Donald's Defiant Dashers 2012

[disney_runner]

Congratulations!!! Glad to hear the twins are healthy and happy. Good luck over the next few months while you get used to it all!!!

 

[Terapin]

Congratulations Phil! That is terrific.

 

[liznboys]

Happy Saturday night Ducks!

Tomorrow morning I have 17 miles to do. I'll get up as early as I can and get it overwith!

Colleen~The plan is still to have dinner at SSR/Turf Club that Saturday night of Marathon Weekend, I'm glad you'll be joining me! Will your coworker too? I need to keep a count so I can adjust the ADR as necessary once we get closer to the date.

RE: the Pasta in the Park Party...I considered it. But I decided I'd better not. I need to force myself to take it easy and save my energy for Goofy! I know I'd do more walking if I went to Epcot that night than if I just hang at my resort, which is my plan. I think it's a good idea/deal for those who are up for it!

Carolynn~Good luck tomorrow! I hope you have dry weather, a happy knee and that your finish time is one you're content with!

Phil~Congrats times two! I'm so glad to hear that your wife and the babies are doing well! That's just wonderful news! Hang in there with everything!

 

[airman]

Happy weekend, Ducks!

Liz: How have the long runs been going, Knees holding out? Count Debbie & me for the Turf Club on Saturday.

Phil: Congrats on the new additions!

Carolynn: Good luck on your half tomorrow!

lil Duckling: sending pixie dust your way for a speedy recovery.

It has been cold & rainy today, so I am doing my 8 mile run tomorrow. I am on a mini taper for next weekends half. I am really looking forward to running over the Ambassador Bridge into Canada for a run through Windsor before coming back to the US through the tunnel. I have to show my passport at the expo to be able to do this race.
I have been looking at pictures of the new Fantasyland expansion that is in soft openings this weekend. The expansion looks really cool, can't wait to see it all in January.

Have a good week everyone!

Joe

 

[Terapin]

Thanks guys! Just to seem even more pathetic, I put my back out yesterday! Only about a 5/10 but sheesh.... when the going gets tough....

Leaving the house in a few minutes! Excited and nervous. But, if I have to walk it, I will walk it, right?


Joe- That sounds like a cool run! I bet the medal looks good!

 

[liznboys]

Good Sunday afternoon Ducks!

I am pooped!!! Got my 17 miles done. My time was 3:50:12. Slower than I had thought it would be, due to a few factors, but I'm good with it. All that matters is that it is done!

Joe~My knees are doing well, surprisingly! I haven't needed to use KT Tape or wear a brace or anything so far. I think the way I'm training, with long runs every other weekend (and now it will be every 2-3 weekends), is really helping me avoid injury. Plenty of time to recover in between. I also do the run/walk and I run all of the flat (or almost flat) and the downhills and I walk up the hills. I don't know if my knees are better because I'm not running up hills?? Who knows.

I do have a minor physical thing going on that hopefully won't pose a problem down the road... My feet are getting sore. On the top, towards the inside. I guess it's along the first metatarsal. No sharp pain so I'm not doing anything about it. I have skinny, skeleton-like feet and I always wonder if they're going to just snap apart at some point with all this running! Lol

I'm glad you and Debbie will be at Turf Club, too!

Carolynn~Ugh, sorry about your back! I thought about you and your race as I was on my run this morning. I hope things went well!

 

[Terapin]

I DID IT! I finished! Time was terrible for me (2:56) but given all the challenges I faced to even run at all, I am so happy I was able to run and to finish, and under 3 hours.

Here is a picture:

Thanks for all the well wishes.

 

[liznboys]

Carolynn congrats! I think you should be very proud of your time given all that you were dealing with. Way to go!!

 

[Terapin]

Carolynn congrats! I think you should be very proud of your time given all that you were dealing with. Way to go!!

Thank you!

 

[CALIFLADY]

Hey Ducks!

What a busy weekend in the pond. Both Carolynn and Vic ran half marathons and Phil has two new ducklings! And Liz knocked it out of the park with a 17 mile training run.

I got 10 miles in on Friday. Waivers are up for the W&D Half, so it's becoming real now.

Sounds like everyone is having a pretty sound fall running season (with a few clipped wings here and there...). Keep up the hard work!

 

[Terapin]

People seem to really like the Wine and Dine. What is it in particular that makes that race so fun?

 

[ahoff]

Hello Ducks! Congrats to all the race finishers! Way to go! And Congrats to Phil on the twins! I did a sort of race yesterday, it was a 6 hour run on a 2/1 mile course , mostly dirt and gravel roads with some hills. I figured it would be good training for a full, and that is what I would up doing, total was 26.5, I think. It did take the whole 6 hours, and there was some walking in there. This was the most I have run, both distance and time. Now I know I can do the distance, and i think the full will be a little faster, as it is all flat (mostly).
Liz, I added an extra night to Jan and all that was available was SSR, going to try to change Sat night to there to make Sunday morning easier. So I think I will be around on sat also. Hey Joe, how about them Tigers! I'm thinking they will finish it off tonight.

