April will be "Incredible"-y Fun!

It's been a busy couple of days here with not much computer time, so when I went to the march thread, I thought, oh, good, it's been quiet, I'll be able to catch up easily. Whoops, new thread each month.

"In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that."
--Fred Lebow


Always remember the WISH motto: Dead last finish beats did not finish which always trumps did not start. WISH gave me the courage to start.
I love these quotes, especially the Dead last finish beats did not finish which trumps did not start. I have a fear of being swept next year when I do the princess. Notice I said when I do it, not if I do it. The power of positive thinking. I was also thinking I need to get my speed up enough so that I will be able to have some time during the race to take pics with any characters.

I finished wk 5 of C25K today which was a 20 minute run!!! I am so excited to have done that. I ran 1.5 miles in 22 minutes, which gives me a 15 minute mile!!! I've been modifying the running sessions this week, and doing a little extra time, to get a little more distance, kind of meeting the time and distance in the middle of the program if you will. I think I'll continue that, and after next week it seem like it's all longer runs with increasing time and distance, so I think I might even be up to the 3 miles by the end, but it will take me longer.

My future goals- My short term goal is to get through the next 3 months at or below the weight I am now, and then really focus more on diet and try to lose some more. I am really focused on the running right now, and that is helping me immensely. I lost my mom last june, and the memories of last spring are beginning to come back to me, and I do not want to eat through those emotions again, and pack on another 15 pounds. I also have the goal to run my first 5K, and am going to look into one for early in the summer. A cousin of mine organizes a 5K in october, so I'm going to run that too. I'm planning a surprise disney trip for my son at the end of august too. I always find disney planning such a boost. I am planning to take a disney cruise for my 50th birthday in feb 2014. This summer, I will have that yard sale I've been talking about the past 4 summers and clean out that basement.

Lisa and Dona- you both amaze me with school and taking classes. I don't think I could do it. Lisa, who knows, maybe you'll find a way to merge the two careers. You are very creative. Maybe mediation for couples who don't share the same nutritional values. I like your description of DVC too. I always stay value, and go at least once a year lately. I had heard that if you are used to staying deluxe, that dvc would work for you. I always price out the deluxe packages when I'm planning, but end up staying value. One day, but I'm afraid I won't go back to value once I've stayed deluxe.

jess- Good for you for getting out and running after your dinner. That's hard to do on a friday night especially where you have little ones.

Susie- We'd love to see you on the biggest loser thread. It's been a great challenge with lots of support and inspiration over there. Never too late to join.

Dona- it's nice to hear you're bringing some things to dinner, but you aren't making the entire meal and packing it up to go to the inlaws this holiday.

This morning we drove to the park so I could do my run, and my son sat in the car and played and read. It's a 1/3 mile track, so I ran past him 4 times, and every time he saw me coming, H'd open the door and jump out and cheer me on, "you can do it, Yaay" It was so cute, and helped keep me going.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
 
Wow, it's been quiet on this thread this afternoon. Well, I didn't want to run tonight. I really really didn't. But I did. Me and DH and baby Krys went to Red Lobster for dinner and I overdid it. I had like 1013 calories (that is way too easy to do!) so I knew I had to run. I did, and I'm glad I did. I'm down with Week 3 of C210K! And I'm over on my calorie burn for the day so I'm a very happy camper!

Dona - Roasted cauliflower? Really? I've never heard of such a thing. I'm very interested. And orange chiffon and cookies... I'd about kill for that right now (I'll be sticking with my frozen blueberries!).

Lisa - We definitely love Poly but we'd survive without it. I'm really excited about the new Towers as part of DVC. We can't afford it until all the remodeling on the house is done, probably another two years before we buy, but it's a for sure thing. DH wants to take advantage of more than just the trips to Disney... I'd be happy with Disney every year for the rest of my life!

Not sure if I'll be on much this weekend. Probably once or twice so I hope everyone has a great weekend and happy Easter if you're celebrating!

Roasted cauliflower is the easiest dish you can cook. Cut up the cauliflower into equal size pieces. Put on a pan (like a cookie pan with sides), drizzle on olive oil or any oil you like, season with salt and pepper. Put into a 400 degree oven and cook for 20 minutes. After 10 minutes turn the pieces over. My dh and ds1 love it. DH told me that is the only way to cook cauliflower. The nice thing is that you can put it in the oven when you are cooking something else you may have to just adjust the time.

