2010 Warrior Team Members:

Tracy/dsnyfan21 (team coordinator)
Amanda/DrMomof3
Amy/Becky11
Britney/Princess Bmoney
Carrie/wtpclc
Cheree/FortheMedal
Chris/GoofyinOhio
Courtney/Schmorks
Devon/LuggageLady
Erica/3DisneyKids
Jeff/mkymsehi
Jeremy/Johde
Jim/JimB
John/John VN
Kate/SmileyK8
Kathy/EmbroideryGrandma
Lily/Tiger Lily 03
Marcia/Mooshu
Michelle/MiaBand
Pam/Bookwood
Sarah/paxsarah
Sarah/SarahRose
Stan/Goofy57



PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I AM MISSING YOU!! :guilty:


Is everyone listed still participating - SOUND OFF everyone!!

****Please don't post until after Carrie has posted second for this month and then go crazy after that.

[wtpclc]

Reserved for races. Feel free to post away now!

[LuggageLady]

Howdy all! I am new to the group. I am running in the Disney World half in January with my Hubby and best friend. We are all from Houston, TX, and right now I have missed a week worth of runs because of this nasty rain sweeping across Texas. Can't wait to have the great support of this group and provide what ever support I can.

[johde]

Hi All (sorry this got a little long)

Luggagelady- Welcome to the group.

Carrie - Congratulation on the Tri

Jim - Here's hoping the weather breaks for you. Hot here up north so I can't imagine how bad it is down there. Although We've had about 3 cooler days this week.

Amanda- I hope you are feeling better. My dad had food poisoning one time and it took him a few weeks to get over it. But he wasn't good at trying to control the symptoms early on and ended up also getting dehydrated.

Boy it's been a long and at times worrisome couple of weeks. As you might remember, on June 16th I started taking blood pressure medicine. The good news is that the meds have seems to regulate my blood pressure pretty well. Other than at the Doctors, my blood pressure has been 104 to 120 / 60 to 84.

As for the worrisome part, that Monday and Tuesday, I had some discomfort in the Sternum and Shoulder that would come and go. Tuesday after work, even though I wasn't feeling anything at the time, I decided to go to the ER and get it checked out. Over the next 4 hours, I had an EKG machine hooked up, chest x-ray, and a pair of blood tests for cardiac enzymes. All of the results came back negative. They kept my most of that time because of wanting to run the second blood test 3 hours after the first one as the cardiac enzymes can had a couple of hours after a heart attack to show up in the blood. The ER Doctor recommended I contact my family doctor to get a stress test run to make sure it wasn't something activity related.

I went to my family doctor a week ago Friday and He told me to take a baby asprin as a preventative measure and scheduled my stress test at the hospital for the past Wednesday. I went to the hospital on Wednesday and so far the results look good. I had the stress test where they injected the radioactive dye into my vains and take a scan of my heart. Then did the treadmill test where they injected dye again. Finally, they took another scan of the heart. The cardiologist said the EKG during the treadmill test looked good. And right now, all I have left is a followup appointment with the family doctor to review the findings of the heart scans.

At this point, I'm fairly sure It's not the heart even with results of the heart scan still out (you would think if it was something real serious someone would have contacted me by now). So, for the past week or so, every little twinge would have me thinking is it the heart or is it nothing. But in doing that, I noticed for example the discomfort in my shoulder, which was bad again this Tuesday, started in the top of the shoulder and not the chest part of the should. I'm left handed and was teaching for 8 hours and for at least the first 6 I was writing on the board all the time. On top of that, I'm carrying around a book bag that is heavy, and when I lay down and watch TV it on the left hand side (which I was doing because the doctor told me to rest). So, I'm thinking it really is something with the shoulder and the discomfort would come and go with certain positions. The stuff in the center of the chest I am wonder if it was just something like acid reflux agrivated even further because of the worrying. Since Tuesday/Wednesday I've been feeling alot better. And yesterday worked out, slowly for the first time since this all began. I did 3 miles average about 17:00 mile and my max heart rate was only about 120bpm (at the stress test the goal was 153). The last time prior to the was when I did relay for life on June 18th.

My biggest take home is when it come to the heart don't mess around. Nobody has made me feel like I was wasting their time. When I told the ER doc I wasn't having any pain right then his reply was that's Ok that's what were hear for. I'm sure he was thinking It better for you to come in even if it's nothing than to ignore it and it end up being a something major. At the hospital, the techs in cardiology said that this stress test would provide a good baseline of cardiac ability of the endurance training I've been doing if it didn't find anything wrong.

In other news, my weight got down to 303 with some of that was not feeling like eating for a couple of days. I'm back up to 305 which is still a bigger weight loss than I've been having.

[DrMomof3]

I'm sorry for the scare Jeremy! Sending lots of healthy vibes and prayers!!!

Amanda

[dsnyfan21]

Howdy all! I am new to the group. I am running in the Disney World half in January with my Hubby and best friend. We are all from Houston, TX, and right now I have missed a week worth of runs because of this nasty rain sweeping across Texas. Can't wait to have the great support of this group and provide what ever support I can.

:Welcome: to the Warriors. Many of us will be there in January also!
Can we have your name so I can add you to the list?

