Hakuna Matata - Streaking through the Hot August Nights

[Lynn G]

Dave - nice house, love the porches!

 

[Hockeychic]

Very nice Dave!!! Love the fireplace!!

 

[windwalker]

Good morning guys.

I'm finally coming back to life a bit. These long week are taking a toll on me but it's only till the end of the year and then I can get back to normal but with a good start for Sally and I. I'll be glad when I start getting my reimbersement checks for my mileage and food. Corp is real slow in reimbersement but if I owed them it would come out of my very next paycheck.

I have been getting in some good training walks, slow but making progress. I did a 13 min pace yesterday comfortably, I have a month till the USAF Half and then two weeks after that the State Games. Lots of goals this year to meet.

Sally was released from the hospital yesterday and is going to be resting for a week or so at her sisters house.

Dave

 

[bunnyfoo]

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! Not much of import to report - just relaxing and prepping for the race tomorrow evening. Did some training last night - mostly core and upper body exercises with weights. My Thursday trainer says that she'll start me back on deadlifts in about 2 weeks - she wants to give me a break next week after the race.

Dave - That's a gorgeous house! I love the fireplace and kitchen! And looking at the price... well, I think I need to move out of the city. I'll bet I could get a mansion with the prices we're paying in Toronto Give our love to Sally!

Lynn - Make sure you take some before and after pics of the chest! Can't wait to see what it looks like when you're done. Good luck with you long walk today!

Kim - Glad to see you and Mike are doing the half in January! Definitely will be looking out for the both of you on the full course!

Margie - How's the cold doing? Make sure you're getting enough rest!

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Dave - Sounds like you are making good progress! for Sally!

Vicky - good luck on the race!

AFM - the dogs and I made it only 6 miles today - new pain, this time in my foot - on the inside from the big toe joint up to the arch. I will be putting ice on it shortly and see if that helps. This is the foot that I always keep the shoe tied loosely, because the top of my arch often hurts if the shoe is too tight, so I do not think it is a "shoe tied too tight" problem.

for all who are in need!

Have a great day team!

 

[funwalker]

Good Afternoon, Team!

Mostly Cloudy / High of 89°; Humidity 76%

Cheering for Liz & Vicky!
Saturday- 21st - A Midsummer Night's Run, Toronto, ON - 30K
Sunday - 22nd Mike's DW, Liz -Triathlon on in Pleasant Prairie WI

Connie-busy lady must be picking, freezing, or canning her winter supplies today.
Or making wine for Jon...Or taking care of the mules...Or

Extra going out to Sally

Dave-good luck finding the perfect house for you and Sally.
Checked out the link you sent- cute house!
Are the bedrooms in the loft? If so that could be a problem as
we age & with some of our walk/run injuries!

Lynn- Oh NO… for your foot!
Hope the icing helped.
WTG nice walk!

Vicky-I guess it depends on where you are – Country Houses are usually more expensive. Are you having any success in your
house search?

Have fun tomorrow-thanks for sharing the pictures of your BIB
and Sweatshirt on Face Book…the Sweatshirt is really cute!
I have never been in a race where they gave out a sweatshirt much less a really cute cute zip front sweathirts

AFM: Another Rest Day-cold is hanging in there-
Jeez now I am sore from coughing.



Connie (back, & foot),
Dave (PF & Left Achilles), Emily (bruised calf), Kim (foot),
Lynn (foot), Mary (knee), Mike (hip), Sallee (surgery Tuesday),
Scott (recovering from knee surgery), Vicky (ankle, & stress)


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

 

[windwalker]

Margie that is only one of the many houses in that price range here. We are going to choose carefully. We want at least a half acre, pleasent area, nice yard and deck for relaxing and entertaining, fireplace, and a host of other desires. I thought that was a good example of what is available here and how our tastes run.

Once we have our new nest, then WISH and DR friends will have a place to stop and have a steak and a bed if they are passing through. Hint Hint Kimmer and Margie and the rest of you. We are half way if your driving from Canada to WDW. We are close, 5 hours from Gatlinburg Tenn if anyone wants to meet there for a mini vacation in a beautiful but enexpensive place.

Ok enough rambling, time to get my pudgy butt out and train.

Dave

 

[Hockeychic]

Wahoooo party at the panda house

Glad to hear Sally is doing well!!!

Margie: Yuck another summer cold, those are the worse. Feel better soon.

Lynn: Sorry to hear of your painful foot. Boy we have all been there eh? Hope it is better for your next walk

Vicky: Sorry we didn't get into the city, watching CP24 said it was pouring in the city and then it started here. Hope it wasn't too wet and let us know how you did.

