Donald's Defiant Dashers 2012

[disney_runner]

Joe ~ if I can finish 26.2, anybody can! You've run plenty of Half's, so a Full is just twice as long... easy peasy! You'll do fine. Augie too!!

As far as training, I follow Higdon's, but I don't do the Long Runs as per his schedule. I do the longer mid-week runs as scheduled, and then for the LR's, I steadily increase (just like the Half program does) until I reach 16 or 18. That's as far as I go. I told Liz this too - I figured why torture myself any more than necessary? When I did the full, my furthest LR during training was 16. I figured the race was only 10 more. I can easily do 10 miles, so I know I'll finish. Besides, 7 hours is a long time! But then that was my only goal -- just to finish. If you're looking for sub 5 hour time or something, then disregard everything you just read! Good luck and happy training!

Oh - I also run indoors during winter but it's at an Olympic training facility for speedskating. The running track goes around the speedskating track. So I still have to bundle up for the 35-40 degrees, but don't worry about snow or ice. It's pretty neat though! I think it's a good idea if you can run indoors from time to time since you never know what the weather is like in December.

 

[jenifred]

Ya'll are so funny - running in the snow and ice. Winter running in Louisiana means putting on a t-shirt instead of a tank top because it got "all the way down to the high 40s!" SO glad I live where it's warm. Good luck this winter guys!

 

[Big Vic]

Good morning Ducks!

It's a rainy Saturday here in NW Florida.

Augie - Glad you were able to make it for Qualifying. Too bad neither one could back up their times. WTG with the 5K, and bike ride.

Joe - I signed up for Galloway's marathon training program. It's 30 weeks long, beginning next Saturday and meets every Saturday until marathon weekend. I haven't participated in a group run/walk program in a very long time, but received a good discount through work. So, I figured I'd give it a try.

Jeni - Have a good run tomorrow!

Laura - Good luck with the marathon, and have fun at the World.

Karin - Glad to see you're back to running.

Tim - How's the foot?

Tanya - I'm with Jeni. I have summer t-shirts and winter t-shirts.

Liz - Liz? Hello, Liz.

 

[airman]

Happy Sunday!

It looks like I am getting my legs back, I did a 4 mile run on Friday and got in a 8 mile run this morning. Yesterday Debbie and I went to Planet Rock to learn how to climb a walk wall. It was fun, but very tough. It was a pretty good upper body workout. We might do that again, I just have to get over a slight fear of heights.
Thanks everyone for the input on training schedules. The WDW Galloway training schedules are out and I think I will be doing the "finish the race standing up" version. I will adjust it a little with the weekend long runs at the beginning, I don't want to go back to 3 miles. The schedule has me doing a 26 mile run on December 22nd, I don't think that will happen, I don't want to run for 5 hours while in Hawaii, unless I just plan on hanging around the beach that day.

I've booked a studio at OKW resort for marathon weekend, so Liz I can walk to the start of the marathon with you in the morning. I won't leave you this time, so I won't get in the wrong corral.

Have a good week, Ducks!

Joe

 

[liznboys]

Happy Monday Ducks! It's an especially happy one here because my boys are on summer vacation now...which means no school mornings for the next couple months, and a much calmer schedule! woohoo!

There is a downside to that though. It's going to be more challenging for me to run outside. I am in an anti-treadmill mode so I want to run outside as much as I can. I may be getting up early to run before my dh leaves for work.

I've been still doing great with running 4 days a week. My friend and I run 3/3/3/4 every week. At some point I'll have to start Goofy training and up the mileage of my long run and one of the short runs too. I don't know that I'll follow any of the plans specifically. I think I'll end up making my own taking ideas from multiple plans and based on my own abilities/schedule. I know I want my longest run (which as of now I'm planning to be 20 miles) to happen in early-mid December. That way I have it under my belt with time to spare in case of sickness, injury and the busy holiday season.

Phil~Ha, you love cheesesteaks, perfect!
Way to go on your awesome half! Wow, you really killed your previous time!
That's cool you saw a WISHer there.

Tim~OH NO! A broken foot! I'm so sorry to hear that. How bad is it?? I learned all about broken feet when I thought mine was...I know breaking certain bones is worse than others.

Joe~Lol about not growing a beard like Augie's...
9 nights at Aulani...oh I am so envious!
That's great you'll be at OKW and we can walk to the start! Looks like a little group of WISHers doing this is beginning to form.

