Calling all Princesses! (2014 Princess half marathon board)

[jockey]

a quick question for the experts...I participated in my first 10k on Sunday......but by the end of the race my hands were like wreck it ralph...really swollen....... any ideas?

 

[xCourxCorex]

Question for ya-- is the finish for the 10k or the half marathon inside a park? I'm just wondering if I will need a park ticket for either day if I just plan on staying an hour or so to get something to eat. TIA

They end outside the park so while you get to run through, you do need tickets to get back in once you finish!

 

[afnaechiquita]

a quick question for the experts...I participated in my first 10k on Sunday......but by the end of the race my hands were like wreck it ralph...really swollen....... any ideas?

hydrate hydrate hydrate. before, during, and after.

 

[JamieLM]

Just a reminder-- If you havent already stopped by the Princess 1/2 & GS Challenge "where are you staying" thread, please do! We have quite the list going. Also if you have switched hotels you can let me know that too. As of right now we are up to date! Michele

I can not find this thread, can you help?

 

[afnaechiquita]

i'm so excited, my garmin came in the mail yesterday!! and it's purple so it will match perfectly with my princess atta costume!!

how is everyone's costumes coming along?

 

[cewait]

a quick question for the experts...I participated in my first 10k on Sunday......but by the end of the race my hands were like wreck it ralph...really swollen....... any ideas?

hydrate hydrate hydrate. before, during, and after.

Not necessarily. While it may be hydration, it is more than likely a combination of electrolytic issues and hydration.

Before heading out and thinking I have to drink a lot, check your sweat rate. It's simple....

Weigh before dressing for your run.
Dress and from that point note the amount of fluid taken in.
Ideally, one would run for an hour but definitely longer than 30 minutes since one really does not break out into a workout sweat for 8-10 minutes.
Post run, disrobe, dry and reweigh.
Ideally, if you are hydrating well, your weight is the same. If you are hazier, then you need to pull back on hydration; lighter, means under hydrating.

Water weighs about 8 pound per gallon. If you weigh one pound heavier, you have over consumed one pint of water.

We all have differing hydration rates, so an exercise like this will help put you into the correct range of hydration.

Your goal after any run is to be within a percent of you starting weight. If the post run weight starts to get into the 2+% range, you start to have performance issues and health issues arise when a little further off.


Lock in an a good range of hydration rates then see if that helps. The next step may be needing to add more electrolyte to the fuel and liquids consumed during the run.

 

[11point5]

After doing the ToT 10 miler, it has gotten me excited again for this race. I am looking to training harder this year. Also, as some of you know, I was planning on Ariel sea costume for this year, but have thought it over and will be doing something else. I figured since there are a lot of Ariels and the logistics is more difficult that I am going to do a different princess that I hope to see less of, which once the costume starts to come about, I will show details.

OOooooh I wonder who it'll be!! Looking forward to seeing costume pics as the time gets closer!

 

[kappyfamily]

I can not find this thread, can you help?

So all of the sudden it's not letting me post the address to the thread? Not sure why! But it's easy to find, same place you went for this thread under Events/Competitions usually a few down from this Princess Thread. Says "Princess GSC Where are you staying Thread".....

Sorry, hope that helps!

 

[kappyfamily]

DUH!!!!! Figured out why it wasnt working....I was doing it wrong!

Here is the "where are you staying thread".

Michele
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3125358

 

[cosmolette]

I am unable to attend PHM as I am getting married this May and we have decided to save that money for our home/wedding. I keep seeing people talk about selling bibs. I know you cannot transfer registration to another runner so how does a bib sale work?

 

[cewait]

I am unable to attend PHM as I am getting married this May and we have decided to save that money for our home/wedding. I keep seeing people talk about selling bibs. I know you cannot transfer registration to another runner so how does a bib sale work?

Officially - it does not work. Unofficially it does not work well with a distant transaction. Talk it up among friends locally

Otherwise your best bet is to contact my friend Craig who has a really nice list of items just like this.