Kathy It is very nice not have to transport the entire meal. It is a little strange not being in chargge of the entire thing.

For those people who don't know what I am talking about let me take a moment to explain. Dh and I are fortunate to have both sets of parents still alive. Dh's mother is not strong because of health issues. One of which involves using oxygen at night. When mil's oven broke a few years ago they never replaced it since my sil didn't want to mix the oxygen with the gas stove (DON"T ASK) So for Thanksgiving a few years ago so that my mil could stay in her home I cooked the turkey at my house and brought it and other cooked things to the house 45 minutes away. Then we had always done Christmas at our house and she was too weak to travel we brought all the food to her house. Last year I did this for St Pat's day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Be aware that dh has 4 sisters but none of them cook. ONe has a great house and never turns on her stove.

I don't do it for accolades. I do it because my mil deserves a nice meal every now and then. My sisil's are not on my favorite person list these days but I keep that to myself and do what I can to help my husband. We start mowing sisil's lawn and fil's lawn in a week or so. Besides our lawn.

Off to clean the kitchen and get some things done. Have a happy Easter everyone.
 
Fly-by post....
Just did W4D1 of C210K which equaled 566 calories burned and 4.25 miles. I'm pretty happy with that. We're leaving in 45 minutes to have an Easter Brunch at my parents' so I think I earned some cushion with my eating today. I'm just proud of myself for getting the job done cuz I really didn't feel like it.

Have a great Saturday, everyone!
 
Congrats Jess on getting the job done. I have not worked out today but the last two days have been pretty intense with things so I woke up pretty achy this morning and I decided I needed a day to recoup.
 

Hi friends!!

4.5 miles for me this morning in 52:14, 11:36 avg pace. It is so nice to be able to go out in shorts and a tshirt for a change. Its around 80 degrees here today, totally loving it.

Bathroom project is almost finished, just clean up mostly to be done. New medicine cabinets are up, new rugs, shower curtain and shower head are in. Towels are ready to go in the wash. It will look very nice when its finished.

I have been running around all day, we are trying to replicate a sauce we had in Jamaica. It was at the Jerk Center, where they have the jerk chicken, pork, fish etc. Turns out it is and escovitch sauce, vinegar based with allspice, nutmeg and hot peppers. Not sure if I got it right, but hey that is the fun of cooking sometimes. Making it up as you go. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Dona-I hear you about cooking for the inlaws. DH is an only child, and his grandfather is 91 (god love him!) and the only place he will eat is my house. So I cook all the holidays, but with restrictions. He doesn't eat ham, pork or anything with red sauce. So we get to have chicken, turkey or roast beef for every holiday. Tomorrow we are having the jerk chicken (we'll make some plain for him) and BBQ ribs. The weather is going to be too nice to cook inside.

Good work on those doing the C25k (or 10k)! I too remember doing my program (all on the TM) thinking, how am I ever going to run miles and miles? Well I did and I rather enjoy it. I just read an article in Runners World about meditative running (no ipod, just connect with your breathing and footstrikes). It is what I do now, and it was really interesting. I am also reading a book called Personal Record, about a girl who had zero interest in running and is now an ultramarathoner. Not a long book, but interesting.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend and a fun Easter if you celebrate.
 
I kept going back to the old thread wondering why no one was posting - oops, new thread!

The quote you posted is great. I also love the WISH motto; when I'm having a crappy run, I just think to myself 'hey, at least I'm out here'.

Oh my, how to narrow down all the goals I have. Right now it would be to 1) keep on planning our wedding (and try not to be too stressed out by it) 2) hope to find a job for my fiance somewhere in the Mid-Atlantic so we can finally leave our New England apartment and buy a home. I love our apartment and the town we live in, but I'm so ready to own a home! I need a backyard! and 3) getting all the photography experience I can get so I can eventually turn it into a job. I am doing my friends wedding this summer and I'm really nervous about it, but they insist they think I'll be fine. We'll see... :confused3:

Glad to see everyone keeping with their fitness plans! I love to hear about people losing weight or making personal records. My fiance and I did a 4 mile run in the rain earlier this week, and I went out yesterday for a 3.1 loop and did it in 31:37. My 5K goal for this summer is to break 30 minutes. I'd say I'm really getting closer to my goal!
 