Vic~That's great you're all signed up! woohoo!

Laura~Have a great trip to WDW soon!

Jeni~That's great you go cleared to run! How did it go yesterday?

Karin~Did I know you tore your soleus? I can't remember reading about that on fb.. I'm sorry! How is healing going?
And you are too funny saying that I will be ahead of you at Goofy...YEAH RIGHT! That's a good one.

Tanya~That is neat you can run at that skating track!

 

[disney_runner]

I hear ya Liz! Having the kids home is good and bad. Scheduling those runs is basically like squeeze it in where you have time. I've failed twice at trying to get up before my DH goes to work - he leaves at 5:30am so I'm just not all that excited to get going that early. At least the sun is almost up, but still.... that kind of early is reserved for race day at WDW!!!

 

[jenifred]

Liz - Thanks for asking. It did not go. It's been raining off and on since Friday and shows no sign of stopping. Lowest chance of rain over the next 6 days is 40%. I may have to suck it up and run in the rain. I still think that's got to be better than snow and ice! I have cross training today, so I'm going to give it a go Tuesday morning.

I just booked OKW for marathon weekend. What's up with walking to the start? I was stuck on a bus in traffic for about an hour this year. We bearly made it to the Half. How long is the walk and where do you walk from?

 

[liznboys]

I forgot to mention that I did a last minute 5K on June 2nd. It was in honor of a little girl who lost her life to brain cancer last year. My dh knows her father.

My friend and I ran it together. You can see us cross the finish line at about 17:14 in this video. I have on a pink tank top and white visor, she has on a blue tshirt and black hat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLwXScajkuQ&feature=plcp
We ran it pretty much as a training run, our time was about 34 mins.

Tanya~My dh leaves at about 7am, so not as early as yours. I definitely couldn't run THAT early on a regular basis. We'll see how I handle earlier than 7.

Jeni~Yeah, you may need to just go for it in the rain. I run rain or shine these days. One recent run it was pouring and I was drenched to the bone, literally. It was comical. I can't put off runs because I may not be able to make them up.

That's great you're staying at OKW too! People have been walking to the corrals from there for years. It isn't something Disney promotes, and they could put a stop to it at anytime (as in next year, so we all have to be prepared for that). I'm willing to take the risk and give it a go. It will allow me to sleep longer and skip the whole early morning race transportation and walking from the staging area to the corrals thing. I'll just go from my room to my corral!

Here's a map of that area:
Intersection of Disney Vacation Club Way & Bonnet Creek Parkway

You will leave OKW, walk down DVC Way, cross over Bonnet Creek Pkwy and cross the bridge onto Epcot Center Drive, which is where the corrals are.

We are talking about it on this thread too:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2898677&page=6

 

[jenifred]

Good Morning Ducks!

I did a 5K this morning and stayed close to my regular pace despite the 2 weeks of lazy. I forgot how good I feel after a morning run. Have a great day everyone!

 

[ahoff]

Good Morning to the Ducks! Finally did it, saw another post reminding us that the Disney Visa discount ends on the 19th, so went ahead and finally registered fo rthe Full. First full for me, boy, that's a long way to run!
Liz, thanks for the link to the map. I am staying at BW. Last year walked to WWoS and going to corrals is shorter. I might walk this year just because I hate waiting around. I missed the start last year due to poor bus transport. (though the transport we finally got was a regular Disney bus and it was the most fun bus ride I ever had at Disney! The driver knew he was running late and really flew, took a different route, blew some stop signs and even some lights. And the riders loved it!) Saw the fireworks from a distance, my corral was gone by the time I got to it. But I was warmed up due to running to start.

Have a great week! Heading to Boston this weekend for the 150 mile brewery ride

 

[Mickeyfan74]

Hello Ducks,

Sorry been busy with life lately. I've been walking 3Miles 3 times a week and one longer 4 mile also.

Recently upped my walking to include light jogging intervals. Now I am up to 12.5 minute miles! Getting excited to do the inaugural TOT 10 miler. Looking online for some colorful LED lighing to pin on for the night time event. Should be fun! I'll get there on 9/27 and try to get myself conditioned to staying up LATE!! Going to MNSSHP on 9/28 also. Changed Res to AS SR to get the bus service.

