Hakuna Matata - Streaking through the Hot August Nights

[bunnyfoo]

Hi everyone! Just a quick drive by for me today...

Margie - No I haven't gone running with him again. I still feel a little ... awkward. Monday's training session with the PT was great! Lots of tough core exercises and he threw in some balancing work as well to try and strengthen my ankle. I'm going back tonight so I'll let you know how that goes!

Sue - How was the pedi? What colour did you get? I can't remember if you're doing Scotia this year. Is it just The Beach now Ooops! They should just rename summer construction season.

Kim - I did WW several years ago and loved it! I'm sure they've made a lot of changes since then. I'm going to push a low sugar or no refined sugar diet again because it's really worked for me.

Emily - Bruises take forever to disappear on me but seem to form quickly enough. I did the Shred DVD a while ago - it's pretty challenging!

Mary - Freezing the mangoes went well, just more labor intensive than anything else. I'll save it for a weekend next time Hope your knee is feeling better today!

Dave - Hope everything goes well for Sally

Lynn - That is quite the drive! I'll have to remember the audiobooks the next time I make a trip! How did the packing up go?

AFM - I got to the store late so I got "adopted" into the group that's training for a 5K. It was cute because they'd just reached the 7/1 run walk intervals and were so proud! I didn't have to heart to tell them that I was training for a 30K but I got a lot of "speedy" comments when we got back. I thought it was funny. They did a 4K and I had to come back for them a few times. I cheered a lot of them and helped with the pacing of some of their faster runners so that was fun. I'll try to make sure to get there on time next week so I can go out with a marathon or 1/2 marathon group.

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Dave - pixie dust to Sally for her surgery next week!

Vicky - I don't like chewing either, so with both the shot blocks and the jelly beans, I just put them in my cheek and let them disolve slowly.

Margie - My favorite genre is mystery, but in audio books I will usually go for adventure - Clive Custler, JD Robb, are some of the authors I listen to - Janet Evanovich is one of my favorites, but I have read all her books, but sometimes listen to one just for fun.

Although it is really nice and cool here, still did no walking. I spent yesterday seeing the accountant and realtor, then packing up boxes of things that are still in the house. Today we get to move everything either up to my brothers new place, or up to a storage locker, so that everything is out of the house. Closing hopefully will be sometime next week. While I am waiting for my brother to wake up, I researched where there are hotels I could stay at for my trip home.

Have a great day all!

 

[wilbur]

Good Morning Team!

Vicky, I'm not up on all the different yoga types. I guess it could be "Hot Yoga" because the studio's HVAC system is terrible.
I wear China Glaze polish not OPI. Their polish seems to last so long. Went really bright with the colour 'Pool Party'.
No Scotia this year. Doing Niagara Falls in Oct.
I can't remember if you are doing the Wine & Dine?

Kim, Good luck with WW.

Margie, No running flats for me. I'm a severe over-pronator.

I love any of the orange flavour bloks & beans but as our weather gets colder they get harder. I've thought I've chipped a tooth a few times eating these on cold days. I stick with Gu (orange or mint choc.). On really long runs I go with a Gu Roctane (vanilla orange) about mile 20.
My all time fav. is the brand Honey Stingers ( a disboards recommendation) but very hard to find in Canada.

Have a great day everyone............Sue

 

[windwalker]

Good morning y'all.

Sally has her surgery next Tues. I will be working in Paducah but her sister will be with her, and I'll keep in touch by phone. The extra work I'm doing is helping us get the funds together to get in a house much sooner and set up house keeping. I need Disney money for January also.

My PF appears to be under control now but I'm still taking it easy and safe. I walked yesterday and today was just good stretching in the hot whirlpool. I don't want to reinjure and will not be doing a race this weekend.

I'm ready fot my january Disney break now but I'm not ready to handle a Goofy right now. I'll be back in War Panda shape by then. I have a half next month and the olympic trials after that so I need to get it together real soon.

I wanna do a cruise to.

Dave

 

[bunnyfoo]

I wanna do a cruise to.

Dave

Can someone win the lottery so we can all go on a Team Hakuna Matada cruise?

Vicky, I'm not up on all the different yoga types. I guess it could be "Hot Yoga" because the studio's HVAC system is terrible.
I wear China Glaze polish not OPI. Their polish seems to last so long. Went really bright with the colour 'Pool Party'.
No Scotia this year. Doing Niagara Falls in Oct.
I can't remember if you are doing the Wine & Dine?

Do you ask for a runner's pedicure? Just curious because I usually do my on manis and pedis. But the girl I sit beside said that some estheticians will give a "runner's pedicure" which keeps the nails shorter than usual but not too short.

