Half Marathon - Train with me for Jan '11 - ...Shock - an update! 4/06! new pix

[eyor44]

I got my 4 mile run in tonight. How is everyone else doing? Tomorrow I have 3 miles to run but we're expecting storms. Again. Mother Nature and I are going into round two. I'm winning this time!

So Dolce, who won?

I am still training!!



Then I am taking care of Rachel this weekend while her Mom goes out of town...so I don't know how much I will be able to do? I can't leave her alone in her house...and I am sure she doesn't want to come watch me on my treadmill? Plus...I will be busy taking care of her. (And that should count as lifting weights or something??)

This is just a strange week?

Tell me about it. Can you take your WII to Rachel's? Better than nothing and there is a running program on there.

Did someone say BREATH>>>

Breathe Sandy, Breathe......in and out.....in and out

 

[Dolce27]

you need the "e" on the end to get the oxygen in

That's funny!

So Dolce, who won?

I won't know until later - but per weather.com; Mother Nature has already kicked my butt. It looks like it will be three torturous miles on the treadmill for me after work. I have no idea how you guys are doing so much of your training on a treadmill – I hate the treadmill!!!

 

[Sandy321]

you need the "e" on the end to get the oxygen in

well Breathin is over rated!!

That's funny!





I won't know until later - but per weather.com; Mother Nature has already kicked my butt. It looks like it will be three torturous miles on the treadmill for me after work. I have no idea how you guys are doing so much of your training on a treadmill – I hate the treadmill!!!

I dont know either - I get dizzy on the TM- and bored silly!!

I think I've narrowed down ADR's - I still need something for Monday

Kona, 1900 Park Fare, The Wave, Biergarten, Rose and Crown, Sci Fi,... pick a park, any park!!

 

[Dolce27]

I won. I got my 3 mile run in outdoors - no problem. Mother Nature's not too happy - the radar shows her moving in with a vengeance!

Sandy - are you waiting up until 3:00 to see if you can book online ADR's? I may be waiting up with you to be certain that a tornado doesn't swoop in and carry me off to OZ.

 

[Sandy321]

Dolce since your button says you are offline - may you have sweet dreams, and NO high winds!!

DH went to work (now since he was laid off w/ this company, he gets consultant wages - ie less than employee wages!) BUT

I will not sleep... I set my alarm for 3am est... "just in case"

I think there is Brandy somewhere in this house!

I will really get up at 7am ESST to make adr's I've made a priority list - and go figure' - - dh has an opinion - but HE WILLNOT VOICE IT!!

He "trusts" me!

ie Le Cellier vs Yachtsman

1TS vs 2ts
soup vs Roasted Garlic

Hard adr vs ok to get adr...

what will happen??

give me 12 hours and I'll let you know!!

 

[All7OfUs]

So totally can't wait to check our your thread in a few more hours!! It's the DAY!!!!

 

[Sandy321]

So totally can't wait to check our your thread in a few more hours!! It's the DAY!!!!

so why are you offline then??? *wink LOL - 3 min till I make the call and sit on hold...

I got in online!! At 3am... but it wouldnt let me make adr's beyond my 90 day!!

I will probably change things up -

LeCellier
Yachtsman
Grand Floridian High Tea
Chef de France
Cape May
Boma
California Grill
Storybook Princess Breakfast
Coral Reef
Stitch Breakfast!

WOOHOO We are having a nice sit down at the Cape May Buffet!! I will PM the time and date! (got to keep some things private till after the fact! I hear there are some crazy internet lurkers who can figure out how - not why - to stalk!!)

I should add, I set my cell phone alarm for 2am - then fell fast asleep at 10pm (DD was still awake, dh wasnt home yet) and at 3am I woke up - wth? Did I forget to "enable" the alarm? oh well, so online I go - I erased cookies and restarted the computer... AND I GOT IN!!

only to be denied... the +10 feature would NOT work!! *sigh

So I went to bed at 3:30 am... but tossed and turned... dh's alarm went off at 5:30am, and mine went off at 5:40am - dh says "what? where is your phone? Its not where I put it when I turned off the alarm last night! roflol! No wonder I didnt hear it!! LOL...

