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

[windwalker]

Good morning guys.

Well small victory for me I resisted getting out and race walking with my newly injured achillies and instead stayed off my feet and spent the day yesterday stretching and icing. It's much better today and hopefully tomorrow I can be back walking again. When you have achillies tendonitis it tightens up with prolonged sitting and I was coming out of the movie and stepped of the curb wrong. The pain was intense for a while but much better now. My achillies had gotten better to the point that I wasn't limping after a long, fast walk. Maybe.....

I did have a nice couple of days in Nashville, with Sally, except for the achillies issue. We saw Ironman 2 and had some nice dinners at Outback and TGI Fridays.

Margie yes 3K, we often have 5K run races but both 3K and 5K walk races.

Lynn I miss you and Scott, I sure hope we cross paths again next year.

I've decided that I'm ready now to start on dropping a few pounds. I kept having false starts on that, reminds me of stopping smoking.

Have an awesome day dear friends.

Dave

 

[Villains_Rock]

Hey guys!!! I was talking to Vicky on FB and realized how long it had been since I've posted here! Gage keeps me very busy! Pretty soon he will be big enough to ride along in my running stroller and I can start training again!! YAY

Margie - Thanks for not forgetting about me! I do miss you guys lots!!

Lynn - You guys get more crazy weather there than anywhere else I think!! I hate to say it, but I do get a chuckle out of the posts Jeff sends to Scott when three is snow there in WY and it's in the 80/90s in HI.

flipflopmom - So scary about your DD and the umbrella!! I'll keep her in my thoughts and prayers that she heals up just fine!

Dave - Warrior Panda's need to stretch and ice too!! Ironman 2 was great wasn't it?!?

Sue - Enjoy your long weekend!!

Mike - That race sounds fun! Enjoy!!

Jennifer - Hope you feel better!! You still as speedy as I remember? Prob even faster now!!

I'm gonna try to get out and do 3 miles tomorrow morning. Let's hope the little guy sleeps past 8 so I can get out before he gets up!!

 

[funwalker]

Regina & DH - hope you guys have a great race this morning!

 

[funwalker]

Good Morning, Team!

Foggy then partly sunny today -
High of 87° We are getting near record high temperatures for this time of year.

Connie- Safe Travels

Dave- Thanks, we do not have a 3K around here that I am
aware of - never heard of one.
It must be like an official Race Walk Race.
How is your Achilles?

Eva-How could we forget you!
You need to PM Captain Connie a short Bio - Example see first post.
Glad to hear Gage is keeping you busy.

Jennifer- Hope you are Feeling Better?

Lynn- it is so nice hearing from you.
Sounds like you are finally getting some nice weather!

Mike- How did your race go?

Regina- We are cheering for you guys today.
Hope you have a wonderful experience at your first race!

Vicky-

Connie (foot), Dave (Achilles), Jennifer (runners knees)
Kim (foot), Kirstie (arm), Lynn (knees), and Vicky (ankle)

AFM:

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

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Weather has been great here lately, in the 80's yesterday, we went kayaking, walked dogs and mowed the lawn. Today will not be quite as warm, but still sunny. We have to work on our final packing for the trip.

Dave - take care of that ankle! I am sure we will run into each other next year! The only reason we are not doing the WDW Marathon weekend is that I wanted to get to WDW for my birthday in Dec., and we have the Inaugral Dream cruise in Jan.

Hi Eva - good to see you here again!

Have a great day all!

 

[bunnyfoo]

Hi everyone! Sorry to be away again - work is keeping me busy. I have a summer student that I'm working with so I try not to post as much from work. He's keeping me pretty busy though so I'm usually trying to find stuff for him to do. I kind of miss being that young

Got a MAC makeover on Friday afternoon! Lots of fun - the makeup artist let me work on one eye so I'd know how to get the same look again. She had to clean up a few of my mistakes but I think I got the hang of it. Turns out, the reason I was having a lot of trouble with eye makeup was that I was holding the brush at a weird angle. Go figure!

Did a 3 miler yesterday and a 10K this morning. Wish I had gotten out earlier because the sun made it hot and with the humidity (I'm not use to it yet), it was hard to breathe. A little bit slower (1:07) than I would have liked but I'm happy to have gotten it done!

