Hakuna Matata - Spooky October

[windwalker]

Sorry about not checking in for a while but my life is going through one of it's frequent spells of total choas.

I had a stressful trip to the World, I couldn't even wear a shoe my foot was hurting so bad when I walked so the whole trip was spent in flip flops. I've been working the rehab exercises in the pool every day and I'm finally starting to see day light. I have the State Trials this Saturday and I'm just doing the 1500m race walk and hoping for the best. Injuries Suck!

I will start the slow build up for the January Marathon on Monday if I continue to improve. I can't stand another set back. This achillies injury has been a up and down ride, just as I think I'm getting better, I'll crash again. The pool has been working and hopefully will be the answer to finally being healed.

We did the American Idol Experience this trip and highly recommend it. We did a whole day of it since it was raining the entire day. We had some rain everyday,

Have a great week everyone.

Dave

[KippWade]

Wow... October already.

I've been sidelined pretty much for the past couple of weeks. After my last long run I started to feel a little pain in my left heel. I stopped jogging for a few days and everything seemed to be better when I started back up.

The last jog I went for was last Wednesday on the treadmill and evreything at that time felt great. Then the next morning not so much.

So I've been rubbing it down and have been doing stretching and resistance band flexing.

I'm thinking that my last long run I did had way too many hills and I've overworked the achilles. I'm back to feeling much better, but I'm only going to try and do some walking on the treadmill tomorrow to see how it goes.

The bad side effect of not running the past 2 weeks? A gain of 3 pounds! EEEK! It's my fault for not cutting back the food intake while cutting back the jogging. Dad on the other hand... his modified Atkins diet is working quite well for him and he's managed to drop 7 pounds in the past few weeks! (Modified due to doctors orders he not cut carbs too much, fruits okay, starches not good).

I'm really beginning to stress, because the Indy Monumental Half with Rick is just a month away and I'm worried that I'm not going to do well. Then I worry since I'm worrying about that, I'll try to push it too hard when I do feel up to jogging again that I'll make it worse going into it and possibly ruining my build up for Marathon Weekend!

Oh, and work is totally sucking right now too.

On the bright side... in less than 2 months I'll be in Disney World for Vacation regardless of what happens in the next month

[bunnyfoo]

Hi team! Sorry I've been MIA lately - October is year-end at my company so there's a lot of extra work. I've been making time to go running and workout but haven't had much of a chance to blog or post here.

Kipp - Don't worry you still have time before your half! Which training plan are you following and which week are you suppose to be in? You can always modify it and remember that it's better to be undertrained and uninjured. Sorry to hear about the weight gain. Once you hit the road again, it will be gone again in no time I'm sure!

Dave - Sorry to hear about your foot Have you tried Crocs before? I love wearing those when my other shoes get uncomfortable. They look funny but it doesn't bother me. Did you sing at American Idol? Good luck this weekend

Lynn - Hope you have a good visit with Scott's parents and that you don't have to stress too much with preparations. Lots of for your knees! I hope they feel better soon.

Kim - Will get those recipes out to you shortly! Sorry work has been a bit crazy Any plans for the long weekend? I wouldn't say that I have a "favourite" core exercise but I find the ones that work me the hardest are planks and side planks, Woodchoppers, crunches on a stability ball and bridges. If you find planks hard, start off with the bird/dog.

Robbie - Wow! 210 miles is really impressive! Here's hoping you get some awesome weather so that you'll be able to hit a sub 4:00 time!

Rick - You must be so excited for your full this weekend! I'll be tracking you and thinking good thoughts for you

Tom - Awesome RR! It sounds like a tough course! Are you allowed to skip any of the obstacles if you feel like you can't do them? I don't know if I'd want to jump into the lake if it was that cold yikes!