So down I came to get online to check the atomic clock, started dialing - got in... but it wanted to know all kinds of weird questions I say Cape May Reservation... and it starts to tell me all about Cape may! ??? wth??? So I hang up and redial...

I hadnt practice the new directions!! I am used to hitting 2 then 1 then 1 then 1 then my phone number 111-111-1111.... finally I get a real live person.. a very pretty accent... praying she understands my Chicago accent... and I start with Cape May... How many? how many children... um um.... oh my dd is a child!! LOL I tell her it is with Friends I've never met!! We're meeting over this meal prior to a marathon!! she chuckled...

I made the same number for Grand Tea (on a different day!) and this time I know there is at least one other child!!!

The process seemed to go faster than the last time I worked it - she waited till the very end to give me the reservation number! and she only went thru the spiel of dress, and gratuity, and park tickets once!!

so I'm all set - How about you!!


Now I need to go to bed - I want to drive down to the BIG mall (40 min south!) to figure out which hotel for a girls weekend retreat the day after Thanksgiving!! and figure out where the Target, Wal Mart, Kohls, are!

I'm happy!

 

[Dolce27]

Alright, Sandy! Congrats on getting what you wanted. Tomorrow morning it will be me trying to schedule ADR's before rushing out for tomorrow's run.

 

[Dolce27]

Well, the morning that I couldn't book my ADR's, Disney's online dining was able to pull up my reservation just fine.

....now that I'm up waaaaay earlier than I wish to be, I'm getting that stupid error code. 20 more minutes until I can call in my reservations.

 

[that's nice]

I'm all caught up!
I'm glad you got your ressies! I hate that a company as big as Disney can't figure out their own computer problems. The online ADRs have been messed up for a while now.

Great job everyone with the training. After DW & I ate ourselves silly during FD, we need to hit the gym Monday!!!!

 

[All7OfUs]

So happy for you that the ADR Roulette worked out for you! Guess it was the new breathing techniques that helped. IN and OUT!

I had considered Cape May too. I really hope you enjoy that one a lot!

 

[dismagiclover]

Hi everyone. I hope it isn't too late to join the party! I'm running the Half 13 weeks from today as well! I've done a couple of halfs before including the Disneyland half in 2006 which was tons of fun, but definitely not easy for me! I'm excited about January, but just hoping getting the training in during the Fall/Winter isn't too tough. I've been a bit under the weather this week, but I'm going to get back on the wagon next week! I'm planning on the Hal Higdon training schedule. My other halfs have been around 3 hours and I'm hoping for that this time. I'm "running" with a good friend who is doing her first half. I just had a question for Sandy. Did it really take an hour to get to the start line? I was thinking it would be more like 30 minutes or so for us back of the liners. I have an 11:10 Chef Mickey's ADR scheduled and if I don't even cross the start line until 7:00 that could be pushing it. Anyway, good luck to all and hope today is a great training day!

 

[Sandy321]

Jenny!

Glad you posted and hope you join the madness!!

First, I have to tell you, I suffer from CRS and CRAFT!
(Cant Remember Stuff - Cant Remember A Freakin Thing)

And dh says I have 'selective' memory syndrome to boot! and dont get started on my counting abilities!

I'll have to ask dh - or go thru and read the start times!! I think it took 20 or 25 min to cross the start line - I was at the ROPE for the last corral - which means I walked early to get that spot! It was a HUGE Corral and I dont know how long it took the rest of the pack to cross!

 

[eandesmom]

I am still very confused by the ADR thing and will be more so when it goes back to 180 days....

Oh well, I have till Feb to figure out how it really works.

Sandy, congrats on getting what you wanted and Dolce, good luck today!