[Embroidery Grandma]

Hi all Warriors and a Happy [COLOR="Blue"]4th of July

Luggage Lady welcome to the Warriors

Jeremy - glad that the medical issues are getting under control

My husband(John VN) and myself just finished our first official week of training of the 14 week program. On Tuesday and Friday we did a walk with some quick sprints for me. Today we did our Sunday walk. We did a 3 miler but I kept up an average pace of 17.37.:cool1: Than the rains came. I left hoping to miss the rain at 5:45 AM. John left earlier this morning and before getting with me had in 13.1 miles. Then he walked additional miles with me and his average was 13.54:banana:

I can now tell my own average. I purchased the new forerunner 110 and the Fit 2 Run took back my FR60 to my surprise. It was just great they did this for me.

Hope everyone else is doing well

Kathy

[johde]

Hi All

Kathy - Good luck on your program

I just got back from the Dr. and everything from the stress test was good. He's put me on Prilosec because he thinks it might be acid related. The blood test came back and the only thing out of the ordinary there was high cholestorol. The over all was a little high at 245 but the LDL was 191. He wants me to take Fish Oil and watch my diet and see if we can get it down naturally over the next three months before putting me on prescription medication. He would also like to see me lose another 10 lbs in that time.

This weekend was beautiful and I ended up getting out walking both Saturday and Sunday. I did three miles each time. My pace was slow but I havent done much working out for 2 weeks and I've heard that's a possible temporary side effect of the licinipril I'm taking for High Blood Pressure.

This week is supposed to be the first week of training for the Columbus Half Marathon in October. It's supposed to be terribly hot all this week with highs in the 90's and low's in the 70's. I haven't officially signed up for Colubus yet and I still have until the end of the month before the price goes up.

Thanks again for all your prayers and good thoughts during all of this.

[Embroidery Grandma]

Jeremy - Glad you got a relatively good report. :cool1:

Kathy

[LuggageLady]

I thought I had put my name. Sorry. My name is Devon! I hope everyone had a great 4th.

[Mooshu]

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

Welcome LuggageLady!

Jeremy - I'm glad everything turned out to be okay!

Kathy - WTG with the miles!

I got in a nice 16 mile bike ride on Saturday & 6 mile run and another bike ride on Sunday. The weather was beautiful! I need to cross train on my bike a little more, I was a little saddle sore from Saturdays ride.

Have a great week!

[smileyk8]

Devon Welcome to the wonderfullist team in the whole WISHy world!!! (i'm not at all biased and yet wonderfullist is definitely a word!).

Jeremy so pleased to hear your tests went well, can't imagine how scary doing those examinations must have been. Great work again for the weight loss.

Kathy You and your husband are doing amazingly! Great work, especially with that super early start!

Me did a long run 8miles on the treadmill in sunday because of wind and rain- although wish I hadn't because they'd turned the air con off!!!! hmm not pretty. This morning, up to do my speed work around our triangular green again- managed 4 lots of the longest sprints this time so getting there. Bit snowed under with uni work, but i'll try to keep up :)

[Bookwood]

Welcome Devon good luck on your program having people to "talk" to really helps!
Jeremy~ glad everything is ok and your work back to some workouts!

Things here have been slow- turning 55 mid June seems to have reminded my body of all the years I didn't take care of it and I've been plagued with minor issues- pulled hamstings one week- cramps in my calf so bad the next it's taken 3 weeks to feel better.
and I did something to the wrist I broke a few years ago (scrubbing the floor of all things) that has made it feel very week (so far I'm just wearing a brace for my classes I may have to do planks/push-up type moves in) and slowly it's starting to not bother me as much.

I'm running less distance right now than I would normally being until the calf feels 100% again. I should be on week 3 for the Fort4fitness race in Sept but will got 2-3 miles today (indoors because of heat/humidity) depending on how the calf feels.

I hope the rest of you have been having a better training time than I have.

Sorry for the whining!

I did sign DD#2 and I up to be a team for the Princess in Feb since I won't be at the WDW Marathon weekend this year!

[paxsarah]

Hi everyone, I'm new! My name is Sarah and I'm planning to run the WDW half in January, as well as the Athens GA half in October. The decision to run the WDW half was what got me back into running mode for the first time since my kids were born (DS 4.5 and DD 1.5). Prior to kids, I had run several 10-milers but these will be my first half-marathons. In January, one of my friends mentioned on Twitter that she registered for the WDW Goofy, and it started all the gears turning in my head. I figured, if I had 11.5 months to plan, even a slacker like me could get ready for a half-marathon! ;)

So, I'm taking it slow and steady, and I think I'm going to get there. (Pretty much, my entire running style ever has been slow and steady - but whatever gets me to the finish line!) The bonus is, if I can do our hilly local course in October, I think WDW will not be a problem.

I'm looking forward to having a team to share the journey! :cheer2:

[JimB.]

Happy HOT July Warriors!!

Been gone a while.

Training is difficult due to the heat. Went on a cruise last week. Managed to get 8.4 miles in on board + about a 1500 m open water swim. Ship lost power for almost 5 hours the last day at sea. No water, electricity, a/c, bathrooms, etc.. The crew very graciously set out water and lemonade to drink. In 1 place. On a 850' long ship. Anywhere else ya' had to pay. Very nice. Not.

Needless to say, probably my 1st & last Carnival cruise. I am officially a DCL snob & proud of it.

