Hakuna Matata - May; the Irish Month of Mirth and Merriment!

[funwalker]

Good Morning, Team!

Sunshine & high of 62°

Flooding in the South:
Be Safe…Dave KY; Jennifer MS; Shannan NC

Connie- Nice that you were able to get your garden
planted-it is way to early for us. I think we are a bit ahead
this year but rule of thumb was late May.

Have fun with the new P90X workout.

Also Taryn asked about a bio page for our Team.
Can you organize one for us?

Dave-I really enjoy bike rides. The are great cross
training. Bummer that your gears were not working.

Hope-Enjoy!
Wonderful Date Night tomorrow, going to see Iron Man 2
with the df at midnight

Kristie- what the latest on your chair report?
Ben have any success reaching anyone that could be helpful
Monday?

I take it that was Ben’s volunteer schedule you posted
for Gerry? My goodness, he does do lots of volunteering!

Jennifer- Nice you were able to get your run & workout
in with your schedule yesterday!
You are a Great Coach and the girls on your Track Team will
remember you forever!

Kim- Goodness-what’s happened to you?

Mary- Whew, that make me feel better!
Walking 3-miles with bags of groceries.
I seriously do not think I would make it.
Maybe if it fit into one of those thin sports backpacks-
Thinking if I left my wagon outside
the store it would not be there when I returned.

Mike- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-1j9jvAyjE
As our Scott would say, ‘KWEL!’
It looked like some were having WAY too much fun in that mud!
Are you and/or Liz in any of the shots?

Regina- I think keeping both mind and body busy
at the same time is Way Gooder!

If my stomach had not been so active I would have tried adding
lemon. I am not good with flavored drinks-especially sweet ones.
I still have not been able to drink a cup of coffee-

Sue-

Vicky-

Connie (foot), Dave (Achilles), Jennifer (runners knees)
Kim (foot), Kristie (arm), Lynn (cold/flu/knees), and Vicky (ankle)

AFM: 2-little guys and much needed Yard Work

Enjoy all the moments today might bring!
Connie, Dave, Denise, Eva, figment82, Gerry, Hope, Jack, Jennifer,
Kim, Kristie, Lorelei528, Mary, Mike, Pam, Regina, Robert,
Scott & Lynn, Shannan, Sue, Taryn, and Vicky-

 

[wilbur]

Good Morning Team!

I'm still here as well. Just really busy at work & home.

Taryn, Welcome to the team!

Mike, I started running in '06 with Disney full in '07 as my first. Next Sunday will be my 5th full. I've done many races of various lengths & will be trying my first duathalon this summer. Your last race sounded like fun & very interesting.

Vicky, How are you feeling after the weekend run?

Margie, Enjoy the yard work. You should put the little guys to work & get them to help you out.

Rain last night so I was at the gym for spin class. Just getting in the last few workouts before the 16th.

Got to run. Major work projects due Fri. & Mon.
Have a great day.Sue

 

[windwalker]

Good morning Margie. I declared war on my achillies problem and so far I think I'm winning. I did a hard 7 miles yesterday and wasn't limping after. I'm stretching several times a day, icing and using advil.

Today is a rest day, except for going to work. But I went to the Gym and soaked and stretched in the hot whirlpool. Then had a big breakfast. Once I get the achillies under control I'm going to increase my miles and get those last 20 lbs of extra fluff off me.

Dave

 

[Steffwalks]

Good morning Team!

WELCOME, Taryn! - Congrats on the weight loss. You have done very well!! Now, we just have to find a race that will fit into that busy schedule of yours!!!

Hmmmm - A bio page...I was thinking that everyone might send me a brief bio in a private message and I can include that in the opening page each month. That way it's always on top and everyone can refer back to it! Whatcha think?

Sue - great to see you. You are our dynamo!

Kim - dahling, are you too busy shopping for cowgirl boots to visit with us??

Dave - Howdy! I don't think I am crazy for trying P90X. I think it may be quite sane, actually! I am NOT driving 50 + miles to a gym and pay gym membership. I am NOT going to use the public pool that's 25 miles away and only open in the summer with 1000000's of kids in it. So with limited options I am going to try this. I am thinking if I can get my entire body strong, new world's will open up to me! LOL

Mike - What great news from the doctor's. I would be a basket case, I suspect, just thinking about the test! Keep up the good work! Great job on the weight loss as well! You are da man!

Hope - Hey girl! Good luck with the job. It is difficult to go up against with whom you are close! May the best woman win! Be sure and tell your future mother-in-law to come back here and post!!!

Robert - Still making those races happen? How's the weight loss going?? Are you racing at all?

Regina - How's it going?

Scott and Lynn - Come back! Come Back!!! We miss you!!

Jack? Jack?? Oh, Captain Jack?? Where are you??

Lorelai - You need to come back too!

Gerry - What kind of pedometer do you use? AND what kind of step do you do on an average day? My pedometer is an Omron that works in any position.

Jennifer - You are an amazing coach and you have done a super job for your first year. Great on you for finding time for yourself. Trust me, that gets harder and harder as you grow older.

Denise - Where are you?????

figment82 - Where are you???

