Hakuna Matata - Scaring up Races and Spooking the competition!

[funwalker]

Hakuna Matata Weekend Racers




Saturday, October 23rd

Elizabeth - Coastal 5k
Mike- Run for the Hills- Moraine Hills State park- Half Marathon
Dave & Sally - 10K

Sunday, October 24th
Sue- Niagara Falls Marathon / Full Marathon

We are Cheering for ALL of You!
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[windwalker]

Margie, Sally and I will be doing a 10K saturday, it will be Sally's first 10K and only her third race. Her last 2 were 5Ks.

Dave

 

[funwalker]

Good Morning, Team!

Currently 44° / 65% humidity
Frost Advisory-
Sunny / High of 61°

October 2010:
Magellan entered strait that bears his name, October 21, 1520.
U.S.S. Constitution, better known as Old Ironsides, launched, October 21, 1797.
British Admiral Nelson was killed defeating the French and Spanish at Trafalgar, October 21, 1805.

Men best show their character in trifles,
where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits,
that we often see the boundless egotism, which pays no regard
to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Beth-hope all went well with your physical!
Connie- Miss you!
Dave- added you and Sally to our Team Weekend Racers!
Denise-watched and it truly is a nice video Nick did!
Elizabeth-Have 2-Great Races!
Lynn-We are wet and windy!
Lots of leaves to rake-
Mike- Have a Great Race!
Regina-Where are you!
Have you started your new position or does that start next week?
Sue- Have a Great Race!
Vicky-WTG on your 7-miler!
Hope you are able to get a nice 4-miler in this morning!

AFM:DD doctor’s appointments-
The boys and I will try to squeeze in a few errands.
Have 94 pictures of the boys, firemen, equipment, and trucks to go through.
So we can get some printed for a Thank You to the Fire Department and the parents.





Beth (back), Connie (cold, back, & foot), Elizabeth (back),
Emily (foot & bruised calf), Kim (foot), Lynn (foot & knee), Mary (cold, knee),
Mark (Achilles) Mike (hip), Regina (cold & ankle), Sallee (surgery),
Scott (knee), Vicky (ITB, knee, ankle, & stress)


Beth, Connie, Dave, Denise, Elizabeth, Emily, Eva, figment82, Gerry, Hope,
Jack, Jennifer, Kim, Kirstie, Lorelei528, Mary, Mike, Pam, Regina,
Robert, Scott & Lynn, Shannan, Sue, Taryn, and Vicky

 

[nkkilala]

Just stopping by to say hello!!

Margie- Thank you so much for walking with me again! I'm glad we have been able to somehow fit our busy schedules together!! I'm hoping for a walk tonight and one tomorrow morning if your up for it! Just give me a call/I'll call you!

Hello to the Rest of the Hukuna Matata team!!! You guys rock! Keep up the GREAT work!!!

****Intruder is now leaving*****

 

[Scott H]

Yep, I am home and no rest lol, I am in the office. Move pushed back to 11/08 so working out of boxes.

Yes Vicky we have a riding and a push mower,

Our weather is getting cold and wet for the weekend so we will see what we do,

Velo Swap tomorrow morning.

I hope to get out of work early today.

You guys are doing great out there, Hope all have a great race this weekend and the weather is goof for ya.

Back to work.

 

[verticalchaos]

Hi everyone!

So the physical... It was ok I suppose. I was frustrated that my weight loss wasn't really acknowledged (down .6 pounds this week...not a lot, but still a loss). And also that it seems to have made no difference in my blood pressure - at least at the doctor's office. He looked through my records with this practice, and it's consistently been around this level in the office. He started me on a water pill to see if that will bring it under control. It's not HIGH, but it's on the very upper end of borderline. That's both frustrating and scary because if losing as much weight as I have hasn't brought it under control, that may mean I'm just genetically screwed in that area. We'll see what happens - I know I have to increase my potassium even more...and I'll definitely be mixing sports drinks in with my water so I don't get hypotranemia when working out. At least he said my amount of exercise was good. So that's a plus. He also put me on Advair again, which I'm fine with - took my first dose last night and had absolutely no need/urge to reach for the inhaler at all during the night. I'll obviously still carry it with me just in case, but I remember from being on Advair before I hardly EVER needed the pump.