I like Essie but have a collection of OPI. I've never tried China Glaze before. I went over to the Eaton Center at lunch picked up a bottle of Paradoxal today. I don't usually buy Chanel but this was such a gorgeous color - it's a grey purple with gold specks!

 

[Motomiker]

Hi Team,
Just a real quick check-in today, I made it ten miles on Tuesday, but with a slow pace of 10:47 a mile. My heart rate was steady at 68% to 72%. That's never happened before.
It's been REALLY FREAKING HOT here, and it's been called the worst mosquito season ever!

-Mike

 

[windwalker]

Hi Team,
Just a real quick check-in today, I made it ten miles on Tuesday, but with a slow pace of 10:47 a mile. My heart rate was steady at 68% to 72%. That's never happened before.
It's been REALLY FREAKING HOT here, and it's been called the worst mosquito season ever!

-Mike

Heat and bugs, does it get any better? This year is one to survive and get on with getting on.

Dave

 

[Hockeychic]

Hey team!!!!

Vicky, I have cut down my sugars big time but not ready to give it all up yet. While training for Goofy last year I cut out sugars cold turkey and my legs where a mess and believe it or not my stride was way off, it was such a effort just to get in 5K. So I am weaning off sugar slowly so I don't suffer the same withdrawl symptoms.

We have a street party here tomorrow so I have decided to avoid the food time and just eat my meal in the house and it is going to be water for me. I have to decide which I want more right now, success with my weight or a few smirnoffs. I am sure I will get some comments from my neighbours but that's OK, I will just ask them what they are in training for

 

[Steffwalks]

Good morning, Team!

I have been hooked up like a sled dog. Jon has been off work and we have been up at the crack of dawn working with the mules and then running errands in the afternoon. I am tired of it! I took the day off. The house is a wreck and I am sore from the unusual activities. I have a ton of vegetables to deal with, including peaches. We picked 4 - 5 gallon buckets yesterday!

Calgon....take me away! Anyone else remember that old commercial?

Pickled okra is a southern Thang! It is quite tasty and nutritious! Doesn't work in stews though. Mine is wonderful, just a little warmth from the jalopenas I add.

Well, I'm off to get things done.

See ya - Connie

Oh! Margie! If you go to Dr. Weil's website, you will find that you can click on the pyramid. Scroll down and there is a box to look at the pyramid full size plus recommendations.

 

[funwalker]

Good Morning, Team!

Sunny so that means Real Feel will be high 90-100’s-
High 90°; Humidity 93%

Connie- Jeez…I will have to talk to Jon!
Take care and hope you get a few minutes of ‘Me’ time.
Thanks – I will try the suggestion on the pyramid

Kim- WTG – Great Attitude.
I am with you on the sugar. I do not know how Vicky does it.
I know we get sugar naturally from fruits and processed foods...
I was shocked when I read the ingredients on raw spaghetti!

Lynn- I think I heard you would be starting home soon.
Possibly rice and chicken for dinner!

I have read lots of Nora Roberts but only a few of her J.D. Robb series.

Clive Custler-never read any of his books. That would be more my DD

Janet Evanovich - not positive will need to look her up.
I think she has some that have a touch of humor-possibly co-authored.

I do like Catherine Coutler-read all her Historical Series-but only a couple of her Mystery‘s

Mike-WTG-nice run.
The heat, humidity, and mosquitoes has reached Far & Wide!

Scott- how did the PT session go?

Sue- New Shoes
You Too-interesting polish
As I shared with Vicky - my DD who will only be 34 next Monday is
one who enjoys changing hair color and loves bold nails.
I like the natural look. I have worn the same color OPI
Honeymoon Sweet for a long time. French on the pedicures.

Okay-will check the to see if this is on the Team Calendar:
No Scotia this year. Doing Niagara Falls in Oct.

Vicky-Interesting polish-
glad you like the new PT
sorry the lunch runs did not work



I am taking Kirstie off the injured list.
She has not posted for a long time. But thinking she is has been
out of that pretty purple cast for a coupe of months and her
fractured arm has healed. I did not check to see if she is back
racing.

Connie (back, & foot),
Dave (PF & Left Achilles), Emily (bruised calf), Jennifer (car accident),
Kim (foot), Mary (knee), Mike (hip),
Scott (recovering from knee surgery) Vicky (cold, ankle, & stress)

AFM: Slept in-will have to do 'something' tonight after the boys leave.


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!

Yes, tomorrow I will be heading back. Tonight we should be sleeping in my brothers new place - we moved most everything up there yesterday. It will be an early start tomorrow, so I will probably be off line until I get home - unless I hit a hotel early enough with free wifi - but most likely will be off until Monday.