Good morning and Happy Easter if you are celebrating.

My son and I are going to walk to the park this morning, which is about a mile each way, and then I'll to w6d1 of c25k there while he plays. We are having beautiful weather here in new england.

Veronica- I'm going to google meditative running. It sounds very interesting, and I think I might already sort of do it. I don't use music, and when I'm feeling too short of breath, I really concentrate on my breathing, and slowing down my pace a little, and it does keep me going.

Have a great day.:)
 
Good morning everyone and Happy Easter!

Yesterday I did 6 miles in 55:15, a 9:12 pace, just felt like going because it has been beautiful here. After that did like 6 hrs of yard work only to finish the back yard.

This am went for a 45 min spinning class now I have room for pie!

Running yesterday I passed a women here in the neighborhood with a Donald 1/2 shirt on.I was like OMG! I went and found her after and talked, I can't believe someone in the neighborhood was there too.

Dona- I am going to give that roasted cauliflower a try!

Veronica- Good luck with your jerk chicken ,a BBQ sounds great

Mikamah- What a beautiful day for a walk in the park

Leeshiebean- You will reach your 5k goal for sure, keep up the great work!

Have a good day all- don't eat too much- that's why I exercise-HA!HA!

Linda
 
Good Morning and Happy Easter to Everyone:flower1: I finished W3D3 yesterday and feel ready to move on to week four. It certainly is encouraging to read posts from members that are on Week 4 and 5. That means there is hope for a non-runner.

Enjoyed a day of boating on Saturday. Atlantic Ocean is still too cold to swim in. Would have liked to swim to burn a few extra Easter calories. Heading to the beach this afternoon to soak up some sunshine:cool1:

Have a wonderful day!

ScubaMickey
 
I can't wait until the ocean is warm enough to swim in :)

I'm supposed to do W5D1 of C210K today... and it's gorgeous out, just the write weather. I'm a little concerned, because of a girlie issue I woke up with this morning. Thanks, mother nature. :(
 
Happy Easter!

mikamah: Wasn't it beautiful out today? Fellow new englander here! I'm loving this weather!

momof2minnies: What a workout this weekend! Awesome job!

I went for a run this morning and it was so peaceful out! Not too many cars on the road and I could hear birds - and a woodpecker! I ran through town and past maybe half a dozen churches. It was so nice to see everyone dressed up, and to hear the church bells was a treat for me! I ran a (very) indirect route to the church my fiance was at - 3.3 miles. I met him there then just drove home with him so we could do our Easter baskets! Anyway I am so excited over my pace. 10:08 miles - my 5K split time was around 30:26!
 
Happy Easter All!

Well the quick Spring Break trip to DL is past us now. Weather was awesome and crowds weren't bad until Friday. Fortunately on Wednesday & Thursday we were able to get on all the rides that the boys were interested in riding so on Friday we just chilled....we did go into the park so I could embarrass my DS that was having a birthday. My teenagers just don't like attention brought to them so I asked for a Birthday Button and made DS wear it....all day! It was a great time and at the end of the day he admitted that it was a great 18th birthday! Glad we weren't there today to experience the earthquake...that would have been scary :scared1:

I am feeling a "little" guilt though.....I'm reading and being inspired by all of you by your running & exercising schedules and how you are so disciplined and sticking to it because I'm now on my 5th day of NO exercise! And I don't know about anyone else but when I go to Disney I like to eat....all the junk food! But tomorrow is a new week and hopefully I'll get back on the wagon...exercising and eating correctly.

On another subject....my 15yr old DS is thinking about running the DL Half Marathon with me in September! That would be so cool for me. I've always done these runs by myself with DH waiting at the finish. DS loves pin collecting and has decided that maybe he'll run it with me so he can get the pin! The finisher's medal interests him...but he wants that special pin!

Enough rambling....I hope everyone has wonderful Monday!
 
Happy Easter everyone!

We had a beautiful day here in the south. Unfortunately, I didn't take advantage of it as I worked most of the day. I rode the bike yesterday for 20 miles. It felt like I rode 50 miles. Ugh! I'm so out of shape. Even though I did the Goofy in January, I really haven't trained much since and I could tell it yesterday. Tomorrow is another day and I'm going over to the Biggest Loser thread and signing up to lose weight. I'm ready for a change.