Put in 4.5 mile run yesterday morn & a 23 mile ride in the afternoon. My goal is 19 mph under all conditions. Got a bit of a way to go yet. I have to get out of the "comfortable" frame of mind & into the "train & push" frame of mind. I am trying to be more conscious of my RPE.

You all are doing great!! Keep it up!

Next up for me - the DL 1/2 in Sept & the Wine & Dine 1/2 in October. See ya there??

[John VN]

Early Good Morning to everyone. Pretty sure as I type this you-all are snoozing.:rotfl2:

Welcome Devon and Sarah. Jeremy-:thumbsup2 Great support group here.

81 degrees right now according to weather channel and I am getting ready to start my birthday ride. 2 miles for every year=120 miles :cool1::cool1:today. After about 60/70 miles on my own I'll hook-up with a group of guys that I can pace behind for 40 miles to make things a little easier then finish up on my own.

Kathy and I did a quick walk before dinner last night and she did great! Another longer walk tomorrow early AM before the sun comes up.

Well, I have the pb&j, banana, dark chocolate chips, raisins, nuts and water ready to go so out the garage door we go. BTW, lights and helmet are on:).

Have a great day everyone.

[DrMomof3]

Welcome Sarah and Devon!
John - Happy Birthday!!!!

I'm struggling in this heat! We've had several days with 100+ temperatures and some black-outs due to excess energy consumption in our area. Not conducive to training! I feel like it's not possible to drink enough water to keep up.
Probably good training for our August trip to Disney though.... :lmao:

Amanda

[johde]

Hi All

Amanda: Hopefully the heat will break soon. We had it hot here in Ohio but not that hot. The last couple of days the heat has started to break. It was 60 outside when I started working out at 8:00 this morning. The highs today are supposed to only get into the low 80's

John: Good Luck on your ride and Happy Birthday.

Jim: That's pretty lousy of Carnival Cruise Lines. I hope the rest of your trip was good.

Sarah: Welcome: Are you going to follow a training plan for the 1/2 or do something on your own?

Pam: I hope your pains are subsiding. This early in a training plan you can hopefully make up the distance quickly.

Katie: Glad to hear it continuing to go well dispite the weather.

AFM: Either the Prilosec or time is taking care of the pain in the center of the chest. They are not nearly as often or as painful. I actually started running again today. I'm looking at doing the Marathoning for Mortals Walk/Run Plan with 2 extra weeks added to the end because it worked so well last time. I did the 8 repeats of 3 minutes walking and 1 minute running with about a 1/2 mile warmup and finishing 3 total miles with the cool down. Not counting warm up and cool down, my walking pace was 15:40 (just about my 1/2 marathon pace) and my running was at a 13:02 Pace. For a combined 14:58 min. mile. I'm about a 1/2 a week behind where I was wanting to be at this point (today should have been my first long 3 mile walk/run) and today's workout should have been Wednesdays. I will probably to my long walk/run Monday morning and then start back on the schedule. I'm still tentatively training for the half at the Columbus Marathon in October. The price jumps $10 on August 1st so I have a little bit on time to decide if I want to do it, and if I want to sign up as a walker or a runner.

[JimB.]

John - Happy BD!! I can only dream of doing a 120 mile ride. Hopefully I'll be there someday................. :-)

Amanda - I hear ya' with the heat. It's just brutal here. It's ok in the shade. If you are not moving. Otherwise it's sweat city.

Nothing yesterday due to the heat. Over 100º locally, with high humidity.

At work today, but hoping to go out of service for a while to get a long ocean swim in.

[smileyk8]

Hey all you sweaty guys! So sorry the heat's uncomfortable, hope it does ease off for you all.

Marcia I missed you when posted last time, :( great work getting your bike rides and cross training time in. Hmm i know the bottom pain..... spinning!

Pam :woohoo: for signing up to the princess half- you'll have an amazing time with DD. Take it easy - it's much easier to make up time now than be injured in the run.

hey Sarah welcome to the warriors- you've got some brilliant races planned and we'll be here to cheer every step of the way!

Jim that is shocking that for the ENTIRE boat they had 1 drink stop! Man! You still had a wonderful cruise though right? Well given the heat and your advice- i hope you're sitting in the shade... very stilll! :rotfl:

John happy birthday!!!! 120 miles?. in one go? as a birthday treat? What do you have to do if you've been badly behaved?!?!?! :laughing:

me went to running club on thurs and was a bit shocked that with 2 new members the main leader decided to do a 6.57 mile route!!!! The new ones walked a lot of it, but were very proud of their achievement. I just hope it wasn't too much! Got out to do my long run this morning 8.5miles, nice breeze going today which was lovely. Head down, essay time again!

[becky11]

I'm a newbie to DIS boards, and I'm running the W&D HM in October, so I thought I'd join a group with a name that applies. :)

I'm on active duty with the Air Force, and will go over 19 years on Oct 7. I'm permanently stationed at Patrick AFB, FL and will be moving to MacDill AFB, FL in October. At the moment, I'm deployed to Djibouti, Africa. I think I'm officially on the surface of the sun! ;)

For this reason, I haven't been running much. It's simply too hot to do much of anything, and I still have to go to work 6 days a week. At lunchtime, I go to the gym and do weight training 4 days a week, so I'm at least doing something. Every other Friday, we run at 0515 as a unit, so that's about all the running I'm doing over here.