After that I'll really get into prepping for the Half in Jan.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Colleen

 

[CALIFLADY]

Yes! I saw Tinker Bell again this morning on my 5K run! For those who weren't on this thread last year, let me preface this by saying that Tinker Bell is a rather old gentleman in my neighborhood who runs and rides his bike in a tutu and leotard. Is it redundant to say that I live in an eclectic neighborhood?

Anyhoo, I saw him this morning on my run. He's not hard to pick out when he's on his Schwinn-style bicycle. It has a pink plastic basket on the front of the handlebars. Like all good fourth grade girls have on their bikes.

He was wearing a one piece outfit (is it still called a onsie when a man in his 60's or 70's wears it?). Purple/lavender print with lace around the short sleeves and lace around the shorts leg openings.

And a bow on his head band keeping his hair out of his eyes.

I love this neighborhood.

 

[disney_runner]

Groovy! A Tinkerbell spotting! There's a boy in my daughter's class (4th grade, now going into 5th) that has a basket on his bike too. But he doesn't dress up like a fairy. Yet....

 

[Maddykins06]

Renee,
Aren't you the one who got pelted by a donut last year too?
The thought of Tink as a old geezer still put a smile on my face.

 

[CALIFLADY]

That's right, Karin. Along with the almost-dead guy in the middle of the street in front of my house. And the guy rolling the empty shopping cart down a main drag at 4:30am.

Like I said. I love this neighborhood. I'll be getting back to my early morning runs now that the weather is heating up down here. Wonder what (or who) this summer will bring out of the woodwork. Stay tuned!

 

[AUdisneyDad]

Vic & Liz: The foot is doing great. I've been able to jog without pain or discomfort. I go back to the doctor next week just for a check up and she should cut me loose to begin crossfit and/or more high impact exercising. Fingers crossed.

In other news I'm signed up for a beer run Tuesday night. I've also signed up for the WDW Full, 3 halfs (from sept to dec) a few 5 & 10 ks and one 8k. So I'm hitting the ground running . I hope all of you are doing well. Make sure to stay hydrated and safe out there.

Tim

 

[Ebeezy]

Hi all,

I am new to these parts. My name is Easter(yes, that is really my name) and I am a 29 year old female that stays in Huntsville, AL. I started running road races last year with a 5k and the four months later I ran my first Half Marathon (Women's Half Marathon in Nashville,TN). I started this year off running a Half Marathon (Mercdes Benz HM in Birmingham,AL) with very minimal training ( I will not do that again.. The pain was horrific..lol) That race took me out for a few months.. Then I just ran a 10k a month ago on little training( Yeah, I know I said I wouldn't do it again...lol). I was not in pain but I was definitely sucking wind..lol

Currently, I am training for my third and fourth HMs. I will be returning to Nashville for the Women Half Marathon on Sept. 22 . My fourth HM with be the Disney Wine and Dine HM..

My training is going ok so far.. I am just impatient when it comes to building my endurance up again.. Hopefully, I can stick with this training out now that I am running two HMs that are within months of each other.

 

[AUdisneyDad]

WELCOME to the Triple D's Easter!!!

My name is Tim, I live in Alabama also. Birmingham to be exact. Anyway it's nice to meet you.

You will find a wonderful,helpful and knowledgable support group here. Everyone is just great. I look forward to hearing how your training is going.

 

[Ebeezy]

WELCOME to the Triple D's Easter!!!

My name is Tim, I live in Alabama also. Birmingham to be exact. Anyway it's nice to meet you.

You will find a wonderful,helpful and knowledgable support group here. Everyone is just great. I look forward to hearing how your training is going.

Hi Tim,

I am actually from Birmingham.. I moved to Huntsville for school and have been up here a little over 11 years now..

 

[airman]

Hi Ducks.

Easter: Welcome to the group!
Tim: It's good to hear the foot is better and you can start running again.
Renee: Funny about the Tinker Bell sighting.

Debbie and I (along with lil' Donald) ran the Solstice Run 10k this morning, I finished in 1:01:49 and Debbie did awesome finishing at 1:09. It was a nice event, but very hilly.
Oh and Debbie ran the Ann Arbor half marathon last Sunday. I was spending the weekend with my parents and didn't know she was doing it until she sent me a picture of her with the medal.
Another family update, Stephanie leaves for Switzerland on Tuesday for a 5 week college study abroad. She will also tour Italy, Turkey and Greece. She is very excited.
Have a good week everyone.
Joe