AFM: Did a great 6 M today, felt awesome pace said 15:23 but I am sure we where faster then that we stopped a few time for stretching but still thing we did something wrong in the timing. However, as I type this I am having huge heel pain at the outside. Really hurts, never bothered me there before. Will continue to stretch through the night.

Off to watch the Jays BoSox game...hopefully it is a repeat of last nights game

 

[bunnyfoo]

Hi team! Got back from my 30K and just sitting down for some dinner! Finished the race in 3:06 according to my watch. I think the clock time would have been 3:07:05 or something like that. It was a great race! No rain and I felt pretty dying throughout - except at 29K, then I felt like I had enough But this race blew my previous 30K time of 3:36 out of the water.

Will write more tomorrow Hope everyone is having a great night.

 

[windwalker]

Wow Vicky that was an awesome pace for 30K.

Kim what are we to do with you? you need to move down here so I can look out for you.

I had a nice 4 mile training this morning, that's pretty all I can comfortably do right now, but I'm coming along, slow but steady.

Dave

 

[funwalker]

Good Morning, Team!

Cloudy / High of 81°; Humidity 81%

Congratulations, Vicky!
WTG that was a huge PR!
Saturday- 21st - A Midsummer Night's Run, Toronto, ON - 30K

Cheering for Liz today!
Sunday - 22nd Mike's DW, Liz -Triathlon on in Pleasant Prairie WI

Extra going out to Sally

Dave-WTG nice walk.
Glad you are feeling better.

Kim- WTG on your 6-miler!
Oh No-No-No hope your heel is better today!
Extra for your heel!

Lynn- Extra for your foot!

AFM: No Nothing for me again today-I am not even able to go to Worship Service, but will listen to our service on line live.
I think I am better but when you have to rest after taking a shower and washing your hair- I am not so sure!



Connie (back, & foot),
Dave (PF & Left Achilles), Emily (bruised calf), Kim (foot),
Lynn (foot), Mary (knee), Mike (hip), Sallee (surgery Tuesday),
Scott (recovering from knee surgery), Vicky (ankle, & stress)


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

 

[funwalker]

Good Afternoon, Team!

Sunny / High of 80°; Humidity 90%

Hope Everyone had a Great Weekend!

Mike-tell Liz we are eager to read her TRI race report

Vicky- Midsummer was thought to be a time of magic –
Eager to read your race report on A Midsummer Night's Run!

Just wanted to let you know we are Thinking of You!
And Yes, We Do Miss Hearing from you…
Please take a moment to let us know how you are doing.
We are a Team-it is not just about training schedules and
accomplishments, but who we are, what is important to us.

Denise, Eva, figment82, Gerry, Jack, Jennifer, Kirstie,
Lorelei528, Pam, Robert, Shannan, and Taryn

AFM:Summer Colds are the worse!
coughing a lot and it is still hard to talk.



Connie (back, & foot),
Dave (PF & Left Achilles), Emily (bruised calf), Kim (foot),
Lynn (foot), Mary (knee), Mike (hip), Sallee (surgery Tuesday),
Scott (recovering from knee surgery), Vicky (ankle, & stress)


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

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Margie – for that cold!

Kim – for the heel! I think new pains are worse than ones you recognize! At least the ones you recognize you know what to do about.

Vicky – Congrats on the race – you did great!!!

Dave - sounds like you are doing well, let Sally know we are thinking about her!

AFM - we spent the whole weekend cleaning out our barn - no we are not farmers, our barn is for all our toys, projects, Scott's woodworking projects - etc. We started right after a quick trip to the Farmer's Market on Sat., quit at 7:30 Sat night, had dinner and went to bed, started out Sun after a quick trip to Lowes for some wall hangers and finished at 6:30 Sun evening! No walks or bike rides. The work did not bother my foot, but my knee was not very happy. Scott is sore also. But the barn is now clean!!!! The dogs and I did get for a 3 miler this morning, weather was nice - about 60 degrees and a 25mph wind (just to keep things cool). Foot did not hurt this morning, and yes, the ice did help on Friday. Knee not bad after first 1/2 mile. But at my current speed, I will never beat the sweepers!
Pixie dust to all who are in need!

Have a great day all!

 

[bunnyfoo]

Happy Monday team! Here's my race report for the 30K on Saturday. It's a bit long so don't feel you have to read the whole thing.