I have to do my PT test when I return, and I hope to do well on it. Running isn't a problem for me, but we now have to do a minimum number of situps (should be able to hit) and push-ups (which I'm most worried about).

Anyway, just thought I'd give an intro. Anything "Patriotic" sounds like where I should be! :hippie:

[Tiger Lily 03]

Hi Warriors! Sorry for MIA-ness. Life has majorly taken over with DH having his surgery tomorrow. We've been basically filling in our time and keeping busy to minimize the waiting thoughts.
Glad to see we have some added team mates! Been doing some walking but not like all those 13.1 weekends. I am in withdrawal. Oh well official training begins soon.

[dsnyfan21]

:wave2: Welcome to all the new Warriors, wow I think our team has about 24 people on it. I know not everyone posts, but wow. I did put a thought out to Maura who places people on teams that maybe it is time to start a new team. The original thought with this was that the weekly/monthy WISH team thread was getting sooo big, that newbies were feeling lost or on the outside. I think with more numbers added to teams, it starts to get that way also. Not sure what the magic number is, but it does start to get a bit hard to keep up with everyone and then you feel bad when you don't respond or remember what another teammate may be up to or needing help or support with. Just random thoughts that I needed to get off my chest.
I have to say I am one of those that doesn't get on the dis much what with work, family, and mostly Facebook(which is where I communicate more with fellow WISHers), it all gets to be much. Just throwing out my 2 cents here.
I do want everyone to feel welcome and even those Warriors who are on the team, but haven't posted in a long time, but not sure how to handle the growing numbers.

Out for and 8 miler today in training for Disneyland Half. Went to the :beach: so I could avoid bugs and get more of a breeze. Was about 85 and with much humidity. I was pretty much soaking wet to the bone when I was finished. Big toe was talking to me, ugh. Got home and jumped in the pool - minus the running shoes and socks.

Hope everyone's elses training is coming along nicely!!

[Sarah_Rose]

:wave2: Welcome to all the new Warriors, wow I think our team has about 24 people on it. I know not everyone posts, but wow. I did put a thought out to Maura who places people on teams that maybe it is time to start a new team. The original thought with this was that the weekly/monthy WISH team thread was getting sooo big, that newbies were feeling lost or on the outside. I think with more numbers added to teams, it starts to get that way also. Not sure what the magic number is, but it does start to get a bit hard to keep up with everyone and then you feel bad when you don't respond or remember what another teammate may be up to or needing help or support with. Just random thoughts that I needed to get off my chest.

Hey Tracy! :yay: Just wanted to say here that I totally agree with you on this. New members are awesome, but as the team gets bigger, it really gets tough to keep up with everyone and respond. I know real life has been taking over for me right now, and it's become quite difficult to actually respond to all the members, and since I feel bad about not responding to everyone (or even most), I've kind of stopped. :sad2: I think the idea of a new team should definitely be brought up. :thumbsup2

I'm popping in to quickly say hi to everyone! I've been on "vacation" (see: bridesmaid duties and family visiting on the other side of the country in 100 degree heat while 8 months pregnant) but I'm so glad to finally be back home. After the Rock 'n' Roll half marathon two weeks ago, I'm taking a hiatus from running but I'm still trying to get in activity wherever I can. It was so nice having the beach to go swimming at last week, but now that I'm back in Seattle I'm going to have to find some nice easy low impact activity for the next 2-3 months. Yeah, I'm sure that will be my main priority... :rotfl:

Anyway, I'm going to try to pop on here whenever I can and I'll keep you guys updated. My next big race isn't until January marathon weekend (if I don't decide to throw in the Seattle half marathon in November) so I won't have a lot of training updates, but I still want to be a Warrior! :goodvibes

[DrMomof3]

Welcome Amy!
Sorry to hear that I'm not the only one melting in the heat wave! ;) We had a better weekend weather-wise and I had a good run this morning.
My project for the next week is to buy good running sneakers (and good socks). It's definitely time!

Amanda

[JimB.]

Howdy Warriors!!

Been a busy couple of days. I FINALLY FINISHED (mostly) painting our Condo we bought in Celebration!! A mere 14 months after closing. It's finally finished. Now, it's on to trying to clean the trashed carpeting, but that's another story entirely.

But the bad news is that the motions of up/down/twist/reach/bend/etc REALLy did a number on my back. Worst it's been in months. After getting home today, taking a few extra strength Advil and sitting in a recliner & not moving for a few hours, it finally got under control.

Ugh. Back pain really sucks. Really do not know what to do next.

Anyhooooo, I was able to get out and put in 6 miles this evening. AT 7:30, it was still 87 degrees. Is it this warm in California in the fall? My miles are really being limited by my back.

'Kay. Enough whining. Ya'll are all doing great! Welcome to all the new Warriors!! You've landed in a great place!

[johde]

Hi all.
Welcome to the new people.

Tonight I did my first long "run" for marathon training that I should have done over the weekend. The temp. was fairly cool at about 75 but the humidity hovered around 80%. I was sweat through when I got home about 9:45. The "run" was only 3 miles but I alternated between 4 min. walking & 1 min. running. My first couple of running phases were a little fast (they always seem to be) but was able to slow down and get into a groove. By the end of the walking phase I was ready to start running again. This plan eventually works up to 3 min walking/ 2 min. running. I'm not sure if I will make it or not. I might need to adjust the ratios as time goes on.