Amy Lynn - how's your foot and calf pain? Plantar faciitis and achilles tendonitis come to mind. You may just need to do some stretching exercises.

Alicia - you're getting speedy! Way to go! You guys ran in the rain? I get blisters so easily and unless it's race day, I don't do rain. I admire you for getting out there and getting it done!

Linda (Scuba Mickey) - I'm jealous! I don't live anywhere near a beach but we do have a nice lake in the area. Hope you had a good day!

Linda (mom) - great pace! No one in my area seems to do the Disney races. :confused3 How exciting that you found someone in your area who did the Donald. Always nice to meet fellow Disney participants. That's one reason, of course, why I come here. :)

Dona - your cauliflower recipe looks good. I'll definitely have to try that. Kudos for you helping and cooking for your ILs. You do it out of love and respect. Too bad your sisil's can't learn from your example. I have some like that in my family as well. :sad2:

Veronica - we need pics of your bathroom. Sounds nice! How'd your sauce turnout? As for meditative running, I'll have to read up on that. I only listen to the sounds of nature when I run. Running with an earplug bugs me so I really don't have much of a choice.

Jess - good for you for getting out there even though you didn't feel like it. I did the same thing on the bike yesterday. I got out there and it wasn't pretty but I'm glad I did it! Hope you and your family had a great Easter!

Kathy - 20 min run! Wow! I can remember the first time I did that. I was amazed. I mainly walk now but after I lose a little weight, I'll try to get back into the running mode. I know that I can't do 20 min now. Good for you! Keep up the good work!

Amy - GF, huh? I'd like to stay there someday. I love visiting there during Christmas time. It's always so beautiful.

Patsy - Sounds like ya'll had a good time at DL. Happy Birthday to your son! Good for you for making him wear the pin. :teeth: I heard about the earthquake today! Wow! I hope there was no damage done. Nice that you can have your son run with you at the DL half. I'll bet that once he gets that first medal, he'll want more! ;)

Melinda, Lisa, Stephanie, Lauren, Kelley & Tassma - hope you all are doing well!

Hope everyone has a great week!
 
Good morning everyone. Just a brief hello before I get ready to go to school. Ds2 just left to go back to school. The njturnpike is a mess on Easter Sunday so we wanted hiim to leave this morning. Since I had to go to school it was easy. He just left. He had packed everything last night. He must have been anxious to leave since he said he was up at 4 and came down and fell asleep on the couch.

Glad people are going to try the cauliflower. It is very easy to make and tastes great.

Had a nice day with my parents yesterday and we were home by 6:30.

Well off to work. I was supposed to have this day off but because of snow days we are going in. I don't know how many kids are going to be there or how many teachers we will have out because of premade travel plans.

Have a great day everyone. Off to dress and pack lunch before I leave.
 
Morning!

We had a good day yesterday, ate too much though. My sauce, well, it wasn't quite what we had in Jamaica. We are going to continue to work on it, hoping to get it perfected before our big 4th of July bash.

Ran yesterday, did incline walk today on the TM. I am back on the wagon, as I feel yucko, being as dehydrated and overeaten as I am.

I will try to get some photos of the bathroom up tonight if possible.

Back to work for me today, office was closed all last week, so today will be nightmarish. Oh the joy:rolleyes:

Have a great day everyone. Here is another quote for ya:

"Even if you fall flat on your face at least you are moving forward"
--Sue Luke
 
Good morning, gang! I really should have posted yesterday. I feel like I’m a million years behind on this thread. I didn’t run yesterday. I figured after three days in a row, I could use a break. I got my strength training workout in this morning at 6am. Not sure when I’ll get to run this week since I’m baby-sitting a friend’s daughter all week and three kids do not equal alone time on the treadmill!

Veronica – Hope work isn’t too bad for you today! I’m worried about work tomorrow too. Everyone was off Friday and Saturday, a slow poke worked on Sunday and no one is in today… and I’m alone Tuesday. Gulp! Post pictures of the bathroom! I’m excited (since I know how great it is to complete a project)!