Dave - good luck with the training.

Margie - Janet Evanovich is funny, Catherine Coulter I have not read yet, but she is on the list to try, if I can find her in the library.

Connie - have a good day off, those peaches sound really good.

Kim - good luck with the WW.

Hi Mike, Vicky,Sue and anyone else I missed!

Have a great day all!

 

[bunnyfoo]

Hi team! Happy Friday the 13th! Hope everyone has a touch of good luck today

Kim/Margie - I do a low sugar so the only things I truly avoid are foods with refined sugars. Things like fruits or dairy that have naturally occurring sugars are still on my diet. If you cut out the refined sugars from your diet even for a week, you'll find when you go back, a lot of foods are really sweet. One food that's really easy to switch is going from peanut butter to natural peanut butter. Natural PB is just ground up peanuts while regular PB has oils, sugars and salt in it. I also eat foods with refined sugars - jams, chocolate milk etc. on LR days. They're too difficult to avoid then. Weekdays I also try to cut out sweetners because I've found that increases my craving for something sweet. If you want, I can give you a sample menu of what I eat in a day.

Margie - Yeah, I'm a little disappointed with the lunch runs but I think I'm going to stick with my gut on this one. The polish is pretty cool! I'll take a picture and post it when get around to doing my nails. I have a bottle of Honeymoon Sweet at home too!!

Kim - Have fun at your street party! I wish our neighbourhood would do something like that.

Mike - Yikes on the bugs and heat! Great pace though

Lynn - Safe travels! Do you have a new set of audiobooks for the trip back home?

AFM - I worked out with a new trainer yesterday. Her name is Katie and she's one of the chiropractors at the clinic. I did a half hour with her and she was telling me about some of the fitness competitions she was involved in. I didn't realize they had to wear 5" heels on stage. Yikes! I have a hard time walking in anything higher than 3". Did a couple of new exercises including core and single leg deadlifts.

Short runs planned for this weekend - the longest will be 10K! Yay! I love taper! But I won't be saying that for several months once marathon training starts.

Have a great day/weekend everyone!

 

[wilbur]

Good Afternoon Team!

Hope everyone is having a great "Friday the 13th".

Vicky, I'm not sure what a "runner's pedi" actually is but my nails are keep quite short. Having nice feet/ nails are a huge pet peeve of mine.
A coworker introduced me to Lush about 2 months ago. The smell was always a turn off & I never went into the store. Now I'm addicted. Love the foot cream (Pied de Pepper). It's unbelievable. Also love their solid shampoo.
Nice work on cutting out the sugar. I'm pretty good but could do with a little less chocolate.

Lynn, Safe travels home.

Margie, I read on my commute to work. Have heard of the authors mentioned but haven't read any of their work. Right now I'm reading Stieg Larsson Series.....The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I'm missing something & I don't get all the hype about these books.

Have a great weekend & week. I'm on vacation at the cottage until the 23rd.
Stay cool, drinks lots of water & have fun training.......Sue

 

[Pudge_The_Fish]

Hello Team!

Lynn - Have a safe trip home!

Margie - I like the Jillian Michaels DVD just not when I'm actually doing the workout I haven't done it in ~2 months so it's tough right now. I started doing the DVD around April, maybe 2-3 a week and saw results. There are 3 workouts on the DVD, I've only done Level 1 and 2.

Vicky - The Shred DVD is pretty challenging. I haven't done it in a while, it's difficult to get back into it.

AFM - I wasn't feeling too well yesterday, I still went out for my training run but I did more walking then running. Just cleaning and running errands for me today.

The Perseid meteor shower is going on right now. Last night was the peak, but the viewing tonight will still be good. Try to get away from city lights for the best view. Although if you're in a city like I am you can still see some of the brighter ones. I went up to the roof of my apartment building around 10p and saw two bright ones, which was pretty good considering the light pollution and smog. Look to the north, best time is midnight to early morning hours.

Have a good weekend!
Emily

 

[MaryJ]

The Perseid meteor shower is going on right now. Last night was the peak, but the viewing tonight will still be good. Try to get away from city lights for the best view. Although if you're in a city like I am you can still see some of the brighter ones. I went up to the roof of my apartment building around 10p and saw two bright ones, which was pretty good considering the light pollution and smog. Look to the north, best time is midnight to early morning hours.

DH and I went out and watched the meteor shower last night. We own some farmland, so we went out there to watch. Saw one really bright one right away, and then 2 or 3 smaller ones. Had to get up early to go to the gym, so we called it quits early. Might go back out tonight though.

I was also able to see the Milky Way for the first time since I was a girl. Loved it!

 

[Piglet24]

Hey team!