 

[jockey]

Not necessarily. While it may be hydration, it is more than likely a combination of electrolytic issues and hydration.

Before heading out and thinking I have to drink a lot, check your sweat rate. It's simple....

Weigh before dressing for your run.
Dress and from that point note the amount of fluid taken in.
Ideally, one would run for an hour but definitely longer than 30 minutes since one really does not break out into a workout sweat for 8-10 minutes.
Post run, disrobe, dry and reweigh.
Ideally, if you are hydrating well, your weight is the same. If you are hazier, then you need to pull back on hydration; lighter, means under hydrating.

Water weighs about 8 pound per gallon. If you weigh one pound heavier, you have over consumed one pint of water.

We all have differing hydration rates, so an exercise like this will help put you into the correct range of hydration.

Your goal after any run is to be within a percent of you starting weight. If the post run weight starts to get into the 2+% range, you start to have performance issues and health issues arise when a little further off.


Lock in an a good range of hydration rates then see if that helps. The next step may be needing to add more electrolyte to the fuel and liquids consumed during the run.

Thanks guys.....I sweat like a beast....I have to wear a Bond band.... I really sweat in my head...and my face was PURPLE by the end...it always is after any exercise!!!! Its not even like I am over weight!

 

[11point5]

I have a maybe silly training question to ask here…I sort of made my own 22-week hybrid plan from the Dumbo and PHM Galloway plans and I’m feeling confident about my mileage increases for those 22 weeks, but I’m having difficulty figuring out run/walk intervals and pacing. Do I have to do set intervals?? My 2 short ‘maintenance’ runs through the week are 45mins each, and I have no trouble jogging/running those without walk breaks. I usually go about 3.6miles in that time (my avg pace is around 12:30min/mile), and I have also done a couple of 10K races, during which I just walked for 2 or 3mins a couple times when my body needed a walk. When my long training runs start getting longer, should I be doing little intervals the whole time (ie. run 3mins walk 1min) or can I run for example a solid 5k, take a short walk break, then run another 5k and repeat? I just think I’m going to get bored really quickly if I have to do small careful run/walk intervals the whole time. But I guess intervals are generally faster than just a straight long distance run, right? I tend to take a walk break anytime my running pace drops slower than 13:40min/mile (my goal pace for race day is 11:00min/mile) but I don’t want to be burning myself out by running too long between walks.. Anyone have any suggestions? Hopefully this makes sense!

 

[kappyfamily]

Officially - it does not work. Unofficially it does not work well with a distant transaction. Talk it up among friends locally

Otherwise your best bet is to contact my friend Craig who has a really nice list of items just like this.

Haha!

 

[kappyfamily]

I have a maybe silly training question to ask here…I sort of made my own 22-week hybrid plan from the Dumbo and PHM Galloway plans and I’m feeling confident about my mileage increases for those 22 weeks, but I’m having difficulty figuring out run/walk intervals and pacing. Do I have to do set intervals?? My 2 short ‘maintenance’ runs through the week are 45mins each, and I have no trouble jogging/running those without walk breaks. I usually go about 3.6miles in that time (my avg pace is around 12:30min/mile), and I have also done a couple of 10K races, during which I just walked for 2 or 3mins a couple times when my body needed a walk. When my long training runs start getting longer, should I be doing little intervals the whole time (ie. run 3mins walk 1min) or can I run for example a solid 5k, take a short walk break, then run another 5k and repeat? I just think I’m going to get bored really quickly if I have to do small careful run/walk intervals the whole time. But I guess intervals are generally faster than just a straight long distance run, right? I tend to take a walk break anytime my running pace drops slower than 13:40min/mile (my goal pace for race day is 11:00min/mile) but I don’t want to be burning myself out by running too long between walks.. Anyone have any suggestions? Hopefully this makes sense!