Dona – That so stinks that you have to work on a “snow day.” We only had one really big snow fall in the Midwest this winter and it was over New Year’s so I don’t think we had any days to make up. My kids aren’t in school yet so it doesn’t matter to me but still…

Susie – Somehow I missed that you did the Goofy… that’s incredible! And a 20 mile bike ride isn’t too shabby by any means. I’m sure you’ll find your workout groove soon enough… can you sign up for the Biggest Loser challenges any time?

Patsy – I’m so glad to hear your trip went well and your son had a great birthday! And don’t feel guilty about five days of no exercising and enjoying that Disney food… that wagon comes around every 5 seconds and you can always hop back on it!

Alicia – You and your fiancé do Easter baskets for each other? That’s awesome! I never got one as a kid. Ever… I’m for a boring Polish Catholic family (and when I say Polish, I mean I was born there so I’m as Polski as they come!) so no baskets. My son’s first Easter, I thought baskets were stupid… now I’m into them, especially since my daughter’s been born.

Amy – Swimming in the ocean… wow! That’s something that only happens on really expensive vacations for me! We have Lake Michigan here but I rather stay away from there! Did you manage your run yesterday??

Linda (ScubaMickey)– I hope the beach was great yesterday. I wish… there’s no beach here! Phooey! Are you doing the 5K or 10K program? I’m on W4D2 of the 10K and it’s not bad at all… you’ll do great!

Linda (momof2minnies) – You did great on your run! 55:15 sounds great to me! I’ve never even run 6 miles straight (YET) so that’s just fantastic! I think it’s cool that someone in your neighborhood ran the Donald too! I looked at the results and found many people from my town but no one I know…

Kathy – How did W6D1 go for you yesterday? I think it’s great you can do it while your DS plays at the park. I have to watch my two like a hawk!

OK, I’m off to feed the baby, make the beds, maybe get some work done on the computer. Have an awesome day, everyone!
 
Ok friends, I am in a bit of a quandry. I love my running. It is my passion, it is MY thing. I feel so good when I run. And I want to do better every time I go out and run (even though I know it doesn't always happen that way).

I usually run 3-4 3 mile runs each week and 1 long run on Sundays. The Sunday runs have been with my inlaws. Here is where the problem comes in. My MIL (DH's stepmother), who trains but won't race, makes all the decisions about where and when we run (when we are actually training, she does follow the schedule for distances at least). So what usually happens is that on Saturday night, my FIL will call and tell me this is where and what time we are running tomorrow. And I think I have finally had it. It would be nice if we could come to some compromise on time/place. I have talked to DH about it and his take is this:

It is your running. Do what is best for you. Tell them (FIL and MIL) where and when you will be out and if you see them, you see them.

I agree with him, but at the same time, I don't want to cause problems and quite frankly I need those training partners. As an aside, MIL and FIL are still married but separated (haven't lived together in 13 years). They do a lot together and are involved with our daughter.

So do I follow DH's advice (which I am leaning towards) and run on my own, or do I suck it up and just run with them? I have tried talking to them about this before, but FIL just laughs and says its easier to do what she wants instead of arguing. MIL just gets defensive and b!tchy, and makes the runs miserable.

Sorry for the rant, but it is really bugging me. They couldn't understand why I didn't run with them yesterday (oh I'm sorry I have to cook you people dinner, no time to go out with you at 8:30 to run then come home, shower and cook dinner for 2pm).
 
Veronica, I'm a little confused. Are you wanting to run some by yourself and run with them occassionally or are you just wanting to choose the time and place every now and then instead of them always choosing it? In either case, I'd try talking to them again about this. Just tell them you'd like to take turns deciding on the place and time. If they balk, then tell them not to be offended if you decide to go out on your own at times (basically what your DH told you to say). Of course, you can try softening the situation by first telling them how much you appreciate them running with you, blah, blah, blah.

Another approach, and a little sneaky, call them on Thursday and Friday night and tell them about the run you would like to do on Sunday. If they balk, then say you'll meet up with them the next week. ;)

Good luck!
 
I don't really want to run alone on the long runs, as that is when I really need them. The short weekday runs I have to do alone as I do them before work. (5:30 am)

It would be nice to be asked not just be told (like I'm a little kid). Its just frustrating. They have a tendency to treat me like I'm not serious about running, though you would think 2 Disney races in one year might clue them in.

I like the idea of calling and telling them what I want to do, see if they want to do that. I don't want to decide every time, that is not fair, but I think everyone having a say would be more fair.
 












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