Hakuna Matata -Spring-ing into Action for Race Season

[wellesleyprincess]

Ugh. Runner's knee issues here.

Did 5 miles on the treadmill in 41:30.

Dave, Congratulations on you on Sally!

 

[wdw4us]

Good Morning;

Up with the crows. Have payroll taxes to do, paychecks to prepare and a quilt to finish and still make it to work by 8.

Took yesterday off for a massage. It was great. Tonight I have quilt bee so I hope to get my miles in before I go, depends on the quilt issue this morning.

Congrats to all that keep plugging along with their injuries. Jennifer 5 miles on the TM, I've done that and it pretty much sucks. Good Job.

Well, off to pay Uncle Sam, since we are supporting a lot of others who don't. Don't get me started on that one!

denise

 

[windwalker]

Good morning y'all.

I'm up and after it also Denise. I'm meeting my horse ferrier friend for a good 6 miler on the river trails. Then work today.

Margie my weight is staying about 179, can't seem to get below that right now, but I'm going to get serious about that part of my training soon.

I asked a question in my Blog about what it takes to be one of the best in your sport at your age. Here is an answer I got from a woman who just won gold at the Masters World Cup in New Zealand.

Nyle Sunderland, "its attitude Dave!!! its training when its raining and loving it....its racing and coming second....then racing again and winning. Its passion and determination!!!! and being a little crazy helps I am told".

Thought you wouldn't mind if I shared that.

Dave

 

[Hockeychic]

Margie

Connie: H*** ya I am up for a pair of cowboy boots. Can I get them in WISH green Keep your chin up my friend

Dave: Send my congrats Sally's way. Look forward to meeting her!!!

Sorry guys MIA again....just trying to fit in my P90X workouts and walk training and planning meals oh ya and then there is that working for a living crap Things are going good, I don't like the yoga....I think I am still too heavy for that, my wrists hurt more then anything and I also found it hard to follow since most of the time your head is down and can't see the TV but I will keep at it.

Keep on keepin on!!!!

 

[windwalker]

Margie

Connie: H*** ya I am up for a pair of cowboy boots. Can I get them in WISH green Keep your chin up my friend

Dave: Send my congrats Sally's way. Look forward to meeting her!!!

Sorry guys MIA again....just trying to fit in my P90X workouts and walk training and planning meals oh ya and then there is that working for a living crap Things are going good, I don't like the yoga....I think I am still too heavy for that, my wrists hurt more then anything and I also found it hard to follow since most of the time your head is down and can't see the TV but I will keep at it.

Keep on keepin on!!!!

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[Hockeychic]

Love it Dave

 

[funwalker]

Good Morning Team!

High of 75° today, sunny

Connie-

Dave-Thanks, I did check out the Racewalk on FB-

Nyle Sunderland, "its attitude Dave!!! its training when its raining and loving it....its racing and coming second....then racing again and winning. Its passion and determination!!!! and being a little crazy helps I am told".

It also help to be gifted in your sport.
Some of us will never be first just the best we can be!

Denise- hang in There!

Jennifer-Extra for your knees!
Oh, me too the DM is not exciting -WTG!

Kim-
The Green cowboy Boots are kinda cute!
They say yoga gives a better stretch than Pilate's,
but I have never tried it.

Kristie-Thinking of you this morning.
Hope you made it in time, all goes well, and you chair
will really finally be fixed today!

Sue- As you do a Yoga class regularly-
What is your advise onthe best way to learn
Yoga correctly?

Vicky-Oh, my Burpees-
Your workouts are intense with fast intervals!

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

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

AFM: 3 boys today-

 

[Steffwalks]

Good morning, Team!

KIm, the green boots are pretty cute! I can't wear that style, I have too high arch and can't get my foot in them. That's why I go for the lace ups! I am finding them to be really good for my foot! -- I agree about yoga! How can you do it and figure out how to do it, if you can't see what you are supposed to be doing? Besides, I was never good with knots!

