In Search of My Body vol. 10 - taking it one paper towel at at time

[3DisneyKids]

Isn't it crazy the stuff that comes out of kids? Emily wanting a beer stein! HI LAR IOUS!

And before bed Riley says while shaking his head disgustedly, "I can't believe that Mubarek is refusing to step down..." Ummm, W T F?!?! I did not know anything about world politics at 11.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

E, my kids know way more about the world/politics than I ever did (or cared) at their age. My 16 year old, Dylan, is usually the one that tells ME what's going on each day b/c I'm too busy here at the DIS to read the news!

Rhonda, you have no idea how excited I am for this weather they say is coming!!! I'm so ready to run outside again!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Morning All

Great job on the run E and Kat.

Yay for only 8 Ronda.

Kelly how is c25K going?

Advise needed..
I have to do 11.5 this weekend, this will be my last long run.
I have not ran a step this week, I did a Jillian workout, and the elliptical, but nothing Wed & Thurs. I am FREAKING I am undertrained.

and I just got an email from Disney that said we have to be lined up by 5AM, but I will be in the back so I know I won't start til 6. My problem is 4AM when you need to get on the bus is 3AM my time.
I am just a mess.. I am FREAKING ..

What if I don't finish, what if I get hurt, what if I don't make the bus on time.
Someone please slap me....

 

[3DisneyKids]

JO....you will be fine. You will NOT be too tired to get to the start. You will be totally wired. And since you have only a 1-hour time difference and you are coming in on Friday, you will be completely regulated by race time. So don't worry about that.

Last year we woke up at 4, left the hotel at 4:30, got to the staging area at 5. It takes about half an hour to go through bag check and port-a-potty city. So by 5:30 we were heading to corrals. It is about a ??? half mile ?? walk to the start. More port-a-potties on the way. Which Nancy visited, of course. I just went in the woods. Maine girl, you know.

As for not having run yet this week, don't worry. You can definitely do your long run. Trust your base. Your body will just be super rested and you will likely feel really good. Do the long run.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Last year we woke up at 4, left the hotel at 4:30

*WE* woke up at 4:00. I seem to recall somebody getting up just a tad earlier than that while some of us were trying to sleep


freakin' cold here again I'm having "outdoor run envy" right now.

Ronda - I'm curious - are you still mentoring?

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Jo, you are going to do great! Tell that monkey in your head to stop chattering at you or at least slap him around a bit!

 

[3DisneyKids]

One other word about start time....

The wheelchairs start first at 5:45.
Then, the Elite Corral starts at 6. Then each corral is released in 6-minute waves. So Corral A will go at about 6:06, B at 6:12, C at 6:18, D at 6:24, and E at 6:30. Not sure if there will be an F or G. It sounds like there might be.

 

[3DisneyKids]

*WE* woke up at 4:00. I seem to recall somebody getting up just a tad earlier than that while some of us were trying to sleep

Not me! Seriously, it wasn't me! Was it Kat? I know, Kat waking up earlier than needed, crazy thought....but I think it was her.

Regardless, it was our PLAN to wake up at 4.

 

[Ronda93]

Ronda - I'm curious - are you still mentoring?

I just launched one. She returned to west central Kansas last week. It's a foster placement the next county over from her origins. We spent the last couple of weeks together working on a keepsake box (wooden jewelry box from Michael's - lots of cheerleading decorations). She wanted to go someplace nice for dinner and chose Applebee's.

I'll take some time off. I think they like to let the kids cycle, too, so I'm not so-and-so's mentor. There was some of that at the start of this relationship. She asked a lot about the previous girl. Wanted to know her status/place. It's funny - my role is to model normal, appropriate adult/child relations. I'll get home and tell DGF some of the things we talk about and she'll say, "oh, that's sweet, she wants to make sure she's special to you." I will have been oblivious to her motives. It helps though, too, when I realize later she was testing or being provocative.

It's easier when the weather is nicer and we can GET OUTSIDE. Just a one-on-one trip to the park is an ocassion.

Thanks for asking about it.

Ronda

 

[HockeyKat]

Not me! Seriously, it wasn't me! Was it Kat? I know, Kat waking up earlier than needed, crazy thought....but I think it was her.

Regardless, it was our PLAN to wake up at 4.

I believe the alarm went off at 3:30, actually, because we wanted to leave the room to meet Paula and friends by 4 (and did by 4:15, I think?).

However, you were most definitely up before the alarm, and I was too, and I think both of us woke up Nancy.

 

[Ronda93]

E - yes, training up to 20. I'd started following Galloway... I think it goes to 26 or 23. I decided that was ambitious for the first time. Maybe if the weather was more reliable, but my first priority is not getting hurt. I'm following the MfM long run mileage. I'm a little long on the other runs. I'd built to a base of 20 mpw (5/5/10) before I really settled into a plan.

I have grand plans of Chicago in October (maybe Marine Corps), Mickey in January and Princess, but it's all in pencil.

Ronda

 

[SeptemberGirl]

I believe the alarm went off at 3:30, actually, because we wanted to leave the room to meet Paula and friends by 4 (and did by 4:15, I think?).