AFM - Work has been busy what else is new? But I've been managing to get out for my running. I fell behind my training schedule for MCM so I think the longest run I'll get in is 17 miles. We'll see how that goes. My weekday runs have been going pretty well and eating has been more or less good. It might fall off this weekend a bit since it's Thanksgiving and my birthday is on Saturday. Unfortunately, I tend to do my LR on Saturday so it looks like I'll be aiming for a 15 miler that day. Oh well, at least I won't have to feel guilty eating sweets

Oh I happened to talk to a photographer who's done work at marathons. I asked him how they decide which racers to photograph when there are big groups. He said they shoot the group and then they'll get closeups of the people on the left and the right of the group. They're not really suppose to try and pick out individual runners. I don't think this is the case when running at Disney but I'm not sure. I usually run more toward the middle which would explain why I get cut off in photos LOL

Ok back to the salt mines

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Vicky - The visit with Scott’s parents went well, we saw them off early this morning, as the cold weather set in, but, at least, no rain or snow for their trip home (they are driving back to Missouri). I did get down on the spin bike yesterday which helped the knees, I need to do it every day!

Dave - Sorry to here your trip to WDW was so painful, hope your foot feels better soon, and Pixie Dust for your race on Saturday!

Kipp - Pixie Dust for your injury, hope it heals soon!

AFM - It has gotten really cold here - yesterdays high was in the 70’s, today it will be in the 40’s!!!!!. The snow that was predicted has held off, now predicted on Friday night. We got the sprinkler system blown out yesterday, now we will have to hand water trees and bushes until spring. I did get a spin bike session in yesterday, the knees thanked me.

Pixie dust to all who are in need!

Have a great day team!

[RadioFanatic]

Hey All! I'm sure you have forgotten me bc I disappeared for so long, but thankfully, I've kept up with most of you through FB. Things have been really crazy that I haven't had time for anything it seems.

Since I last posted, I went away the last week of august to Rehoboth Beach for vacation with my parents, dh and son. As usual, we had a blast and I enjoyed running on the boardwalk - much nicer than my usual run back home. When we got home it was straight into getting my son started with school and I had three out of town trials to do through work and I managed to rope myself into chairing a gala committe which had the gala on 9/15. The next morning, I ran a half marathon, my third this year. It was the Saratoga Springs Palio - the great thing about that was the 5k Palio was my very first race ever last year and now I'm doing the 1/2! I was about 2 minute slower than my best time, but it was a much hillier race than the one I PR'd on. Then it was back to my trial schedule.

And through all this, I've been training for my first marathon which is this sunday. I've had my ups and downs in training to be honest. I've discovered I don't like it! In prep, I ran a 15, 17, 18 and 3 20 mile runs. I've been going down the past few weeks. after the 1/2 on 9/16, I've done a 12 mile and many many 5 miles. My last run was this past tuesday - I was going to run wednesday but it was pouring and I think I'm getting a cold. To add to that, it's 60% chance of rain sunday.

I'm very worried I peaked too early, but honestly I just wasn't into running those very long distances anymore. It would have been different if I had had a 20 mile race like Rick had (so jealous Rick!) but all my runs have been alone and VERY early in teh morning (starting at 4:30 am). It got to the point where I was dreading my weekends bc I knew i had a long run. So I'm hoping the fact that I've run three different 20 mile runs will help me, even though they were a bit earlier than I would have liked.

I've also decided that after this and the disney marathon, I'm not doing any more marathons - I'm retiring from it. It just is too stressful trying to find the time to run with my crazy work schedule and my four year old. I'll still run the 1/2's though as they are much more doable! I don't want to quit running since it has helped me so much physically and mentally, but the long runs were making me not like it which I don't want to have happen!

So anyway, I'm totally panicking about sunday. I know I can finish - it's just the timing. I have to complete it in 5.5 hours. They are shutting it down then. My 1/2 are about 2:20; however, who knows how tired I'll be or if the rain will slow me down or if this stupid cold will make me slower. and it's just the fear of the unknown! my dh is sick of hearing me talk about it. I've been resting since tuesday, I have my sports beans and gatorade ready, now just trying to figure out what the heck I'll wear if it rains - any suggestions? oh, and not just rain, but only high of 52 for the day as well - so cold rain!

Okay, enough about me, it's so good to be back in contact with all of you and I hope all are well. I promise to be back on this more often!