I played around with this quite a bit and honestly did not see much of a difference, only slightly when I went from running until I got tired to run/walk intervals. I started doing 6 min run/2 min walk and just felt like I ran a lot faster during each of the 6 min runs. This can be adjusted to whatever works for you. My sis in law a long time runner and ran as long as she could then would walk, tried 3 minute run/2 minute walk and she pr'ed her last half. She's a 11 min miler. She just ran much much faster during her running segments. So play around with it. I just feel so much better once I get to mile 10 with during intervals.

 

[Gryhndmom]

Don't forget when you go outside for your runs to put on sunscreen...arms, legs, neck, chest and face. Tomorrow I get to have a basal cell carcinoma taken off my upper chest. A very treatable skin cancer but none-the-less I will be even more diligent now. Maybe Disney could add more nighttime races for us sun sensitive people !

 

[rosemom1313]

So, I am doing intervals. Right now I am running 3 min and walking 1. My problem is I think I am walking to slow. How do I make sure I am walking fast enough during the walk part? I run out side. Run keeper is saying that I am walking about 20:30 mile...my running part is about 15 min a mile. Any advice?

 

[joanzie72]

Officially - it does not work. Unofficially it does not work well with a distant transaction. Talk it up among friends locally

Otherwise your best bet is to contact my friend Craig who has a really nice list of items just like this.

 

[cewait]

I have a maybe silly training question to ask here…I sort of made my own 22-week hybrid plan from the Dumbo and PHM Galloway plans and I’m feeling confident about my mileage increases for those 22 weeks, but I’m having difficulty figuring out run/walk intervals and pacing. Do I have to do set intervals?? My 2 short ‘maintenance’ runs through the week are 45mins each, and I have no trouble jogging/running those without walk breaks. I usually go about 3.6miles in that time (my avg pace is around 12:30min/mile), and I have also done a couple of 10K races, during which I just walked for 2 or 3mins a couple times when my body needed a walk. When my long training runs start getting longer, should I be doing little intervals the whole time (ie. run 3mins walk 1min) or can I run for example a solid 5k, take a short walk break, then run another 5k and repeat? I just think I’m going to get bored really quickly if I have to do small careful run/walk intervals the whole time. But I guess intervals are generally faster than just a straight long distance run, right? I tend to take a walk break anytime my running pace drops slower than 13:40min/mile (my goal pace for race day is 11:00min/mile) but I don’t want to be burning myself out by running too long between walks.. Anyone have any suggestions? Hopefully this makes sense!

Physiologically and mentally, you need to start with a consistent interval. Running until you need a walk break may work in a shorter race or run but once distances go long, it is extremely tough to restart the run, especially if the first break is only when you feel the need to walk.

My next piece of advice is do not get hung up on the interval guidance found on the runD site. I can tell you that Jeff once ran 6-8 minutes between walks, not the really short interval preached today. I would suggest based on this question that you look at a little shorter interval for your long runs... one that is easily done on race day. Run a mile then walk a minute. It's so simple in a race you run to the mile marker and then walk.

Hope this helps

Oh, and I actually disagree with the "you run faster" with intervals as an absolute statement. I will agree that with the level of training in Jeff's plan, you are more likely to run faster with intervals, but not always.

 

[cewait]

So, I am doing intervals. Right now I am running 3 min and walking 1. My problem is I think I am walking to slow. How do I make sure I am walking fast enough during the walk part? I run out side. Run keeper is saying that I am walking about 20:30 mile...my running part is about 15 min a mile. Any advice?

Actually, this is not an uncommon spread in pace. I would counsel working one of you weekday runs at a track. Warm up for 10 minutes then run one lap fast - at a level of effort where you may not be able to say more than 2-3 words per breath and where you feel like you could not go another half lap. Then walk for the same amount of time and then run another lap. The first week do 4-5 intervals and add an interval a week until you consume a full hour at the track.

The issue is that your average pace is probably in the 17 minute range at this interval and you need to increase overall pace. No panic, there is lots of time to do this

Hope this helps.