However, you were most definitely up before the alarm, and I was too, and I think both of us woke up Nancy.

OMG, it was me! The irony that is was me and Kat up before the dawn, remember? The best sleepers around up! I could barely fall asleep the night before. I bounced out of bed at like 3 something and started to get ready and Kat was up, too! And then I was super calm and E and Nancy got worried about me for that.

This week I was positive and now today I am having a why do I do this moment? WHY can't we just hang out in Disney without 13.1 miles???

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Jo - I am undertrained, and I will be fine. You are not and you will be golden. You don't need to win, just to finish. Right? What E said is right. And we will talk you off ledges that morning!


Ronda - Your dedication to training amazes me! I am doing 8 tomorrow and freaking out about it. Like pit of my stomach freakout already. If I didn't have something tonight, I'd do it tonight just to get it over with!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Thank you all so much, I having a crazier that I need to be kind of day.

I have made my goal to do my long run after I pick up from school today.
We have tickets to disney on ice tomorrow and the girls don't know, I want to have the long run out of the way for 2 reasons, 1. so its out of my head, and 2 its makes me feel so much better when I run, calms me down in a way.

I am bringing presents, I have Chocolate for you. I have a box of Fanny May that you will have to fight over, its there assortment, then I have a Frango Bar for each of you.

Ronda, YAY for Chicago in Oct. I am thinking Chicago 2013 or Disney Full 2013

 

[HockeyKat]

Jo - I am undertrained, and I will be fine. You are not and you will be golden. You don't need to win, just to finish. Right? What E said is right. And we will talk you off ledges that morning!


Ronda - Your dedication to training amazes me! I am doing 8 tomorrow and freaking out about it. Like pit of my stomach freakout already. If I didn't have something tonight, I'd do it tonight just to get it over with!

So agree with Liz on this one, Ronda!! Amazing.

I am with you on the freaking. The only reason I am waiting until tomorrow is to be able to do it outside, when it's warm and happy. 55 at 3PM so that is my target start time. I would go on 60 degree Sunday but 8 miles + hockey, sucks.


Jo, you are NOT undertrained at all.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Kat, Liz, It is so very nice to know I am the only freaking about a long run.
THANK YOU!!!

.

 

[3DisneyKids]

This reminds me...temperatures. Amy--what is seasonable for race day? It was in the 40s last year (at the start) and about 70 by the time I finished (before 9 am). I remember that I was running directly into the sun for a couple of miles and I was too hot. 40s and 50s are my ideal running temps. I haven't run in the heat since the summer so I am definitely not conditioned for it.

Checked the course map....there is water everywhere. It some places, water stops are only a mile apart.

Oooooh....remember the day before the race when we were going to/from Expo and we saw them setting up all of the water tents? And we were like...that's for us! Of course, we also realized how freaking LONG the race course was. It is the same exact course as last year, I think....right?

Off to the running store. New shoes for me for the Half! I have a two weeks to break them in--that should be fine. I'd wait till after the race, but I am already past due.

If anyone needs anything from a running specialty store, just text me in the next hour or so.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

I got these at old navy last night,
I think I am going to order them in tan and black to.
Love them
http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=35158&pid=809676&vid=1&scid=810033002

 

[3DisneyKids]

Kat, Liz, It is so very nice to know I am the only freaking about a long run.
THANK YOU!!!

.

Jo--I stress out before every run. Always have. Even a little 3-4 miler. I'm always like, really? What makes me think I can run 3 miles?!?! And every time...EVERY TIME...I am always shocked that I can run that distance.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Bad headspace this morning, but great run. Go figure. I did a 5 miler on the TM and it felt pretty darn good! My hips & glutes are actually still a bit sore from earlier this week, but not painful. Just aware.


Ronda - I just love what you do for kids. So, so important. There are so many kids out there who are having a tough time with life. So, Thank you. And your "penciled in" race schedule! Wowza! Woman on a mission!

However, you were most definitely up before the alarm, and I was too, and I think both of us woke up Nancy.

I think EVERYONE was up before Nancy.

OMG, it was me! The irony that is was me and Kat up before the dawn, remember? The best sleepers around up! I could barely fall asleep the night before. I bounced out of bed at like 3 something and started to get ready and Kat was up, too! And then I was super calm and E and Nancy got worried about me for that.

This week I was positive and now today I am having a why do I do this moment? WHY can't we just hang out in Disney without 13.1 miles???

And even though we barely slept, were up at 3-something-o'clock in the morning,then ran a half marathon we stayed out till what ? close to 2:00am at Jellyrolls?

I've been having those same what-was-I-thinking, is-this-really-necessary thoughts! But then I remember the bling. And the great entertainment on the course. Do you remember the high school gospel choir right at the very end? Oh, they were FABULOUS! (although I have to admit that I could do without hearing the song "Don't Stop Believin'" during the race. I HATE that song)

I am bringing presents, I have Chocolate for you. I have a box of Fanny May that you will have to fight over, its there assortment, then I have a Frango Bar for each of you.

Has anybody warned you to watch your food when I'm around French fries. Cookies. I steal it all.