Shannon??

Mary what are you up to0?

About me: I am a married, 53 yo grandmother. We live in the middle of nowhere in the Texas panhandle, far from everything! I walk races and enjoy it. I work at home doing the accounting and billing and other office jobs for our business.

See y'all! Connie

 

[syko]

Taryn

Margie Disney will see mor of my Dh than I will for the next two weekends. rotfl
I am volunteering for the EE, I will be somewhere on the course, but I don't do annywhere near as much as hubby.

We have had no luck with my chair, we are still writing up all the details of emails, calls etc. I'm hoping once that is done and sent to the team head office things might start getting done.

We are hing to cut the grass every week now, our temp. is around 100 every day..... it.


Mike That is fantastic news.


I think we are going for a bassett waddle tonight down down, well the other dogs waddle and Tinkerbell walks normal speed, we have to stop and wait for everyone to catch up.
There are a few hounds that live here and its nice to get them together once in a while.

to everyone.

 

[bunnyfoo]

Hello team! Not much to report from me lately - I can't believe it's Thursday and another weekend is here already! I have a funny twitch in my right eye that I can't seem to get to go away. I think it's from stress and/or lack of sleep. I don't think anyone else notices but it's just annoying.

Kirstie - Sorry to hear about your continuining chair troubles I wish they'd just make things right and fix it already! The bassett waddle sounds fun! How's your arm doing?

Mike - That's fantastic news from your Dr.! Great time on your 8 miler too! Can't wait to see what kind of times you get on a 1/2!

Connie - Hmm... I'm not sure what our neighbours would say about that. Of course that would be one motivator to make me run faster!!

Sue - Running last weekend was fantastic! I can't say my ankle is back to 100% but I still have a couple of weeks before training for Midsummer Night's starts up. I'm going to give that 30K a try and hopefully this time things will go better.

Taryn - Congrats on your weight loss!!

Margie - How's the yard work? Do you have any landscaping or gardening projects planned?

Regina - I have a 405. My dad got it for me as a birthday present when I first started running. I don't have any experience with the 305 - might want to ask Lynn and Scott. I think they have a couple different models. The rebate with the Garmin seems to come and go ... it was around last summer and fall for a little while and then I remember getting an email about it a couple of months ago.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[DisneyGerry]

Good morning Team!



Gerry - What kind of pedometer do you use? AND what kind of step do you do on an average day? My pedometer is an Omron that works in any position.


See y'all! Connie

i have a couple but both cheap ones handed out as freebies

Do you have a suggestion for a nice one?

Thanks
Gerry

 

[funwalker]

Connie-

I will PM'd my brief bio

Funwalker-Margie:
Walker, Widow; I live in Portage MI
Did my 1st race when I turned 60
A Full Marathon at the 2005 Columbus Marathon.
I prefer Half Marathons for training and distance.

 

[windwalker]

Good morning guys.

I'm determined to get my sleep as much as possible so I forced myself to stay in bed till 5:30, even though I was wide awake at 4am. The research says that people who get 6 to 9 hrs live longer than people who don't. I also know that healing only happens when you are asleep so that's a big part of my attack on this achillies tendonitis.

I'm headed off to walk, not sure how far or how I'll train yet. I'll know when I get there.

Margie how is your Sarah doing?

Dave

 

[wellesleyprincess]

Thanks everyone!
We took the team out for their celebratory dinner last night.

I ran 5k on my own plus about 1 mile pushing speeds from various girls (totally counting as my speed work for the week).

Best,
Jennifer

 

[bunnyfoo]

Happy Friday team! Hope everyone is ready for the weekend! What is everyone doing for Mother's Day on Sunday? I'm taking my mom and family out for dinner. I wanted to do brunch but I think I'm too late to make reservations and most places will probably be mobbed.

Worked out last night with my PT - we did lunges with a medicine ball for a warmup and focused on deadlifting. My regular deadlifting sets are now at 140 lbs (3 reps, 6-7 sets). At the end, my PT made me retry my PB which was 145 lbs. Got that up no problem Then he upped the weight to 150 lbs and that was tougher but I still got it up. So my new PB is 150 lbs!! But he thinks it could have been 155 lbs!

Margie - I got your email and am working on a reply. It's a little tricky at work because we can't access outside email through our network.

Jennifer - I'm glad to hear that your track team is doing so well! Are you going to encourage the girls to keep up with their training while they're on break in the summer?

Dave - I need more sleep too! My problem is going to sleep at an appropriate time. Never had a problem sleeping in

Regina - DF got the wedding invite in the mail yesterday and my name was on it. So I guess it's just a matter of whether we're going or not - it's in Boston so there's the travel time + hotel. I figured the ex wouldn't want to put my name on it because she was trying to keep things small and we didn't exactly hit it off last time we met.

Anyway time to get back to work! Have a great day everyone!

 

[Steffwalks]

Good morning, Team!

Vicky - I thought that would just be a fun name. Of course, if we made it "The streak through the Hot August NITE 5K" you wouldn't have so much to worry about! At your age and shape, people would admire you! At my age, I worry about people seeing me and then going or ! -- Oh Vicky, what load off your shoulders. I am so glad that the ex took the high road, makes getting along so much easier!