Connie- http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/products/products_footwear.cfm
These are five finger shoes. They’re actually really comfortable. Pickled okra huh? Is there anything you don’t pickle?

Hope- Even if you have to spend money on altering your dress, the important thing is that you feel confident and beautiful in your dress on your wedding day, whether it has been altered a little, a lot, or not at all. Worst case scenario- you have to take in your dress and spend extra money to do so. Either way, I’m sure you will still be a beautiful bride in a stunning dress. Way to go on the P90X!!

Lynn- Have a safe trip home!!

Sue- Have fun at the cottage!

Vicky- I haven’t worn them for running yet, just out and about. We have gotten a couple comments on our shoes, but not too many. That’s cool you got some new core exercises. I love that you got adopted into the 5K group. At least you know they’re a friendly supportive bunch!

Emily- I’m glad your amphipod felt better when you wore it again. When I wear my fuel belt I sweat a lot more around the waist as well. It’s really nice to have fluids on me when I need them though. I’m sorry you weren’t feeling too well yesterday. I hope you’re feeling better today. Thanks for the info on the meteor shower!

Margie- Did you make it out this evening for any kind of work out?

If they accept me, I would be working in a volunteer program that trains girls to run in a 5K while teaching them life lessons. I know I will pass the background check because I have had to do several background checks for different jobs I have had (including my current one). I hope my application answers were ok though. I always worry my answers seem silly or something. I submitted my application yesterday so hopefully I’ll hear back soon! If I’m not selected, then I guess it just wasn’t meant to be. I think it would be a lot of fun though.

I would love to go on a Team Hakuna Matata cruise!

AFM, I’m still in major slacker mode. I just have no motivation to train some days. It’s like I’ve lost some mojo or something. I skipped my Sun run and ran on Wed instead of Tues, but also skipped weights again. On Wed when I ran the goal was 4 miles, but I stopped at about 3.5 mi and had to walk the last little bit. I just wasn’t feeling well- kind of sick to my stomach. And my feet have kind of been hurting on the sides (outer side). It’s not a constant hurting, just here and there? I also wanted to run yesterday but my head hurt so bad by the time I got home from work it took the rest of the evening to go away. I don’t know what my problem is, but I need to snap out of it! I’m supposed to run 3 miles tomorrow and 10 on Sunday…guess we’ll see how it goes! I think that’s about all I’ve got going on over here.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!

 

[Scott H]

Coffe on pups fed, cold wind this morn, will see what the day brings.

 

[funwalker]

Good Morning, Team!

Thunder Showers / Partly Cloudy
Current 78°-with a High of 89°; Humidity 90%

No Hakuna Matata Team
Racers on this Weekend’s Calendar

Connie-
Wait a Minute - 2nd thoughts
I heard those Sled Dogs got
first-class treatment-the Best of the Best!

Emily-it is difficult for me to stay focused, but my SIL has the P90X and was thinking of trying it - just not right now

Kim- Happy-Happy 23rd Anniversary!

Lynn-Safe Travels today!
Q. have you read any of Sandra Brown’s books?

Mike-Is Liz getting a case of the nerves?

Regina-This year has been tough one for me to keep motivated-
I think you are doing great
When I finally got time at 9:30PM I was too tired to work out.
Then I was thinking of the walk scheduled with Nikki at 6:30AM this morning.

Scott-how is the knee recovery coming along?

Sue-Enjoy the mini Holiday at the Cottage!

Vicky-

AFM:Early 6:30AM 6.6 mile-walk with Nikki this morning-good walk, some hill work, and yes, the heat and humidity was terrible.



Connie (back, & foot),
Dave (PF & Left Achilles), Emily (bruised calf), Jennifer (car accident),
Kim (foot), Kirstie (arm), Mary (knee), Mike (hip),
Scott (recovering from knee surgery) Vicky (cold, 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]

Sunday, August 15th

Happy – Happy 23rd Anniversary
Kim & Mike!



Wishing you joy, laughter and lots of love.​

 

[MaryJ]

If they accept me, I would be working in a volunteer program that trains girls to run in a 5K while teaching them life lessons. I know I will pass the background check because I have had to do several background checks for different jobs I have had (including my current one). I hope my application answers were ok though. I always worry my answers seem silly or something. I submitted my application yesterday so hopefully I’ll hear back soon! If I’m not selected, then I guess it just wasn’t meant to be. I think it would be a lot of fun though.

Is this program called "Girls on the Run?" I have a friend in the Cincinnati are whose daughter did that program and she had nothing but praise for it. The day they ran the 5K was very much like last year's marathon at WDW....cold and windy. She and her DH were bundled up like Eskimos to watch her!