[KippWade]

Originally Posted by bunnyfoo

Kipp - Don't worry you still have time before your half! Which training plan are you following and which week are you suppose to be in? You can always modify it and remember that it's better to be undertrained and uninjured. Sorry to hear about the weight gain. Once you hit the road again, it will be gone again in no time I'm sure!

I'm following Hal Higdon's Novice 2. Week 8 of 12 - supposed to be a 10 mile run this weekend.

Then my plan is once I've done the Monumental Half at the beginning of November, I'll drop back to week 4 of the plan and start building back up for the half during Marathon Weekend.

The exercises and stretching seem to be helping. My leg muscles aren't nearly as tight as they had been, so I feel like I'm making some progress at least. Most of the soreness in my heel area is gone. There is one spot that is still a little hot, but I'm hoping in another few days that that will dissipate also.

[bunnyfoo]

Weekend Racers

We have a couple of first time marathoners this weekend! Good luck Rick and Kimberley! Hope you have great races! Can't wait to see the bling and hear the details

October
7 - Chicago Marathon, Chicago, IL - Rick
7 - Mohawk Hudson Marathon - Kimberley

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!


Kimberly - Good luck and Pixie Dust to you for Sunday’s Marathon!

Kipp - Sounds like your training is going well.

Rick - Good luck on your marathon!

AFM - Ended up doing nothing exercise wise yesterday, will have to correct that omission today, it is cold - high of 36F Brrrrrr! Time to get out the winter walking gear!

Pixie dust to all who are in need!

Have a great day team!

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

We woke up to snow on the ground this morning, and it is still snowing. High today to be 35F, think I will stay inside all day! Hope the weather is good for those who are racing this morning!

Pixie Dust to all who are in need!

Have a great day all!

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

I hope yesterdays races went well, and good luck to any racing today!

It is supposed to warm up a bit today (to 45F) and be sunny, which should melt the rest of the snow that did not melt yesterday. We may actually drag out the winter cycling gear and get out on bikes today. We did get out twice on bikes yesterday to ride around the block (1.25 miles), first with snow on the street, and later to get the mail after snow had melted off streets. It was fun riding in the snow!

Pixie Dust to all who are in need!

Have a great day team!

[bunnyfoo]

Happy birthday Dave!!

Congrats on the Senior Olympics yesterday and I hope you're having an awesome day today

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Dave - Hope you had a great birthday!

AFM - Weather better yesterday, but very windy and still cold, so I opted for an hour on the spin bike in our basement. It will be getting warmer, today's high supposed to be in the 50's, but wind gusting to 45mph - too high to ride in, will see what really happens this afternoon.

Pixie Dust to all who are in need!

Have a great day team!

[windwalker]

Hi team, thanks for the Birthday Wishes.

I recovered enough to do the 1500m race in Murray Ky and fast enough to qualify for the National Senior Olympics again. I'll be Celeveland bound in Aug next year. Eva said she would take us to rock and roll hall of fame, that sounds fun. My whole race walking team qualified so we will be having a good trip.

I have been doing my exercises and stretching in the pool or hot tub and that is still working well. I'll do that for another month and then start doing the exercises with full body weight again. I'm only training about 4 miles a week right now but hopefully I can increase that pretty quickly.

Hope everyone is doing good and training well.

Dave

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Dave - Glad to know your training is going well!

AFM - We actually got outside on bikes yesterday, it was windy, we rode the bike path into the wind for 6.5 miles, then got to coast back for 6.5 miles (average speed out was 9.5mph, average speed back was closer to 15mph!). We may do the same today, but wind in opposite direction, so we will have to ride in a different direction to take advantage of the wind today.

Pixie Dust to all who are in need!

Have a great day all!

[LuzzBightyear]

Hi everybody

Just a quick check in

Rick: Very happy everything went well for you at Chicago

Kimberley: Hope you had a great experience too

AFM: Getting geared up for the PEI Marathon. I took the week off work, and thinking it was a mistake...too much time sitting around obsessing about it! As of right now, it is supposed to be pretty cool temps (high of 8C/46F) on race day so I expect it to much cooler at 8am for the start (maybe at he freezing point?). At least it they are not calling for any rain!

Have a good rest of week all
Robbie