Gerry - My pedometer is really great. It was about $29, but you can drop it in a pocket or purse, hang it around your neck, or clip it to your pants or shirt. It tells you all your steps and breaks out your "moderate" steps which amounts to jogging or aerobic AND it counts the calorie burn and the time. You never have to reset it, it resets by itself at midnight! It's a great tool.

Margie and Taryn - Check out the bios on the front page!

Dave - Good luck with your sleep! I seem to get 8 hours no matter what!

Kristy - I think I would really enjoy seeing a Basset Waddle! Here's to you and Tinkerbell!

Jennifer - great job on the run! I hope you enjoyed the dinner!

Denise, Eva, Hope, Jack, Jennifer, Kim, Lorelei, Mary, Mike, Pam, Regina, Robert, Scott & Lynn, Shannan, Sue, Figment82, and FlipFlopmom!

AFM - Super windy today, I don't like the wind. I will just be conducting my day as I usually do!

See y'all - Connie

 

[funwalker]

Good Morning, Team!

Major Thunderstorms early morning-looks like it has set in for the day!

Flooding in the South: Be Safe…Dave KY; Jennifer MS; Shannan NC

Connie- WTG-the mini Bios look Absolutely Great!
WTG- on that P90X…Rodney was watching a commercial
about it last night. I expect whole new you in 90 days!
Keep us updated on your thoughts & progress.

Dave- thanks…no noticeable improvement for Sara.
On heavy pain meds, now gets shot in her spine & nausea meds.
Is the problems with you’re Achilles the same as you had years ago when running?

Kristie- I sure hope the problems with your chair gets solved soon!
Do you get the cast on your arm today?
any chance a bright green color? (green for WISH?)
How was the Bassett Waddle last night?

Jennifer- Great Speed workout!
Congratulations Coach!
What a wonderful way to Celebrate the girls success and close of
the Track season!

How many days of school left for you guys?

Kim- New you in 90 days too!
You too...Keep us updated on your thoughts & progress
with the new P90X.

Mike- Working lots of hours this week?

Regina- I am drinking my first cup of coffee in a week...
so my stomach is doing much better.

Sue- Great hearing from you!

Vicky- Good News on the wedding invitation!

Connie (foot), Dave (Achilles), Jennifer (runners knees)
Kim (foot), Kristie (arm), Lynn (cold/flu/knees), and Vicky (ankle)

AFM: need to find an project for the little guys to make for
their Mom's.

Enjoy all the moments today might bring!
Connie, Dave, Denise, Eva, figment82, Gerry, Hope, Jack, Jennifer,
Kim, Kristie, Lorelei528, Mary, Mike, Pam, Regina, Robert,
Scott & Lynn, Shannan, Sue, Taryn, and Vicky-

 

[funwalker]

Hakuna Matata Team 2010 Race Calendar

Remember to Cheer for Mike on Saturday & Jack on Sunday!

May 8th Mike - LIVE UNITED 5K Wheaton IL at Cantigny park and museum
May 9th Jack - Mothers Day 5k in Newport

 

[wilbur]

Happy Friday Team!

Doing the fly-by today!

Major work deadline & leaving early for Mother's Day Tea at DD school.

Spin tonight, spin or run tomorrow depending on the weather.

Happy Mother's Day to all!! Anyone with exciting plans?

Have a great weekend everyone........Get out there & enjoy..........Sue

 

[funwalker]

Saturday, May 8th

Happy 45th Birthday Robert!

Hope your day is filled with all the Best of Everything - Enjoy!

 

[Scott H]

Busy puppy, found this , travel next week.

At least it will be warm there so getting out should be pleasant.

 

[Motomiker]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT!!

Taryn~ Welcome to the team, this is a great bunch of people and one Panda!

Connie~ I will PM you my bio soon! Thanks for getting them together, it should be a big help for the newbies (and me too)

Margie~ Where is the survey? Is it possible to post a link?

Dave~ Have you started house hunting yet? You can view pictures of the Aztec Assault race from the link at their website. I'm in a long sleeve white shirt (with Mickey Mouse on it, of course) with a bandana rolled up on my head. There are hundreds of pictures to look through though.

Vicky~ Great job on your workouts!

Jack~ Good luck in your race on Sunday! Have fun!

AFM~ Off to work tonight and then straight to the LIVE UNITED 5K tomorrow morning in Wheaton IL at Cantigny park and museum. Cold temps predicted and frost warnings. Why is it always cold on raceday?
Next weekend I will be doing the Lifetime Fitness 5K at Brookfield Zoo. I have always wanted to do a zoo run!
Not doing much for Mother's day, we both have to work. Lizzie wants a sewing machine so we are going to go shopping so I don't buy the wrong thing! Mom wants hanging flower baskets for the yard.

 

[Motomiker]

Our Magical Express packet for our trip to WDW for the Everest Challenge showed up in the mail today!!

35 days until we leave!!!

 

[funwalker]

Connie, I love reading all the Bios - no searching right on the first page!