The nice thing about running in the evening is being able to sleep in the morning of a race. It's a double bonus for me because I'm definitely not a morning person. I woke up, strolled leisurely downstairs and started made myself breakfast. I wasn't too sure what to eat not having ever done a long distance race at night so I figured I'd stick to clean(ish) eating. Finished up and ran some errands with my dad who then took me for a coffee and donut. I think he was really looking for an excuse to have a donut but I figured the carbs and sugar would come in handy! So much for the clean eating - that was quick, huh I got back home and ate lunch. At this point it started raining, it wasn't a heavy downpour but on a normal day, I wouldn't have gone out. It made me a little nervous so with all the extra energy I did some laundry, did my nails and took a nap. See isn't an evening start great I woke up feeling fairly refreshed and started getting ready to go. I got on my racing gear, took my blinky light, Fuel Belt and WISH hat of course! I brought my ex as my pit crew - I know ... but I'm going with the "Don’t try anything new on race day" saying Anyhoo… Luckily the rain tapered off by the time we parked and we didn't have to take an umbrella. The humidity levels were still high but at least the sun wasn't going to come out and the temperatures were fairly cool.

I was a little worried coming into the race that I hadn't prepared myself well enough for the distance. I miscalculated the training plan dates so I had already put myself off by a week and then I had missed both of the 25K long runs either because of the heat or stomach cramping issues. Then I had missed several weekday runs because of a cold in July and my longest run was 21K. But 30 minutes before the start was not the time to worry about my training. There were two races being run - a 15K and a 30K. The 30K had the earlier start of 5:30PM while the 15K started at 6:45PM. The course followed a few industrial roads along Toronto's waterfront and went into three different water front/park sections. Walking around the start area, I saw a few runners who were dressed up. The theme for the race was a Midsummer Night's Run so there was all kinds of costumes. I saw one runner dressed as a court jester but most people were dressed as fairies (even the guys). Me, I just stuck with the standard running outfit - shorts, hat and a shirt. Being one of the slower runners, unless they were actual working wings that were going let me fly, I didn't need something creating wind resistance.

The 30K started promptly at 5:30 PM and just like that, we were off! I saw a 3:00 pace fairy and I put myself just a little behind him in the corral but promptly I lost sight of him as soon as I crossed the start. Oh well. I didn't figure on running a 3:00 hour race anyway. I didn't have a particular time goal in mind but anything faster than the 3:36:02 I ran back in March would be fine. A lot of the course were out and backs on the streets and in a field of 650 runners, I was well in the back. It's a little discouraging (for me anyway) to make my way around a turn only to see that there's no one behind. But I kept telling myself that most of the people doing the 30K were probably marathon runners using it as a tuneup for a fall marathon and so there was no way I was going to be able to compete. I did catch sight of the 3:00 pacer on several of the turns and around the 15K mark - I saw him coming out of the lighthouse roundabout. I calculated I was about 4-5 minutes behind him and felt pretty good about that.

By this time, the 15K runners had caught up to us. I tried to keep as close to the right side of the course as I could to let the elite runners go by. I spotted Rick Ball out on the course. I think he holds a world marathon record for single leg amputees. He was entering the lighthouse area as I was leaving and he caught up and zoomed by about 3K later. It was pretty cool watching the elite runners go by - they have such perfect running form and make running fast look so effortless! It seems like they're hardly breaking a sweat running as fast as they do while I'm pushing hard to go 9:30 m/m.

As I was closing in on the 21K mark, an older gentleman wearing bumble bee wings caught up to me and started pacing me and then drafting behind me when it got windier. For some reason, I found that really annoying. Never mind that I'm the one usually doing that during a race … Anyway, I made a mental note that I can't let an old guy dressed in a tutu and bumble bee wings beat me. So picked up my pace and managed to shake him. I never saw him again the whole race. Going back through the pre-race pictures I had snapped, I realized I took a picture of him Anyway, I passed the 21K mat at 2:10 and was still feeling really strong at this point. I headed out of the park and kept reminding myself that I only had 5.5 miles left. Surprisingly, my ex was waiting for me at the 23K mark with a Rice Krispie treat - just in case. I thought that was really nice and unexpected but I was still feeling great so I said to save it and kept going. He said he was surprised that I looked as good as I did - no red face, big smile and running fast!