Margie, glad you have your tax thing worked out. I think taking a check to the post office to pay taxes should count as weight lifting. I paid last year's taxes off last month, I am now working on this year's.

Dave, peace and good fortune. Hope things work the way they are supposed too. Looking for a good ferrier, does he do mules?

Kristy, Best of luck in your travels. Hope DD is tolerant of her birthday travels!

Sue, THanks for noticing I am still here! Lace ups are the greatest, especially when you can't get your darn foot in the other kind.

Jennifer, easy on those knees. This day and age you can get some more, but they aren't as good as the original!

Denise, good to hear your getting your workouts in. Soon I will be getting back into it. I am going to buy some new shoes today.

Scott, Lock of Love is a great organization. I have done that a couple of times.

Hello! Jack, Mike, Gerry, Lorelai, Pam, Robert, Vicky, Lynn, Scott, Eva, Hope, Regina and Eva!!!

AFM, I started my tomato and pepper plants yesterday for our garden. I don't like to buy the ones in the greenhouses. I just plant seeds in little peat pots and keep them in my garden wagon. That way I can pull them out of the shop for warmth and sunshine and put them back in at night to protect them. They seem to be much more hardy than the greenhouse ones, that way. I also went down and fed the mules, unfortunately, that's a 50 mile round trip. But I did make it to the bank and get license plates and a salad for lunch! Lucy, our brown mule, goes dotty over apples! Betty, the white mules, is kind of a shy creature but yesterday she finally got aggravated with Lucy and they had a kick off. Betty finally won.

I don't seem to have time for regular workouts. Some days, I am happy just to get a shower! But it will come. I just have to MAKE it happen. That's the hard part!

See ya - Connie

 

[MaryJ]

Hi everyone!

The beautiful weather just keeps getting better and better. Redbud trees are in full bloom and are lovely to see. All is going well with me, but not so much for DH. He was unhitching a trailer from his dad's truck, and dropped the hitch on his foot. Now he has a lovely bruise on the top of his foot, and he is registered for the Indy half on May 8th. That combined with hamstrings problems may knock him out.

Kim...when you go looking for those green cowboy boots, remember to make sure they're pointy. As someone I once heard said, "If you can't kill a cockroach in the corner with them, they're not really cowboy boots!"

Jennifer...I feel your pain with the runner's knee. I have had issues with that since I began running 2 years ago. (of course I was a bit older...)
Quad strengthening exercises help and I've found that if I wear a patella strap when I run, I don't have as much pain afterwards. Good luck!

 

[windwalker]

We ended up doing 8 miles at about a 12:30 pace. Beautiful day and very good walk.

No Connie he doesn't do mules.

Dave

 

[funwalker]

Connie,

Any pictures of your Mules that you can share with us?
I know some mules are like large horses up to 16 hands...
(I think a hand is 4-inches.)

My horse an American Bred was taller than I am
at 5' 2" from shoulder to ground. Did not have time to look for
the papers on Dan, the Tennessee Walker Stallion, but he was huge!

Do they require a different type of saddle than a horse?

 

[wilbur]

Good Afternoon Team!

Beautiful weather today. Had a great 10k last night & will be out again tonight for another.

Went to the running store at lunch to buy my friend a birthday gift (gels & race number belt w/ pouch). She is doing her 1st 10k in the couple of weeks.

Yoga, Before I started I had no idea it would make you sweat so much. For me it's all about the instructor. I think it helps going to the same instructor to get to know their style etc. I like her because she will show the pose & then move through the studio correcting or praising poses. Her classes are very methodical.
I know some instructors & have been to a few classes that are very quick & don't hold the pose/ position for very long moving onto the next one. Very hard to follow. I think it only takes a couple of classes to become familiar with the poses & their names. I wish I could go more than once a week. It is such a good stretch. I lack the motivation to do it at home on my own.