 

[Dolce27]

Hey guys - I didn't get exactly what I wanted today - but it all worked out. I only had two ADR's to make. Two. I called at 6 am CST since I could never get online working for me and I wanted Ohana for dinner the night of the marathon (my celebration dinner - yes... solo. I don't care. I just want the bread pudding). The only time the CM had was 7:10 and I want to watch Wishes (at 8:00) from Poly beach after dinner so I was disappointed in that time but took it. The only other ADR I wanted was Liberty Tree Tavern lunch at the MK for the next day. I hated the dinner when I ate there last December but I wanted to try the lunch. Nothing. Nada. Is LTT lunch that popular? I was offered CRT instead and took it.

I then went out for my 7 mile run - yup. I ran 7 miles this morning. 19 more to conquer. I took water with me (for the first time now that my runs are just over 1 hr) and I took some GU (well, I actually took the Cliff blocks b/c everyone says that they hate the GU - except for this one woman at my running store that loves the stuff). I need to begin practicing how I'm going to drink/eat during the run so at mile two this morning I took my first water (preparing to stop by water station #2 to say hi to Sandy on marathon day!). At mile 4 I took 2 Cliff blocks and more water. I took more water at mile 6. Had I ran more than 7 miles today I would have taken more Cliff blocks and water at mile 7. I'll probably take the blocks at miles 4,7,10,13,15,18,21 & 24 during the marathon - or maybe a little less? I don't really know yet - I'm still trying to work that stuff out. This is why I started practicing this morning. I also run a 1/2 marathon 3 weeks from tomorrow.

dismagiclover: Putting in writing that the marathon is only 13 weeks away makes me go That seems scarier than my ticker down below.

Anyway - after my run this morning, I called Disney dining back and was able to move up my Ohana reservation to an earlier time and I moved CRT down to dinner. The dinner menu looks more interesting to me than the lunch and I really don't care to see all of the princesses at lunch. I can't believe that LTT lunch was all gone.

 

[dismagiclover]

Dolce27:
I booked my ADRs today too and tried for LTT for lunch for Jan. 9 and there was nothing available. I then asked for Tony's Town Square and nothing available. I mentioned how strange that was to the CM and she thought it was probably not loaded into the system yet and I have to agree with that. I mean I got CA Grill, CRT and couldn't get LTT for lunch I booked a late Chef Mickey's breakfast instead for the 9th, but I'm going to try again in a few days and I feel pretty confident that LTT will open up. I can't imagine any plausible scenario that has LTT and Tony's entirely booked up at over 90 days with CRT and Chef Mickey's still available. So don't give up on that LTT lunch!
And good job on the 7 mile run and lots of pixie dust on the training for the whole I hope to do that next year. It just seems like so much longer than the half! (But I'm sure you don't need to be told that.) It's all about one foot in front of the other!

 

[Sandy321]

Dolce I'm thinking LTT must not be in the system yet - I got LeCellier

for Electrolyte Replacement: Definately go with the bloks! They are like knox blox jello shots! You will be able to buy them at the World of Showcase (and probably try some new flavors!!) DH swears by the "Endurolytes" by Hammer - its a capsule pill and dh think these are better than the gu

 

[Dolce27]

Dolce I'm thinking LTT must not be in the system yet - I got LeCellier

for Electrolyte Replacement: Definately go with the bloks! They are like knox blox jello shots! You will be able to buy them at the World of Showcase (and probably try some new flavors!!) DH swears by the "Endurolytes" by Hammer - its a capsule pill and dh think these are better than the gu

Crazy that you got the poplar LeCellier and I got the popular CRT but the non-popular LTT lunch wasn't available. You guys must be right - it's not in the system yet. I'll probably keep the CRT. It sounds like fun. I had dinner there in 2006 and enjoyed it. Maybe this was a good thing.

The blocks that I had today were great - I thought it was a good flavor. I also have some blocks in another flavor. My local running store has a pretty good selection of the different types of GU, blocks, "jelly" beans, ect...

 

[Sandy321]

did you check online or call today?

not much activity going on around here!!

One of the things I did to slow me down was take pictures along the way...


can you hear the cm ask if or how to take a picture?!! of course "movie mode" somehow got activated! ROFLOL

 

[Dolce27]

I've decided that I'm not stopping for any pictures .... unless the chipmunks are out in Tomorrowland again this year. Gotta have my pic's with chipmunks.