I did lose some of my steam going into the next park. I think part of it had to do with not knowing the course here or where the turnaround point would be for the run back. I spotted the 3:00 pacer again as he crossed the 25K point. He seemed to be running by himself (as I was) so I'm not sure what happened to his group. I have to say that running "by myself" here was hard. There was no one for me to pace with and because there was a sizeable gap in front of me, I kept hitting large swarms of white flies - yuck! It was also getting dark by this time and I couldn't see very well. I continued to push and to get back onto the main road. It had gotten dark by the time I reached the 28K mark - and I was surprised to still see my ex still waiting still waiting there with my Rice Krispie treat! I was still feeling good so I said I'd eat it at the finish! He said the 3:00 pacer had just passed by about 5 minutes or so ahead of me.

I rejoined the 15K runners and walkers just before the 29K mark. I had to do a bit of dodging here as we merged. People were kind of all over the place but I'm sure its because everyone 15K and 30K alike were tired and just trying to finish. I did keep up with another 30K runner who was a bit faster but he kept stopping every minute or two for walking breaks. I'm not sure why he did that so I just kept focusing on the traffic lights ahead or another racer in the distance and kept telling myself I just had to pass them and it wasn't too much farther. I crossed the finish line at 3:07:04 (or 3:05:56 chip). I tried sprint at the end to get the clock time in under 3:07 but couldn't do it.

Sooo... the 3:05:56 puts me in at a 30 minute improvement over the 30K in March. I did 10/1 run/walk intervals and the time includes a washroom break and walking through all the water stops. I never thought I would have run that "fast" but I felt really strong and kept pushing myself throughout the race to stay ahead of or to pass certain runners. I told myself to think of it as a 1/2 marathon with a 5.5 mile warmup run! I thought the best case scenario would have been a 3:15 finish but more likely between 3:20-3:25 so I was ecstatic with my time!! If I had known it was going to be such a strong race, I would have started out with the 3:00 pacer and pushed to stay with him. But I guess there's always that goal for my next 30K!

My ex had my Rice Krispie square and a chocolate milk waiting for me at the end. I can't tell you how much both of those hit the spot! The race organizers had boxes of bananas and bagels out but I love that quick boost of energy you get from having something sugary! Physically, I felt pretty good afterward - no worse than having done a 1/2 which was awesome! I thought back to 2008 and my first 1/2 where I could barely walk afterward. Sunday, I was walking up and down stairs (before massage) with no problems. Today, my legs just feel a little tired and my hamstrings a little tight but nothing terrible. I posted a few pictures on my Facebook including one of the huge honking medal we got at the end. This thing was the size of my palm and heavy too! Anyway, my finish has me feeling pretty good about my 1/2 at the end of September (knock on wood). I'm definitely going to push then and try for a 2:07 or better (my previous 1/2 PB was 2:11:44 in January).

 

[funwalker]

Congratulations on a Great Race, Vicky! ​

Saturday- 21st - A Midsummer Night's Run, Toronto, ON - 30K

Your time & pace was fantastic-That is a huge PR
We are so Proud of you!

And more importantly you felt so good before, during, and after-

Enjoyed reading your race report-
and No I did not think it was too long!​

 

[es45]

Happy Monday!

Congrats on the race, Vicky!

Wishing everyone else a good week and for those of you unwell/injured.

I've decided to try the Galloway method after Higdon training for the past few months. So far, I'm happy with the switch but I guess it is too early to tell.

 

[Piglet24]

Hey Hakuna Matata!

Connie- Well I’m sure everyone who is lucky enough to get some of your freebies is very appreciative! I would love to try some of your jelly! Sounds delicious! Thanks for the feedback on photo pass. I think you can definitely be at the weight you want by the time you go on the cruise.

Vicky- Glad things are going well with the 5K group. Thanks for the feedback on photo pass. Congrats on the awesome race!!! You seriously rocked it! Great job!!! I’m glad you felt good after. Loved the race report.

Margie- Would you believe we did not encounter one mosquito while we were there?!?! I was shocked! It worked out well though because we forgot our “clips” to keep the bugs away and had to stop for bug spray on the way there. I hate the feeling of bug spray all over me so I was very happy about it. I asked about the massages because it seems like I’ve heard the massage is getting rid of toxins and tension in the body so when you are finally getting rid of some of the stress, I think it lowers your immune system making you more susceptible to colds and things? At least I’m pretty sure that’s what I’ve heard…unless I’m going crazy. They also say to drink lots of fluids after your massage! I hope you feel better soon! The flu and cold season is coming up pretty fast anyway.

Dave- Let us know how the house hunting goes!! That’s great your training walks are going well!

Lynn- Thanks for the info on the cruises. DH and I have been seriously considering taking one, but I worry I would get sea sick. Sydney loved our camping trip! I’ve never ever seen her so dirty or her face caked so full of dirt! How’s your refinishing project going?