[paxsarah]

John, I'm mightily impressed by your birthday ride, and happy (belated) birthday!

Jeremy, I'm using a Jeff Galloway plan for my October race just to finish, and assuming it works out I'm planning to do it for the WDW half as well, maybe with a time goal at that point.

Amy, welcome! I think if I were in Djibouti and working six days per week, running would take a back burner, too.

Lily, I hope your DH's surgery was an uneventful success.

JimB, I hope the back works itself out. I've had episodes of back pain and it is so frustrating.

And I'll commiserate with everyone about the heat and humidity. It seems we have had one, the other, or both all summer. My brain is so addled from the heat, I thought I lost my drivers' license, which I'd been stuffing in my iPod case during runs. Not in the iPod case, nor my wallet, not by the computer, not in the car. So a 25-minute trip to the DMV and $5 fee later, I have a new DL. (Bonus: my new pic is much better than the old one!) As soon as I walk in the door, I order an ID tag for my shoe (I'd been meaning to, since my old one no longer has current info on it). Then, I randomly decide to rifle through the bottomless pit of my purse. The old DL was floating around inside! So, I'm blaming the heat. ;)

[johde]

Sarah- I looked at Galloways 1/2 plan but decided to use the Walk/Run plan in John Binghams Marathoning for Mortals. He takes Galloways approach but specifies the walk/run ratio. It also peaks at a 10 mile long distance. I'm modifing it slightly to a a couple more longer (9 mile) workouts. I used the walking plan for my first 1/2 this past May.

[Bookwood]

Looks like themy fall half maybe out the window. I saw a PA yesterday about the problem with my calf and she thinks it's the meniscus in my knee. I'm not sure I agree as I've had meniscus surgery and that injury felt nothing like this. So I'm taking the rest of July off to rest the leg muscle (the other reason for the problem would be just a strained calf). When we return home from the wedding/trip to CT I'll start running again- slowly building distance and intervals if it starts again I'll have the MRI if not, I'll revisit the idea of the Ft Wayne Half.

Keep up the good work to all of you going out and hitting the road! Be safe, Have fun and do good!

[Embroidery Grandma]

Welcome to all our new Warriors

Sorry I did not get a chance to post earlier, been very busy with the Grandchildren this week. My newest Granddaughter (2 yrs) from China has really gotten to know me and that is great. My daughter does have her hands full with all four kids (8, 6, 4, 2) The two girls (4,2) both from China also have Spina Bifida and doing great. The boys just love to swim, in Grandmas pool, like they have since they were small.

As stated in John's post, we did do a good walk last Friday. I was able to average 16.25:cool1: for just a short 2 miler. The same walk we did the begining of the month I only could only do 18.36. I was really hot and sweaty but that is Florida. John did complete his bicycle ride of 121 miles on his birthday. He loves to ride.

On Sunday we did an easy walk 6.25 miles and that was an 18 pace. But again on Tuesday we did our quick walk and was able to maintain a 16.04:banana: pace. It is coming but I guess it will still take a while. I am glad January is still a while away and I am sure that I will be ready for Oct. since I am doing the short part of the relay.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

Kathy

[JimB.]

About a 1200 yd ocean swim today. Rumbling thunder all day long, so I did not try to run until late this afternoon, then it was pre-empted by acute pain in my you-know-what.

Bummer :(

[johde]

Hi All

Just a quick note to say everything is going well here. I did my 4 mile long walk/run yesterday. It went well but was drenched from the humidity at the end. More good news is I haven't had any problems with the chest in a couple of weeks. Don't know if it's the Prilosec or just time.

[becky11]

We had PT yesterday and it was circuit training. I thought it was a pretty good workout - I'm definitely sore in my midsection anyway. :rotfl: Probably ran the equivalent of at least a mile.

The bad part was the MILLIONS of bugs that were all over the turf field. :scared1: DISGUSTING!

[JimB.]

Light day yesterday - walked about 1 3/4 w/my DW and our 2 silly Non-straight line walkin' Golden Retriever puppies, then a 700 yard pool workout. Wanted to go farther, but too many people getting in the way (a community pool w/no lanes marked off).

This a.m., a 6.6 mile easy run. Reasonably cool (relatively speaking), but really humid. Hopefully I will find the motivation to do a core workout & some weights later today.

This afternoon a leisurely 8 mile bike ride w/my DW.

[Embroidery Grandma]

johde - glad the heart is doing better:cool1:

Hope everyone else is doing well.

OnFriday we did our training and did well with all the heat and humidity. Average pace 16.54.
Today we left the house at 5am and did 8.05 miles. With leaving that early it helps with the heat :cloud9:and humidity even though we were drenched. Our average pace was 17.55 but we did not want to push it, instead we wanted the distance. This still was better than what I have done in the past. I am getting there. Not worried about John (John VN) I know he can do it even after another bike ride yesterday of 91 miles.

Kathy

[smileyk8]

Very quick pop in as just got back from manic hen weekend of brilliantness. I don't think i've ever had so little sleep. So no running, wish i could head out now, but the energy is just not there! Did dance for 4 hours and do some lengths in little pool so i tried :(

I will pop back and catch up properly this week as i have NO MORE ASSIGNMENTS this year :dance3: Big cuddle to you all..... putting my head back down now :rotfl:

[goofy57]

Happy Monday morning Warriors,

Been a little while since I have posted. It has been a busy month around here. I know, everybody has been busy. :) I am still running 25 to 30 miles a week & looking forward to the Disneyland 1/2 followed up by the Wine & Dine race.