This afternoon is a cross-training day. I'm thinking I might do Jillian Michaels' Banish Fat Boost Metabolism instead of No More Trouble Zones. It's cardio and kick-boxing based, so I can get out some aggression.

Did I mention I'm now adding in the 5K on Marathon weekend? I talked my sister into doing it, so I'll be walking that one with her.

Hope everyone has a great Friday!!

~beth

 

[windwalker]

Good morning y'all.

It's a chilly morning here in Southern Kentucky, 36 degrees. I know Scott and Lynn are snickering about 36 being chilly, I think that's the spring temperature where people start laying out to work on their tans.

We have the expo tonight for the race, the expo here isn't much, then they have a small paper bowl of spaghetti with red sauce on it they call a pasta party. But the race is first rate in that it's flat and through the historical section of town, the area I grew up in.

This is a good place for a destination race, hint hint, with about 4000 entries and a drawing for cash prizes at the end. In a year or so a certain crazed panda that lives here will be able to host guests.

Have a magic al day guys.

Dave

 

[wilbur]

Good Morning Team!

The weather for Sunday's race is not looking good.....rain....rain.....rain.
Busing is at 7 but the race doesn't start to 10. I will be making my garbage bag ensemble this evening.

Vicky, Glad to hear the knee is doing ok. For Sunday I'm not "feelin the love" as my DD would say. I think I kind of slacked on some mileage. We will have to see how the day goes. It will also depend on which way the wind is blowing....up or down or sideways off the river will make for an interesting race.

Dave, Did you get your furnace/ cable fixed?

Denise, Nice job to Nick.

Beth, Nice to hear you are doing the 5k with your sister.

Margie, You are a photographing machine. 94 pics. That's why we love digital. DD took 500+ pics on this last vacation. Hope things go well today for your DD at the doctor.

Good luck to this weekends racers.

A short run tonight. Off to Niagara Falls for the weekend & then I will be away next week for work.
Have a great weekend/ week of training. Keep up the awesome job everyone.......Sue

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Denise – great clip! Glad Nick had fun with DWTS.

Vicky – yes, we have a riding lawnmower, the portion we mow is not that big, and we do use a push mower for the trim and around trees and sections that are too narrow for the riding mower. The majority of our 2.5 acres is left to field grass, we have probably the equivalent to a city lot in cultivated grass, then mow a strip about 15 feet wide of the field grass around the perimeter of cultivated area. Next month we are headed to WDW for a long weekend to catch Food and Wine before it closes up, and then the Space Coast Race the end of Nov.

Beth – Glad to hear that the doc at least liked your exercise! Hope the Advair works for you. The 5K at WDW is fun, you and your sister will enjoy it.

Dave – Actually it is 41 degrees here with the sun just coming up! Good luck to you and Sally for the 10K!

Margie – glad to hear the firehouse tour went well, I bet the fire fighter hats went over really well! Our leaves all blow away, we do not have to rake! It is supposed to rain later today, but looks great now. (Snow is predicted for next week)

Sue – Good luck on your race!

Elizabeth – Good luck on your races!

Mike – Good luck on your half marathon!

AFM – The dogs and I got in 3 miles yesterday and the Pilates tape, a few minutes on the spin bike, and the short bike ride to get the paper. This weekend we are headed to a bike (bicycle) show (Veloswap) in Denver on Saturday, and Scott thinks we need to blow out the sprinklers on Sunday as snow is predicted for next week (4-6 inches!)

Pixie dust to all who are in need!

Have a great day all!

 

[es45]

Hello, everyone! I'm off to Myrtle Beach, SC, this weekend for a 5k. I'm feeling unprepared for the half so I won't try it on Sunday.

Wishing everyone good races and a great weekend!

 

[funwalker]

Nikki!
I love walking with you!
See you in the morning at 8:AM.​

 

[funwalker]

Welcome, Nikki!


Please Welcome Nikki aka nikkilala
as a Honorary Guest Member
She is officially a Member of the ' The Rebels Team'.
She is my Walking Buddy and would also like
to be connected to our Team too.
She lives in Portage and is only about 15-minutes from me.