This week, I'm done 2.2 lbs and I've lost 7 lbs over the last 6 weeks! I'm really proud of myself for sticking to my no sugar, no white foods and no fried foods diet. Now the hard part will be keeping it off when the training miles pick up. That's tricky. One thing I have to say is that losing the weight still hasn't made hill training any easier

Lynn - Seems like there won't be as many WISHers at marathon weekend this year. We're going to miss you and Scott The cruise sounds like a lot of fun though!

Margie - Thanks for checking up on me! Sounds like you have nice weather this weekend! We have sun but it's quite humid!

Eva - Yay! Glad to see you back on the WISH boards! We missed you! I love all the pictures you've been posting of Gage! He's quite the cutie Did you get out for your run today? Any plans to go to WDW for marathon weekend in 2011?

Dave - Ouch take care of that Achilles! Hope it's feeling better today!

Taryn - Hope DD is okay! That is really scary! Congrats on your 50 lb loss! That is fantastic!

Sue - No plans for the Victoria Day long weekend. I've just been hanging around the city but it's been pretty quiet - fewer crowds and traffic so that's nice. I can't take too many vacation days because I'm going on a road trip in June and then our office is in the security zone for the G20 summit so I think we're going to be forced to use a few vacation days there.

Jennifer - Sorry you had to cancel the race Hope you're feeling better today. Summertime colds are no fun.

Mike - You win for the best line! I love it You could teach a charm class for guys!! Another 5K? You must have a nice collection of bling going!

Regina - How was the race?

Okay, have a great day everyone!

 

[Motomiker]

Hi Everyone!

Not happy, I typed this post already and was about done when the silly computer kicked me all the way back to my desktop startup! Time to replace this relic!

Anyway, just a quick post to let you know I'm still around! Very busy weekend and week ahead. Yesterday, my race went pretty well. We got to cheer on an man in his seventies at the finish, he was really struggling and I thought he was going to collapse. He never ever gave up and the crowd really cheered for him and he made it. Really a fun time. I finished in 27:53 with a pace of 8:59. I was 60 / 192 and 5th in my age group.

It's time for me to officially book our room for WDW marathon weekend. We will be arriving on Thursday the 6th and leaving on Friday the 14th. I know there is a great team meeting at the POP, but where is everyone going to be staying? We are thinking of the All Star Music because they have family suites so our little man can have his own sleeping area. So, let me know if you have made plans and where you will be!

Dave~ Hope your heel is better soon, you have been doing really great with your training and I'm thinking about you!

Vicky~ You are a sweetheart!

Regina~ let us know how your race went! I hope that you had a fun time!

Sue~ I hope you are enjoying your cottage!

Lynn and Scott ~ I will see you at the DL half, if not sooner! Have a great time on your trip!

AFM~ Doing chores, a haircut, errands and some short runs this week before my "big" race on Saturday!

- Mike

 

[windwalker]

Mike, yes achilles is feeling better, I've been stretching and being careful, I think I will be ready for speed workout in the morning. Legs are feeling very good after a few days of rest. Three easy miles this morning with Sally was the first walking I've done since Wednesday but it felt good.

I am determined to finally quit the false starting and lose this pesky 20 lbs of extra fluff I'm wagging around. Sally and I have a contest going.

Have a restful sunday evening y'all.

Dave

 

[wellesleyprincess]

Vicky, Hope you enjoyed the makeover. I love beauty products and MAC is one of my favorites.

Thanks everyone for your support. I made up for the race with a little retail therapy.

I finally started feeling better today and manage 4 miles in 35 minutes.

In other exciting news, I'm now planning my first Disney cruise for March 2011.

 

[windwalker]

I'm going into the second day of the Buff Panda Project with a good solid 8 hours of sleep and I'm ready to head out for a hard track workout. I will resist the frozen pizzas and beer. Might be a bit of a struggle since I'm off today.

Wish me luck with my 20 lb weight loss goal.

Dave

 

[GirTheGecko]

I've been struggling with a head cold. Who gets sick in May?! Seriously? I was also the victim of a lobster attack, one got a hold of my right middle finger tip. I am only bruised and tender. But why did he have to go after my favorite finger?

I still haven't heard about my position. I really would like to be in a department where the product doesn't attack me.

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Shortly I will be out for one last walk with the dogs before I take them to the Kennel. Hope everyone has a great time while we are gone!

 

[funwalker]

Good Morning, Team!

The Air is on- Sunny...near record high temperatures today- high 87°

Connie- Must be on the Road

Dave- Best of Thoughts to and Sally
on the Weight Loss Competition!
Perhaps I should quit messin' around and join the attack...

Hope- Extra for you today!
Ouch - Head colds seem to be worse in the Summer.