Still hot & humid here in central Il. Hope everyone is healthy & injury free as you keep putting in the miles. See ya at Dsineyland in less than two months!!!

Stan

[DrMomof3]

I'm plugging along! I finally treated myself to "proper" running shoes. I went to our local road runner's club and had great help finding appropriate shoes. It's the most $$$ I've ever spent on sneakers (about $90 with my gym discount) but they are great!
I also officially booked our hotel for the 1/2 marathon. We'll be staying in a 2 bedroom with my parents (me, DH, 3 kids, and my parents). I'm SO excited. We're considering buying DVC at BLT so this will be a good opportunity to decide if we like it.
Cheers to everyone!

Amanda

[wtpclc]

Sorry I haven't been around. I tried a few times, but got timed out when I tried to reply. Ugh. :guilty:

1 days to my big race. :scared1: Half Ironman. :scared1::scared1::scared1:

I'm in taper mode. Still enough workouts that I'm not going crazy, but my 10-mile ride Sunday seemed laughble. When did that happen?


HOpe everyone is doing well! Not supposed to be taking a lunch today, so must go but I will try to catch up soon! Miss you all!

[Embroidery Grandma]

Carrie - Good Luck :cool1:

Kathy

[johde]

Hi All

Good Luck Carrie

Amanda - A good pair of shoes can definately make a difference. If you find you really like these you can probably get another pair online or at the outlet mall in a few months for less money when the styles change.

Stan - good to hear training is going well

Kathy and Jim - Sound like thing are coming along nicely. According to McMillian Running Calculator (http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm) For a 3:30 half marathon you should be doing you Long Distance at between 17:25 and 18:25. So your long runs of 17:55 are right in line. Just remember to get some shorter workouts at closer to your race pace and you'll be fine.

AFM - Still plugging along with my Walk/run plan for October. The workouts Monday and Wednesday went well. My average pace today for the 2 miles main workout was 14:45. I'm shooting for 15:00 half marathon pace so I'm in the right ballpark. Even factoring in my 1/2 mile warmup and cooldown my average was 15:15.

I'm feeling a little bit bummed because I was originally supposed to be out of town the first part of this week counceling church camp. But, because I missed classes early with the medical problems I didn't feel right missing any more days (even though my boss never said I couldn't go). I've been doing it for 6 years prior to this and really enjoy the time away. There will always be next year though.

[Embroidery Grandma]

Thanks Jeremy for the support.

John and I are doing our long walks on Sunday's and we are doing our faster walks on Tuesday and Friday. The heat and humidity of course here in southwest Florida is bad, but we have gotten some what used to it. In October it should be much better. John does not have a problem because he rides his bicycle 90 - 100 miles just on Saturday so he is in good shape. I am the one who has to work at it, but it is coming.

kathy

[johde]

Kathy - It's good to know you're getting used to the heat. I'm sure not getting used to it up here in Ohio.

Today I made it official, I signed up for the Columbus half marathon on October 17th. The price goes up next Sunday so I needed to be making a decision. I knew I was probably going to do it but I wasn't sure if I wanted to sign up as a walker or a runner. My 5 mile Walk/Run went well today, in spite of the heat, so I decided to sign up as a runner.

Today's long run averaged a 15:44 min. mile compared to Wednesdays 14:45. My running wasn't that much slower but my walking segments were longer and slower.

[Embroidery Grandma]

Just received our Road ID bracelets today. Logged in all the information they want before we wear them tomorrow for our walk. Now we will not have to carry our license and insurance cards with us.
We even got my Dad one just in case. If he can remember to wear it when he is on his bicycle that would be great.

Kathy

[Embroidery Grandma]

Good Morning Everyone,

I started our walk this morning at 5:45am. Temperature was 80 and the humidity 89%. John got out before me and by the time he finished he did 11.92 miles. We did 4.91 miles together with an average pace of 16:52.:cool1: I mapped out a route of what I would have to do for the Wine and Dine relay. I surprised myself that I kept up that pace and my heart race was not high.

Hope everyone has a successful workout.

Kathy

[becky11]

Apparently I put too much weight on the calf machine because they are KILLING me!!! Next week I focus on doing the situps and pushups I need to do for my PT test. Gotta work on form so I can pass.

Unit PT this Friday - should be a run for time (usually 30 minutes). Hope they're not running the incinerator!!! :rotfl:

[smileyk8]

Amy your PT sounds like really hard work!!!! I hope your calves ease off.

Kathy I think it's brilliant that you are your hubby can walk such different lengths, but still get some in together. That must take some planning! Glad your road ID has come, that will make it much easier for you all.

Jeremy whoop whoop for you signing up and even more so for taking the plunge and picking to run! That's fab and I'm sure you'll be even more eager to go now you have a date planned.

Amanda it must feel great to be all booked and ready to go. I hope you love it there and go for DVC- i'll keep dreaming.... or live my dream through you.... no pressure!

Carrie can't wait to see how you got on, been thinking about you!!!

Stan pleased to read you're still ticking over on mileage and injury free. keeping popping in because it's great to hear happy healthy running stories!