Nikki please PM Captain Connie with your Bio-
I need your Races
and your Birth date & Anniversary
(Oops...I remember the March part)

Looking forward to hearing from you...we have a great Team.
They are very supportive and encouraging!

​

 

[funwalker]

Good Morning, Team!

Currently 53° / 52% humidity
Cloudy / Afternoon & PM Rain / High of 62°

October 2010:
British began offensive at El Alamein in Egypt in World War II, October 23, 1942.
Battle for Leyte Gulf in the Philippines began in World War II, October 23, 1944.

Men best show their character in trifles,
where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits,
that we often see the boundless egotism, which pays no regard
to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Beth-that's okay - we got you covered on the weight loss
and are for you!

Connie-

Dave & Sally-Hope your first 10K is wonderful, Sally!

Elizabeth-

Kim-

Lynn-WTG on your 3-miler and Workout!
Enjoy Denver and the Veloswap today.
The Fire Department Tour was Wonderful.
They were so good with the little guys! And yes, the boys loved the hats!

Mike-

Nikki-So glad you want to join us as an Honorary Member!
You are the BEST Walking Buddy ever! I did like the easier pace
coming up the hill this morning. Missed doing the new stretch you
showed using the fench at Celery Flats.
You are officially in charge of posting our walk stats!
I know you are losing weight - so if you would like to share I will post
that with our Team's!

Regina- Miss You!

Scott-Waht a Bummer - working out of boxes!
Hope you have a great weekend and get some R&R.
Enjoy the trip to Denver with Lynn!

Sue- hope your weather is okay!
Love those pictures - going today to get some developed!

Vicky-WTG getting all those runs in!

AFM:Great Walk with Nikki this morning between the rain drops-
DD grocery shopping this AM-



Beth (back), Connie (cold, back, & foot), Elizabeth (back),
Emily (foot & bruised calf), Kim (foot), Lynn (foot & knee), Mary (cold, knee),
Mark (Achilles) Mike (hip), Regina (cold & ankle), Sallee (surgery),
Scott (knee), Vicky (ITB, knee, ankle, & stress)


Beth, Connie, Dave, Denise, Elizabeth, Emily, Eva, figment82, Gerry, Hope,
Jack, Jennifer, Kim, Kirstie, Lorelei528, Mary, Mike, Pam, Regina,
Robert, Scott & Lynn, Shannan, Sue, Taryn, Vicky, and Honorary Member, Nikki

 

[nkkilala]

Hello Hello Everyone!!

I am VERY excited to be an honorary guest member of this team!!

I hope everyone had a FANTASMIC week!!!!

I am proud of myself because Margie and I got out this morning for our walk despite the scattered rain showers! I know that without out a buddy I would have turned around and went back to bed! Thanks for the motivation Margie!

WOD (Workout of the day) called for 30 easy minutes.

Total miles: 2.91 (so close to 3!!!)
Total time 45 minutes
Avg Pace:15:42 min/mi
Avg Moving Pace: 14:36 min/mi
Best Pace: 8:57min/mile (We must have been REALLY trucking it at some point!)

Player can be found here

Have a great day everyone!

Days left until the 1/2: 77!!!

 

[verticalchaos]

Welcome Nikki!!

Today was running club fun run in Central Park! Today was another 4 miles at 3:2 intervals. I went the opposite way of last week - much happier legs on the hills going this way. There are still hills, but they're more gradual and spread out. On the other (East) side there's a big long hill that's somewhere between gradual and really steep and is just a...well...you-know-what to deal with. I HATE Cat Hill going up it. My pace was a lot better overall today than last week. Probably largely because I didn't have to drop to a walk for more than half a running interval! The numbers are a little screwy on my Garmin Connect page because I had to skip through a few intervals I'd programmed extra (I can do time OR distance, but there's no way to say "3:2 for 4 miles". Life would be so much easier if I could!!) and my "cool down" was basically marching in place because the running club group was still hanging around and it would have been rude to just keep going and head back to the church where we meet.

Skipping yoga this afternoon because I need to go get in the shower and get ready to go to a party for one of the girls in club who's moving to London. There wasn't time to do everything. So yoga will be done tomorrow even though tomorrow should be a rest day.