 

[disney_runner]

Augie, did I just read that right? You just ran 26.5 for "fun?" Your making some big waves in this duck pond.... Some of us may just ride that wave right out of the water!! Maybe you should start doing duathlons. Sounds like you need more of a challenge.

 

[jenifred]

Morning Ducks!

Way to go Carolynn and Vic!

Phil - So glad to hear everything went well with the twins. Good luck with all the juggling.

Duckling - I second Joe's for a quick recovery!

Augie - 26.5 for fun???? I'm trying to think of a nice way to say CRAZY!!!

Carolynn - I was wondering the same thing about Wine & Dine, so I asked a couple of Disney runners during the TOT weekend. The answer I got was that you run through three parks, which is pretty good for a Half. The after party has good food. The runners get to do Food and Wine Festival during the trip. And this year, since it got moved back, the weather should be nice. DH and I are thinking about doing it 2013, sans kids. Just a nice long weekend trip for us. I don't love the medal though. I'm hoping for a re-design.

I was all set for a ten mile run yesterday...until I woke up with the proverbial hit-by-a-mac-truck syndrome. Spent most of yesterday sleeping off the headache, cough and nausea. Feeling better today so I'm hoping to get in a make-up run this afternoon.

 

[liznboys]

Renee~You could do 17 too and much faster than me I am sure!

Augie~Way to go on your 26+ miler! I'm sure that makes you feel a-ok about the WDW Full now.
I'll count you in for Turf Club on that Saturday, yay!

Jeni~I hope you feel better!

 

[PhillyPhil]

Thank you, everyone! Both babies are being moved out of their isolettes and we are looking forward to them coming home one day this week! We were told near Halloween but they have both done so well and have exceeded all expectations. They are overachievers like their big sister and in no way procrastinators like their dad...now off to finish that nursery!

 

[liznboys]

Phil that's awesome news!! I'm so happy for you!

 

[CALIFLADY]

People seem to really like the Wine and Dine. What is it in particular that makes that race so fun?

If I'm not mistaken, the W&D Half was Disney's first night time "marathon" race in 2010. They added the ToT 10 miler (a new night time race) just this year. This will be my third year running the W&D. And yes, it is pretty cool running through 2-1/2 parks (we really didn't get to run in Epcot the first two years...but some maps released for this year's race shows a portion going through FW in Epcot!). In 2010, the 5K in the morning was run through MK, so if you ran that too (Joe, Deb, and I did!), you got to run through 3-1/2 parks in one day.

I like the fact that it's all run in the dark. I do all my training before sunrise down here in Houston. It's just too blankity-blank hot to run after the sun comes up here. So the W&D Half just mimics my training runs, only at night time! It's also pretty cool running through AK in the dark, then through DHS with all the Osborne Lights on. Anyhoo, just my take on it...

I signed up for one of the very last F&W events on Sunday morning after the Saturday night W&D Half. I signed up for the Sweet Sundays demonstration from 10am until noon, so I won't stay too late at the after-party. I was also able to snag a New Fantasyland Preview ticket for late Sunday afternoon today (available to AP holders). The preview is 5pm - 8:30pm. Hope I can stay awake! It includes a tour of the new "Be Our Guest" restaurant, a ride on "Under the Sea - Journey of the Little Mermaid" and "Enchanted Tales with Belle".

Augie - Confirmed. You're a bit crazy.

Phil - Great news on the twins! Get some cross-training done in that nursery!

Supposed to be in the 60's tomorrow morning for my run (that's at 4:30am in Houston...), so I'm excited! Such cool temperatures! Much better than 10 miles in 78 degree heat (yes, that was my early Friday morning run).

Paddle on, Ducks!

 

[LadyDooley]

Thank you, everyone! Both babies are being moved out of their isolettes and we are looking forward to them coming home one day this week! We were told near Halloween but they have both done so well and have exceeded all expectations. They are overachievers like their big sister and in no way procrastinators like their dad...now off to finish that nursery!

I am so happy for you two!!
How exciting!!
Happy thoughts are with you that they get home soon!!

 

[ZFamily5]

Thank you for all the pixie dust my way! Therapy is going pretty well, although I think she is trying to get me ready for the Ironman, not just going back to gym class!

In non-running news, busy two weeks coming up as the play I am working on is opening in a week! Should be an interesting time!

Phil: Congrats! Hope the nursery set up wasn't too rough!

Terapin: Fantastic! I think under 3 hours is great!

Augie: Way to go!

Hope everyone's runs are going well this week!