Kim- Great job on the 6 miles! I hope your heel is feeling better today.

Elizabeth- What made you decide to switch from Higdon to Galloway?

AFM, we had a good time camping. Posted some pics on FB. As for the running, today is a rest day. Yesterday was my 11 mile run and it was a rough run. Decided to try out a walk break every mile and see how that went. Things went pretty good the first 4-5 miles. Then I needed to use the restroom, but wasn’t at the gym and didn’t have a restroom to use….so I had to slow to a walk until could get to the in laws’ house and use their restroom. After that I felt good and did ok for the next 2-3 miles. The last 3 miles or so were really rough though. I felt good but my stupid knee was hurting and tensing up so I ended up walking the majority of the last 3 miles. I was afraid I would injure it and I definitely didn’t want to do that. I think some of it was because we finally ran on the road and so my feet were not always evenly hitting the ground because the ground wasn’t even. The important thing though is that I finished and am still under 16min miles so I don’t get swept in October. Only 2 more long runs left before we taper…I hope they go better than this one! In other news, I have training this Saturday for the volunteer program. I’m still waiting to hear the details on where I’ll be placed and what they’ll have me do, but I’m looking forward to it! I think I also mentioned a few months ago that I’m trying to organize a 5k run/walk event for my work in November. It’s slowly coming along, but it’s seriously stressing me out! I’ll be sooooo happy when it’s over!

 

[Pudge_The_Fish]

Hello team!

Lynn - We stopped at Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan. We also cruised Glacier bay and College fjords. Seeing the glaciers from the ship was really cool, we saw one glacier calving. We didn't do an excursion in Skagway, we just walked around town. We had planned to go hiking there but it was very cold, windy, and rainy that day. Skagway was my least favorite port, I didn't think there was much to do there. In Juneau we went on the helicopter ride, visited Juneau-Douglas City museum, and walked arond town. We wanted to go whale watching here but didn't have time. We also stopped at a store that sold soaps made from glacial silt. In Ketchikan, we went sea kayaking. My arms were so sore afterwards but it was a lot of fun. Since we went on one of the last cruises of the season, it was only the guide, DH and I on the trip. We also saw the totem pole museum and, because it was Sept, the salmon were spawning and there were tons of them in the river. The candy store, Ketchicandies, has yummy chocolate. I'm sure you'll have lots of fun!

Regina - DH has issues with motion sickness. We've been on 2 cruises and he only felt sick one time. I think he took Bonine on our Alaskan cruise.

Dave - That house looks beautiful!

Vicky - WTG on your race!

AFM - DH and I had a fairly busy weekend. On Saturday, we went to the Redbull Flugtag. Teams build "flying" machines and push them off of a ramp to make them "fly". Most just drop straight into the water. It was neat to see, we only watched half since it was very hot out. Since we were close to Anaheim, we drove by our hotel for the half and stopped at downtown disney. On Sunday, we did 8 miles. It went ok, it was hot again and we were tired from the previous day. We are in taper mode now. We also stopped by a few open houses. We saw one interesting place, we're going to see it again with our realtor later this week. It's very hot here (over 100) and the high temps are going to continue this week. We're going to run after dinner tonight in hopes that it will cool down some.

to those who need it!

Have a good night!
Emily

 

[es45]

Hey Hakuna Matata!

Elizabeth- What made you decide to switch from Higdon to Galloway?

Primarily the switch was because as I build distance, I have less time during the week for Higdon. With Galloway, I have my longer runs only on the weekends. Also, now that I'm really focusing on the run/walk ratio prescribed by Galloway, I feel like I have more energy at the end of run. Sure hope that energy lasts!

 

[Hockeychic]

WTG Vicky that is awesome!!!!!!! We thought you where getting poured on, glad it was dry for you

Margie: Take care, I know there are quite a few breathing type bugs going around here right now, DMIL is in the hospital right now with phenionia.

Lynn: Wow that is some serious crosstraining

Regina: Glad you had a great time. I get car sick if I try to read or sit in the back seat and I love cruising. I have only gotten sea sick once and that was the first night of my very first cruise but we had hit the northern end of tropical storm Gamma on Disney Magic, that was in 2005 when there was tons of storms, we hit gale force winds, but by dinner the next day seas where calm and I have been addicted ever since.

Not much going on with me, keeping up with my exercises and food is still a work in progress, I won't be where I thought I would be by Sept, not even 1/2 way but I will by January.