TRACY where are you up to with things?

me on a bit of a high after running 9.75 miles yesterday in 1hr 23 so averaging 8:33. I've never averaged that sort of speed over long distance although have to admit that a lot of the run was downhill so i'm sure that helped. Trying to work out if my Nike's need replacing soon as they don't feel as bouncy but there's not that much wear on them. Someone did tell me that Nike's are only good for 3-4 months compared to Asics 6. Hmmm.

Oh my word, how complicated can it get trying to decide whether to get life insurance, critical illness, income protection, employment protection or a combination of any of the above... then which home and contents...... my head is scrambled!!!!!!

[johde]

Ha all
The weather broke this morning. It was 60 degrees when I went outside. I'm modifying my plan slightly from what the call for. A week from Wednesday, I'm supposed to do my first 3 min. walk 2 min run, up from 3 min walk, 1 min run. I'm worried going from 1 minute to 2 minutes straight of running, so I decided to up this workout to 3 min. walk 1:15 run. It went well. The cool weather definately helped. I still though have this little voice in my head saying "What are you doing? You can't run this far! You need to go back to walking" Right now, it's cropping up close enough to the end of the run cycle that I can push through to the end. Right now, It's not physical, it mental. When my running time is up and start walking, I feel like I could have went further. So, I'm looking forward to the end of the running segment but by the same token, after 3 minutes I'm ready to get back to the running.Hopefully, if I can extend the running distance again to 1:30, 2 minutes won't seem like quite a jump. The 3 min. walking and 2 min. running is what they suggest for the race.

[wtpclc]

Kate - the race is Saturday. So, right now I'm just freaking out. :scared1:

Sorry, I seem to have a hard time coming here and concentrating when I am totlally freaked out about a race. Somewhere inside I know i'll be ok, but there's that other place in me......:scared1:

4 days from now I should be on the run. :upsidedow

[dsnyfan21]

I know, been reading and lurking, just not posting much - please if any of you are on FaceBook, friend request me, Tracy Goggin!!!

Carrie: You freaked out? nawh - you will do great!!

As for me: Did my scheduled 10 miler on Sunday and felt pretty good afterwards. Not too sore. Once I get to 10 I start to feel it but keeping up with 6's and 7's when not in training mood has helped. Stayed hydrated well in the heat and humidity, yeah! Monday morning though my calves said, "hello" we are going on strike. hahaha - but today's nice and easy 4 miles felt good and so moving along towards the Disneyland Half in about 39 days!


Take care all and keep moving forward!!

[JimB.]

Happy Thursday Warriors!!!

It's been a while since I have visited. Ya'll are all doing great!

The heat has been a real problem here. Averages in the mid-90s with the heat index in the low 100's. I've been averaging about 5"ish" miles before the heat whacks me. Basically, I run until the fluids I carry are gone, then I quit & walk home. I think it's the safe way to run right now.

Today I managed to get in about 7.6 miles using the run 5/ walk 1 strategy. It seemed to work fine. Until the thunderstorms came & I had to slog home through the rain. Apparently I DO know how to do a rain dance!! Not a fast trip, but right now I am really concentrating on getting the LR's in before the DL 1/2. I cannot remember the last time I did more than 8 miles.

The nice thing is that the average weather in DL in September is very nice for me.

Now if I can only get the back pain under control.......................... That seems to be my limiting factor right now, not my endurance or legs. But the GOOD news is that I am starting a new steroid/muscle relaxer therapy today. Keep your fingers crossed!!!

PS - Anyone have any experience with acupuncture?? Seriously.

[becky11]

Now if I can only get the back pain under control.......................... That seems to be my limiting factor right now, not my endurance or legs. But the GOOD news is that I am starting a new steroid/muscle relaxer therapy today. Keep your fingers crossed!!!

PS - Anyone have any experience with acupuncture?? Seriously.

I haven't had acupuncture for back pain, but I did get it for migraines. And it was actually laser acupuncture. Ever since I had that treatment, my number of migraines has been reduced DRAMATICALLY! I would suggest going for a consultation and see if you like the doctor/provider.

[johde]

Hi all

Carrie - Good Luck, You'll do great.

Tracy - Sounds like you're coming into the home stretch of your training for the W&D.

Jim - I hope and pray that you find the relief/therapy you need will come.

AFM Today was a cutback Long Run of 3 miles. I forgot to set a pace alarm for my run setting so I ended up going faster than I normally do I finished with an average pace of 14:38 which is significantly faster than I normally do but with the cool weather and short distance I finished well. I could probably go faster for often but right now I focusing on total distance and running time. I've got work tomorrow (1 day workshop), so my total milage for July is 43 miles. Not to bad considering June was only 20 miles because of all of the problems.

[DrMomof3]

I did acupuncture for infertility (not pain) and thought it was fantastic! I highly recommend it.

Amanda

[Bookwood]

Good Morning Warrior!

I've been MIA recently because reading here when I can't run makes me feel like a slug! Monday I get to test run the leg to see if I need an MRI on the knee (PA I saw for calf pain thought it might be an tear in the Meniscus- Ive had that and it didn't feel anything like what I had), so I decided to give the calf muscles a good rest and try running again after vacation. Since we get home today I'll check it out tomorrow or monday at the latest!

Good running to all of you and keep up the great work!