Jennifer- Glad you are feeling better!
Nice Run…

Lynn-Enjoy your walk with the dogs!
Safe Travels- Enjoy - Know we will Miss you guys!

Mike- Congratulations on your Race!
WTG- We are so proud of you for staying
to cheer on one putting forth such extreme effort!
Much-much harder and more effort to be ‘Back of the Pack.

Regina- Hurry-Hurry we are so eager to hear you race report!

Vicky- Nice Runs!
I have used Clinque for years-never heard of MAC
will have to check that out.

Connie (foot), Dave (Achilles), Jennifer (runners knees)
Kim (foot), Kirstie (arm), Lynn (knees), and Vicky (ankle)

AFM: Hagen had a sleep over. We need to run errands today.
Bank, grocery, wood chips for the yard-and a few filters.
Seems things need new filters all at the same time.

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

 

[windwalker]

Good morning guys.

Today was the first of my Buff Panda Project workouts. I did 5 milers with 5 X 200m walk sprints, fastest was 59 sec. Then pool work for upper body followed by good stretching and now I'm icing while I wait for the laundry.

Vicky, you are already a beautiful princess, a makeover?

Margie you are very welcome to start a Buff Funwalker Project, I'll cheer for you.

Have an amazing day guys.

Dave

 

[GirTheGecko]

I just got back from the doctors, my kidney is looking good! Yay!

I also started talking to my planner about my future wedding I'm so excited about that! Hope we can make it work for my budget. We want an Old Hollywood vibe to go with the two movie nuts. I'm sure WDW can pull that together!

 

[Piglet24]

Hey Team!

I’m back! My eyes are officially fixed. I must admit my experience was even more traumatic than I anticipated, but my eyes are corrected and seem to be healing. Boy, when the Dr. said I would be seeing halos at night he wasn’t kidding!! I’ve never seen halos before, but they are impossible to miss now.

DH and I absolutely LOVED our first race!!!! The only issue DH had was that he wanted to go faster every time someone passed us because he is so competitive. I think in the end we will have to go our separate ways while running so he can go faster and see what he can do and I can truck along steadily at my own pace and not feel rushed or like I’m slowing him down.

So let’s see, we had to drive approximately 7 hours from our home in Idaho to get to Tualatin, Oregon, which we never heard of until I found the race to sign up for. It is just slightly south of Portland and appeared to be this small little town. We drove up to the area from our hotel the night before to scope things out and figure out where we were going. The flyer said we would be running around a “man made lake” so while we were in the car I kept looking for the man made lake but didn’t see in anywhere…

Race morning we arrived early to make sure we had a spot to park and pick up our race bib and goodie bag. I really liked the shirt. It's black with an orange tiki guy on it. When we got to the registration/bag check/etc area there was the man made “lake” surrounded by buildings! Ummm, yeah, it did not look like a lake to us, it looked more like a pond and was not at all what we were expecting. It was a bit chilly and the weather called for rain, but it appeared to be a decent day for running. They had the music going and the Tiki torches lit for the “Caribbean” vibe.

I don’t know what came over me but I had to pee 3, yes 3, times in the hour before the race started! My bladder must have been nervous or something because I hadn’t even consumed any fluids to make my bladder full.

Finally they called us to line up and get ready. DH and I made our way to the middle of the starting area because I did not want to be at the front or the end of the pack. They rang the buzzer to start the race and everyone cheered and we were off. The race was a 5K and 10K being run at the same time so at the 1 mile mark the 5Kers went straight and we went left.

The sun was coming in and out of the clouds and we were running in a park area with trees and grass that were pleasant to look at. It drizzled briefly while we were running but it felt good. I would say the weather was ideal for my tastes! The first 1.5 miles went really fast and they had a water station. I grabbed some water at the stop to practice and it seemed to go ok. The next 1.5 miles also went really quickly and before we knew it we were at mile 3! Mile 4 also went by easily but it seems like there were more hills starting about that time.. but I pushed on. I swear it seemed like every time we finished one hill there was another one….Just when I hoped we had finished with the hill portion of the race I turned the corner and wanted to cry- another hill….the steepest one yet!

It felt like I crawled up that hill but I made it and kept going. Shortly after that we were finally at mile 5! One left, I thought to myself…I can do this. That’s when I really started pushing it. I pushed the hardest and fastest for mile 5 and finished at a hard run. I was exhausted and thinking I should have kept a slower pace for that last mile, but was just so happy I finished!!