Hope everyone's well!!

~beth

 

[funwalker]

Good Morning, Team!

Currently Truly a Beautiful Fall Day!
66° / 63% humidity
Partly Cloudy / Scatted T-Storms / High of 72°

October 2010:
United Nations formally established when necessary number of members ratified charter, October 24, 1945.


Men best show their character in trifles,
where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits,
that we often see the boundless egotism, which pays no regard
to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Beth-WTG on your 4-miler in Central Park!
Schedules do not always work

Connie-

Dave & Sally- hope you had a nice 10k yesterday!

Elizabeth-Hope your 5k was a good one!

Lynn-back from Denver?
Find any good buys at Velcoswap?
btw I have no idea what Velcoswap is -

Mike-

Nikki- for posting our walk!
I think I have GarminConnect fixed.

Regina- :hugs:

Scott-I suppose you are into planning a week long celebration?

Sue-Not sure of your start time but you should be
close to finished, resting, and eating!
Hope you weather was good.

Vicky-hope you are have a productive weekend!

AFM:I feel a bit like I am talking to myself!
Can you believe it- only one week left in October!
Busy day today-



Beth (back), Connie (cold, back, & foot), Elizabeth (back),
Emily (foot & bruised calf), Kim (foot), Lynn (foot & knee), Mary (cold, knee),
Mark (Achilles) Mike (hip), Regina (cold & ankle),
Scott (knee), Vicky (ITB, knee, ankle, & stress)


Beth, Connie, Dave, Denise, Elizabeth, Emily, Eva, figment82, Gerry, Hope,
Jack, Jennifer, Kim, Kirstie, Lorelei528, Mary, Mike, Pam, Regina,
Robert, Scott & Lynn, Shannan, Sue, Taryn, Vicky, and Honorary Member, Nikki

 

[funwalker]

What are your Favorite Shopping Sites for Run/Walk/Training Clothes, shoes, supplies, etc​

WISH shirts, caps and visors are ordered on the Main Thread
RaceReady Coolmax WISH Shirt Orders 2010
chimera aka Mel

Bright Shirts/sweatshirts
wtpclc aka Carrie

2010 Headsweats Hat/Visor order
Disnfan21 aka Tracy


www.runningwarehouse.com
(WISHD 15% discount/Free Shipping)

http://www.RoadID.com/
(Road ID Tags)

amazon.com

onehanesplace.com

www.danskins.com

http://secure.thestretchinghandbook.com/

www.runningskirts.com
(very nice but expensive)

SkirtGoddess.com
(a Favorite of Lynn's)

www.gearandtraining.com

www.runningfunky.com

cafepress.com
(I purchased the WISH buttons)

http://www.onemoremile.net
(a Favorite of Beth's)

 

[verticalchaos]

http://www.onemoremile.net

LOVE their shirts!

 

[Scott H]

Veloswap was interesting, scored a very kewl Mickey cycling jersey, Lynn got a bunch of socks, and there was a lot of team Garmin kit on sale, so get shorts, jersey, bib tights,socks and shoe covers, also found some old block and white photos of Eddy Merckx and Major Taylor, and a color print of Greg Lamonde winning the Tour.

I was inspired by all the old restored bikes to restore my old Motobecane to riding status,so that consumed about 16 hours of the weekend, but it is nice.

We did get the pups out for a walk, very windy here and rain and more wind in the forecast.

Welcome Nikki.

Weekends are way too short.

 

[Hockeychic]

Welcome Nikki!!!!

Well was suppose to get 12M in but life and weather had other plans so MIke and I got 8 done late last night, got home showered and bed...don't like that way so much, legs still felt they needed to be walking, I think I walked a few more miles in my sleep but at least they are done.

I need some help.....I am going to Princess weekend which just happens to fall on my 45th...shhhhhh I wanted to go to Cinderella's Royal Table but of course I wanted to long and booked. So I need suggestions. Up for any type of food but would like a Character meal. I have never been able to find one but does Tink ever do any character meals? I have never seen one but thought I would ask.

Have a great Monday all. To my fellow Ontarian's get out there and vote today.