Get out & enjoy the great spring weather.........Sue

 

[Motomiker]

Afternoon Team!

Wow! You guys have been busy! Lots of posts to read!

Dave~ Congrats on the expanding relationship!

Vicky~ You are a workout machine!

Connie~ Glad to hear from you!

Kirstie~ Good luck with the chair! Maybe by delaying your daughter's birthday, a little extra Disney magic will be waiting for her! You never know...

Hope~ Love the pic! I once had my hair dyed black and it was down to my rear when braided. Back in my heavy metal days...

Jennifer~ sorry about the knee, mine has been nagging me a little also, never had a problem before!

Margie~ How's Hagen doing? Is he feeling 100% yet?

I'm sure there is more to say to everyone, but I've honestly lost track! So how about a to cover it all!

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AFM~ For the first time ever I covered EIGHT MILES! Yesterday I ran the first two and then did my 6/1 routine for the rest. It took me 1:33:09 with a few stops for auto traffic, but I MADE IT! This is the longest that I have ever done! This was after working all night, and I admit I was wiped out. I made it back to work last night and to the gym for X training today. I'm thinking about doing the Soldier Field 10 Miler at the end of May in Chicago. It starts in the stadium parking lot and travels along the lakefront (Lake Michigan) and ends on the 50 yard line of Soldier Field where the Chicago Bears play. It would be a personal triumph and give me a little more confidence about doing the Donald next year.


Train with heart, nurse the aches, and never give up! -Mike

 

[DisneyGerry]

did walk/ jog/ run combo tonight around pond about 2 miles in just under 30 minutes

also last minute enrolled for another 5k this weekend in Clermont, FLA

 

[GirTheGecko]

Did some sit ups and push ups tonight before I went off to quilting bee with Denise. A little something, my joints were creaky. Nick made fun of me for getting old. I'll be a whooping 30 in November.

 

[windwalker]

Did some sit ups and push ups tonight before I went off to quilting bee with Denise. A little something, my joints were creaky. Nick made fun of me for getting old. I'll be a whooping 30 in November.

Yep your older than dirt alright. Depends and dentures are right around the corner, and oh my God menapause. How will Nick be able to cope.

Evil Panda

 

[GirTheGecko]

Yep your older than dirt alright. Depends and dentures are right around the corner, and oh my God menapause. How will Nick be able to cope.

Evil Panda

I *know*! Things are falling apart, not where they used to be, and all that. I might as well get used to a walker and pudding, the way he makes it sound.

Though, I admit it, I am looking forward to turning thirty. It ends my 20s, and hopefully all the issues I dealt with during that time. I did look into seeing a therapist to help put those issues to rest, so we'll see how that goes. Nick might like the aging process compared to that. But, he signed on and this is part of the deal.

 

[ultramickeymouse]

Hi all!

Quick drive by before bed. I have a big Marathon/Half I RD this weekend so much work, phone calls, emails, etc .....

I have been working out hard(2 hr gym workouts 2-3 times a week plus 20-30 miles a week) and eating right the last 3 months since back from Goofy. I have lost almost 25 pounds since back from WDW. Lowest weight in 6 years.

As for getting old, 45 is just around a corner in a few week

Hope to chat more in a couple of weeks....

I miss chatting with all of you

 

[windwalker]

Robert and Hope, your 50s are your best years, the rest is just warming up. Remember you heard it here first. Age really is only a number.

I have back to back 12 hr shifts at work the next couple of days so I might not be around to pester anyone for a while.

Dave

 

[MaryJ]

Yep your older than dirt alright. Depends and dentures are right around the corner, and oh my God menapause. How will Nick be able to cope.

Evil Panda

This reminds me of what I friend told me yesterday. Her sister-in-law just turned 50. She is a runner, so as a gag gift, my friend bought a cheap pair of running shorts and sewed a Depends into them. I can post this and laugh because I am 50+ as well.