[smileyk8]

I've been MIA recently because reading here when I can't run makes me feel like a slug!
Never feel like a slug! The fact you're so eager to get back on it show's you're anything but sluggish! Bad warrior!!!! :)

Jim man it sounds like hard work. I had accupuncture on my foot when that broke... i have to say it didn't have a lasting impact on me then, but I think the doctor did it wrong as it always bled. Had it once on my ITB and although I can't definitely say it was that, i had so much relief it was amazing. I guess the moral is it may depend on who performs it. Good luck!

Jeremy that is a great month! Good job on running faster too, even if it wasn't intended.

me i got out to do my long run yesterday- 11miles 1hr 35. Really pleased with that, but very aware there was still a lot of down hill so need to challenge that. Now icing, but that's just expected now.

Can't wait to hear from Sarah is pudge is on the way and Carrie on how yday was!

[dsnyfan21]

Hi all!!!

SOunds like everyone is working hard and getting out there no matter how little or how hard. It is the getting out there that is the important part!!!

DId my 8 miles this morning. A taper back from the 10 miles I did last Sunday. I am getting close to Disneyland as my long miles left to go are a 10, 12.5, 6, 6, and then the race!!

I did an experiment today. I weight my running tank top before heading out. It weighed in at 3.5 ounces. Then out for 8 miles, time about 1 hour 54 min, temp at about 85 with feels like of 92 and pretty much no breeze. Shirt at the end weighed 7.5 ounces!!! wow, it was hold about 4 ounces of the wet stuff!! I will start the August thread soon, just thinking about a title!

Carrie, Great job on the TRI!!!!

[Embroidery Grandma]

Hi everyone,

My DH (John) and I did our Sunday walk early this morning. We were out about 545. The sun was not up yet but the heat was sure there. We did 6 miles and for 4.8 miles I pushed it. . It was at 16.17 :cool1:for the 4.8 and 16.57 for the full 6 miles. Better time than last week. I am really trying to concentrate right now on the 4.8 so that I am ready for the W&D. Then we will have time to get ready for the marathon weekend.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

Kathy

[DrMomof3]

I had a crazy week last week and only managed 2 runs. The 2nd one was a disaster but I'm not discouraged. My 2 year old slept very little last week and I was exhausted. Next week will be better.
I finally started thinking about our marathon weekend trip. Now we have a place to stay (BLT) and made our ADRs (yum!). We're heading to the World for vacation in less than 3 weeks so I'm pretty excited about that, too.

Amanda

[Bookwood]

Good new here! I got 4 miles in this morning and the calf is just great! (Wish I could say the same for my hand that some bug bit/stung yesterday it's all hot, swollen and itchy.) The run was slow (on purpose because I walked a little more than I normally would) it was so great though to actually run pain free again!

I hope everyone else has as great a day!

[JimB.]

Hello to all!!

Hope we are all Happy Warriors this evening!

It was a relative "cool spell" today with the temp topping out at about 90 & the heat index at about 98. I got my lazy butt out the door this morning (about 90 minutes later than I planned, but I DID say I was lazy, not ambitious...:lmao::lmao:).

I managed to get in 10 whole, freakin miles today. Not quickly, but under 2 hours. I'm now sure I can get the DL 1/2 done. My back was pretty throbbing by the time I finished, but what's new. This is the longest "run" I've done since a 1/2 M in Ohio back in April.

I spent the time trying different strategies to see what would keep my pain down. None worked, but it was relatively tolerable. I'm hoping with a bit of chemical help, I can get it down further, at least for the LR's.

Carrie - Still waitin' on the trip report. Congrats on doing a 1/2 IM. Color me envious.

[Embroidery Grandma]

Lost our air conditioner last night :mad: but thank goodness it was fixed this morning and it was just something with the thermostat:cool1:

Did our afternoon walk after work. The average pace was only 16:40, not as good as Sunday, but the heat was getting to me this time. When we got home we just jumped into the pool.:yay: It was great to stretch the muscles in the pool. At least when we do our long walks on Sunday, we do it in the dark, and the heat is not comming off of the road yet.

Hope everyone else is doing okay with the heat.

Kathy

[wtpclc]

Thanks for the congrats! Life has been crzy since the race. I will do a full RR, but here's a quickie for now on the tri thread. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=37666886#post37666886

I can't believe it's over. Spent months wishing it was and now.... We might have 1 more tri this season. ALmost time to turn to marathon training, though. Kind of sad.

[johde]

Hi all

Carrie - party: Congratulations on the Tri

Kathy - Sound like your pregressing well.

Jim - Good Job on the 10mile Long Run. Your coming into the home stretch. I hope you find a combination the works well on your back.

Pam - Glad to hear your back at it again.

Amanda - Hope this week in working out better for you.

Tracie - You too sound like you are nearing the home stretch for DL.

Kate - Good job on the Long Run.


Me - Today was the first day of 2 min. of running and 3 minutes of walking. Longer than I had before (I was up to 1:30 in June before the medical problems). I took is slow and easy and was able to complete it. The weather didn't help anything. The temp wasn't too bad at 73 but the relative humidity was 94%. So the sweat didn't evaporate well. I ended up doing 3.25 miles. Monday's training also went well, I did 4 miles.

[dsnyfan21]

Alrighty Warriors...
July is over and moving on to August - hopefully you all aren't sweating away!!

I have started the August thread, but hold the second sport for Carrie!




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