My final race time was 1:01:21 based on chip time and 1:01:47 based on gun time. DH and I finished 368 & 369/663 with a chip pace of 9:33. I was 36/77 in my age division and 170/406 out of all the females. My overall time and pace was 100 times better than I even expected it to be and I am just so pleased all my hard work paid off.

Next time I will run slower, but I am totally hooked now, as is DH. We are considering signing up for the San Francisco ½ marathon on July 25, but we would have to keep a pace of 13:42 in order to be able to finish. Do you guys think it’s doable or am I setting my sights to high?

Also, when they mention technical t-shirts for the halfs and stuff, are those all unisex sizes, or are they male & female sizes??

Thanks to everyone for all your warm wishes and thoughts while I ran my first race!! You guys are the best!

Mike- Awesome job on your race this weekend!! You seriously rock!

Sorry that was so long and thanks for reading.

 

[ultramickeymouse]

Also, when they mention technical t-shirts for the halfs and stuff, are those all unisex sizes, or are they male & female sizes??

As an RD, they are almost always unisex unless otherwise stated.

 

[flipflopmom]

Morning everyone! No serious news to report today. Did my 3 mile run really early yesterday, so I could be home before DH had to leave for work.

I really want to keep getting in a 5 mile once a week, and I am trying to make one of my days a faster run, and Mondays, well, I just try to make it through. Anyone have advice for further training to increase my mileage, decrease my speed? I haven't done any speed work or anything, yet.

Thanks! Have a great day!

 

[funwalker]

Congratulations, Regina & DH!

WTG on the time- Awesome.
Thank you for sharing I totally enjoyed reading your race report.

We are considering signing up for the San Francisco ½ marathon on July 25, but we would have to keep a pace of 13:42 in order to be able to finish. Do you guys think it’s doable or am I setting my sights to high?

You are all ready trained to the 10K point and you have at least 6 more weeks to train - You can do it!

 

[bunnyfoo]

Hi team! Had a great long weekend nice weather - got in a couple of runs and went to the gym yesterday. My PT was off so we got to workout with a different trainer. I asked for a kick butt workout and I got one. We did ladder work which I like because I think it helps me with coordination. Did a lot of core exercises - a couple I couldn't do. There was one where he asked us to go into a push-up position but balance one leg on a medicine ball. I couldn't stabilize myself enough to get it done. Anyway, my legs and abs are pretty sore today Kind of glad that today was an "off" day on my training plan.

Reginia - Fantastic race report and congrats on your 10K time (especially with those hills - yikes!!)! I think you should be able to maintain a 13:42 m/m pace. Your pace for the 10K was 9:52 m/m so I think you should be in great shape. Like Margie said, you have plenty of time to train for that distance. Make sure you do some hill training... I'd imagine there will be a few in SF. As for the t-shirts, they're usually unisex as Robert said. If they have extra, sometimes they'll let you exchange on race day.

Taryn - I'm not an expert but I usually increase my LR each week by a mile... then I'll drop it back every 3 weeks to give my body a "break". I think generally you're not suppose to increase your mileage by more than 10% a week. Speed work I do once every other week only if I'm going for a PB. If you're training for a race, it's probably best to download a training plan and work from there.

Dave - Awww shucks! I feel a little more confident now that I've lost some weight. It's fun to go shopping again - well, a little too fun I think! How's your achilles today?

Hope - Did you throw that lobster into the steamer after you got bit? Lots of people at work have colds as well so I think it must be something going around. I'm sure the warm days and cool nights have something to with it. I love the theme you and Nick have picked. Lots of amazing possibilities there - I can't wait to see how it all comes together!

Margie - MAC and Clinique are owned by Estee Lauder. I have a few Clinique items in my collection as well! Sounds like you had a busy day - errands and then a sleepover! Give Hagen a big hug for me!

Mike - I want what you're eating! You keep getting speedier and speedier all the time! Congrats on your 5K finish!! As for resorts in January, I usually book Pop Century and then switch to a different resort if there's a code or a good package.

Jennifer - Shopping is a cure-all for everything! Hope you got a lot nice stuff The cruise sounds like fun! Are you going with your family or just friends? How are things going with your new guy? Have you gone out since the running date? Just being nosy

Kim/Sue - Hope you gals had a great long weekend! They're never long enough ... I know I didn't feel like getting out of bed this morning for work

Lynn/Scott - Safe travels! We'll miss you!! Check in if you can.

Have a great day everyone!!